Reflection on working with les, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth in Hong Kong: A social worker’s perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-177
Author(s):  
Jenny Luk Mei Wai
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Lgb Youth ◽  
And Bisexual

All I get is an emoji: dating on lesbian mobile phone app Butterfly

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 816-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Tse-Shang Tang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Bisexual Women ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Conservative Values

Unlike mobile apps for gay men, lesbian dating apps have been slow to catch on as a habitual space to look for friends and lovers. This study adopted a qualitative approach to investigate the social expectations and romantic longings of Chinese lesbians and bisexual women aged 35 and above in establishing same-sex relationships using mobile media. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 Chinese lesbians and bisexual women, and participant observation was carried out on the Hong Kong-based lesbian social networking site Butterfly. The aim of the study was to explore the social meanings of intimacy created, negotiated and changed among Chinese lesbians and bisexual women. I argue that although social media presents ample opportunities for love and intimacy, the prevailing conservative values and cultural norms surrounding dating and relationships in Hong Kong are often reinforced and played out in their choice of romantic engagement.

Older gay men in Hong Kong and later life concerns: Identities matter?

Sexualities ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 136346072090271
Author(s):  
Yiu Tung Suen
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Sexual Identities ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Older Gay Men ◽  
The Uk

Research on lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) ageing has burgeoned in the past decade in Western settings such as Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. Based on the emerging research about older gay men in Hong Kong, this article adds two important aspects to the ongoing agendas for global research into LGB ageing and later life. First, it further conceptualizes and subdivides Hong Kong's older gay men into three subgroups who hold varying levels of salience of sexual identity in their life and thus have different later life concerns. Second, to contribute to the wider LGB ageing research, I argue that at the same single time point, older LGB people in different parts of the world may hold very different understandings of their sexual identity. In some parts of the world, sexual identities may matter less for older LGB people, and thus, such older LGB people may accordingly have very different later life concerns.

scholarly journals Sources of Social Support and Mental Health Among LGB Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan J. Watson ◽  
Arnold H. Grossman ◽  
Stephen T. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Parent Support ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Lgb Youth ◽  
Sources Of Support ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Classmate Support

Disparities in psychosocial adjustment have been identified for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth, yet research that explores multiple sources of social support among subgroups of LGB youth is sparse. Social support theory is used as a framework to analyze the ways that different sources of support might promote better psychosocial adjustment for LGB youth. Data from a diverse sample among LGB youth ( N = 835) were used to understand how social support from a close friend, teachers, classmates, and parents might be differently associated with depression and self-esteem. We found that parent support and its importance to the participant were consistently related to higher self-esteem and lower depression for all youth, except for lesbians for whom no forms of social support were associated with self-esteem. Teacher and classmate support influenced some subgroups more than others. These results provide parents, clinicians, and schools a roadmap to assist youth navigate supports.

scholarly journals ‘My coming out story’: Lesbian, gay and bisexual youth identities on YouTube

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lovelock
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Video Production ◽  
Authentic Self ◽  
Lgb Youth ◽  
Bisexual Youth ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Unique Vantage

Videos in which young lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people discuss their experiences of coming out are highly visible on YouTube. While work from Cultural Studies perspectives has long explored how LGB youth construct and articulate their identities online, few studies have focused on YouTube. Through a study of 35 YouTube coming out videos, this article argues that through these texts, LGB youth are able to articulate what it feels like to be queer in a straight world, and produce and circulate strategies for negotiating a contemporary cultural context defined by increased visibility of LGB identities, alongside the continued dominance of heteronormativity. These strategies, I argue, correspond with broader imperatives to ‘authentic’ self-representation which traverse contemporary social life, and which are emblematised in practices of YouTube video production. As such, YouTube coming out videos offer a unique vantage for exploring how the medium specificities of YouTube, and broader norms of selfhood, shape how LGB identities become intelligible in the digital arena.

Suicidal as Normal – A Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Script?

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Silvia Sara Canetto ◽  
Paolo Antonelli ◽  
Anna Ciccotti ◽  
Davide Dettore ◽  
Dorian A. Lamis
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Script Theory ◽  
Total N ◽  
Lgb Youth ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Youth Attitudes ◽  
Heterosexual Youth

Abstract. Background: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth are more likely to report suicidal thoughts and/or behavior (STB) than heterosexual youth. The elevated suicidality of LGB youth is not fully accounted for by sexual-minority stress, according to a meta-analysis. A less-tested explanation is that suicidality has become an expected idiom of LGB youth distress. This explanation is consistent with suicide script theory and evidence that suicidal behavior is most likely when it is relatively acceptable. Aims: Building on suicide script theory and evidence, two studies were designed: one of LGB youth attitudes about suicidal behavior, and the other of LGB youth attitudes about suicidal individuals. Method: Surveys of LGB and heterosexual youth (total N = 300; M age = 20; 51% female) were conducted. Results: LGB youth were more accepting of and empathic toward suicidal behavior than heterosexual youth. They also viewed suicidal individuals as more emotionally adjusted. Limitations: Attitudes were not examined by sexual-minority subgroups. Conclusion: LGB youth's understanding attitudes may translate into less judgmental behavior toward suicidal peers, but also into normalizing suicidality as a way to express distress and cope with life problems. There may be utility in evaluating LGB youth suicide attitudes in suicide prevention initiatives.

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