Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore

In Singapore, there has been contention between religious communities and the LGBTQ+ community; recently highlighted after the decriminalisation of an anti-gay law. However, what about LGBTQ+ individuals who also identify with a religion? This paper explores how youths in Singapore who are LGBTQ+ an...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Dany Alfian Bin Ashady
مؤلفون آخرون: Shirley Sun
التنسيق: Final Year Project
اللغة:English
منشور في: Nanyang Technological University 2023
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1685212023-06-18T15:32:25Z Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore Dany Alfian Bin Ashady Shirley Sun School of Social Sciences HLSun@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Sociology In Singapore, there has been contention between religious communities and the LGBTQ+ community; recently highlighted after the decriminalisation of an anti-gay law. However, what about LGBTQ+ individuals who also identify with a religion? This paper explores how youths in Singapore who are LGBTQ+ and religious form their identities and navigate their experiences within religious communities. The study also looks at how these experiences impact their mental well-being. By interviewing 19 LGBTQ+ religious Muslim and Christian youths on such issues, along with observing events at an LGBTQ+ friendly Muslim organisation and secondary research from an LGBTQ+ friendly Christian Church, several insights were determined. Relationship with God, alternative interpretations to fit the LGBTQ+ identity with religion, and approach from religious communities and religious family members affect identity formation. These then determine a sense of achievement or separation of identities in terms of mental well-being of these youths. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology 2023-06-14T02:04:17Z 2023-06-14T02:04:17Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Dany Alfian Bin Ashady (2023). Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168521 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168521 en SSS/SOC/2022/S1/002 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Dany Alfian Bin Ashady
Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore
description In Singapore, there has been contention between religious communities and the LGBTQ+ community; recently highlighted after the decriminalisation of an anti-gay law. However, what about LGBTQ+ individuals who also identify with a religion? This paper explores how youths in Singapore who are LGBTQ+ and religious form their identities and navigate their experiences within religious communities. The study also looks at how these experiences impact their mental well-being. By interviewing 19 LGBTQ+ religious Muslim and Christian youths on such issues, along with observing events at an LGBTQ+ friendly Muslim organisation and secondary research from an LGBTQ+ friendly Christian Church, several insights were determined. Relationship with God, alternative interpretations to fit the LGBTQ+ identity with religion, and approach from religious communities and religious family members affect identity formation. These then determine a sense of achievement or separation of identities in terms of mental well-being of these youths.
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title Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore
title_short Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore
title_full Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore
title_fullStr Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on LGBTQ+ youths in Singapore
title_sort religion, identity formation, and effects on well-being: a study on lgbtq+ youths in singapore
publisher Nanyang Technological University
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