Sexual Identity and Sexual Fluidity among Gay Men and Lesbians

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作者：

Subhi, N. ^{[1
]}

Geelan, D. ^{[2
]}

Nen, S. ^{[1
]}

Fauziah, I. ^{[1
]}

Mohamad, M. S. ^{[1
]}

Luknare, Z. M. ^{[1
]}

Alavi, K. ^{[1
]}

Hoesni, S. M. ^{[1
]}

Rusyda, H. M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fac Social Sci & Humanities, Sch Psychol & Human Dev, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia

[2] Univ Queensland, Fac Social & Behav Sci, Sch Educ, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia

来源：

PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES | 2011年 / 19卷

关键词：

Sexual identity; sexual fluidity; coming out; well-being; gay men; lesbians;

D O I：

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中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Sexual identity development among gay men and lesbians consists an important component of coming out. Coming out is considered a vital component in the sexual identity development among gay men and lesbians. This paper explores the experiences of gay men and lesbians with respect to sexual identity development particularly in issues relating to sexual fluidity. Purposively selected 20 gay men and lesbians were involved in an in-depth semi structured interviews. The results found that 90% of male and 30% of female respondents came out to self in their teens. Male compared to female respondents seemed to portray an earlier age of coming out. Coming out to self and others was regardless of one's age with the 40s as the latest age found in this study. Half of the respondents agreed that sexual fluidity could happen or indicated that they had heard of or witnessed sexual identity changes in someone. Some implications for better practice by mental health professiona esbians well being.

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页码：163 / 172

页数：10

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