Boston in the 1970s: Is There a Lesbian Community? And if There is, Who is in it?

Motivation/Background: The formation of a lesbian mindset does not happen immediately. This study aims to explore the process of family roles experienced by research subjects who have a lesbian sexual orientation even though it is not accordance with their religion. Method: The research method used was a qualitative research of phenomenology in two subjects who had lived lesbian sexual orientation for more than 2 years with different backgrounds. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was conducted to analyze the role of the family as a model, how the subject perceives the stimulus, direct or indirect environmental contributions, and how close family experiences form a lesbian mindset about the subject. Results: The results of this study indicate the subject "I" had a model of his father's behavior and reinforces the general perception of his mother that men had bad behavior. The social Environment made the subject felt ostracized and entered the domain of the lesbian community who can accept the subject with the circumstances as she was without much demand. A female friend in this environment became modes and informants experienced being lesbian. Meanwhile, "R" was growing psychologically with a style of parenting that is too spoiled by her mother and got a model and informants experienced from her older sister. Conclusions: Both subjects get different experiences in the process of forming a lesbian mindset. From a neurocognitive social perspective, the formation of a lesbian mindset is very complex. Neurocognitive response of the experience of getting too many rough touches or too long getting a hug of comfort, both can trigger perceptions that supported by the environment will form a lesbian mindset.

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Menjadi Lesbian: Kajian Interaksionisme Simbolik Lesbian di Surabaya

Simulacra ◽

10.21107/sml.v2i2.6148 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 223-236

Author(s):

Wiwid Megananda

Keyword(s):

Social Relations ◽

Family Background ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Lesbian Identity ◽

Whole Process ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Lesbian Community ◽

Social Profiles ◽

The City

This article is entitled Becoming Lesbians: A Symbolic Interactionism Study of Lesbian Identity (Case Study in the City of Surabaya). Researchers focus on lesbian individuals not on the lesbian community. The problem raised by the researcher is how the whole process of choosing someone to be a lesbian and the symbols used for interaction with other lesbians. The purpose of this study is to know how a person chooses his life as a lesbian and to find out the symbols used to interact with lesbians. The method used is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. In this study informants numbered four people and all four occupy their respective roles in lesbians. From the results of this study there are several reasons why someone chooses to become a lesbian: social profiles, her-story, lesbian firts time, what changes, reactions and what next. From these concepts, the conclusion is that family background does not influence a person to become a lesbian, but rather from personal experiences in the past or experiences with social relations.

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Eteronormativitŕ e omosessualitŕ femminile: riformulazione di un antico legame

RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA ◽

10.3280/rsc2009-002001 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 5-20

Author(s):

Stefano Eleuteri ◽

Adele Fabrizi ◽

Chiara Simonelli

Keyword(s):

Gender Role ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Strong Influence ◽

Literature Analysis ◽

Role Construction ◽

Lesbian Community ◽

Social Invisibility

- The aim of this contribution is to analyse in which way gender stereotypes derived from heteronormativity have formed again in homosexual culture, with a strong influence on lesbian gender role. Lesbian "social invisibility" and the stigmatization of women sexual components will be studied as important variables in maintaining heteronormative categories in lesbian experience. Literature analysis shows how it is still common to find lesbians who label themselves in accordance with the "butch/femme" paradigm. Recent studies seem, however, to have found in lesbian community more flexible and personalised roles in performing gender stereotypes. The hypothesis of a higher "erotic plasticity" in women than in men could be a major interpretation to outline the importance that cultural phenomena have in homosexuals' gender role construction.

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Drinkin’ and Carryin’ On in Search of Community

Queering the Redneck Riviera ◽

10.5744/florida/9780813056913.003.0005 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jerry T. Watkins

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Gay And Lesbian ◽

Market Forces ◽

Friendship Networks ◽

Race And Class ◽

Lesbian Community ◽

Identity Based ◽

And Gender ◽

Private Homes ◽

Gain Access

Before market forces created recognizable sites of gay and lesbian community, some queer Floridians leveraged their race and class privileges to create or gain access to spaces in order to find others like themselves. This chapter uses bars, “gay parties,” and friendship networks to show the ways that postwar mobility shaped queer socializing through complex negotiations of desire and access. In Tallahassee, the Cypress Lounge at the Floridan Hotel became an unofficial gay bar, while Florida’s powerbrokers schmoozed and facilitated connections to national identity-based rights discourses. Others used their private homes to host networks of gay and lesbian friends from around the panhandle. In Pensacola, Trader Jon’s and the Hi-Ho Five O’Clock Club were queered by sexually and gender non-conforming individuals.

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