‘Coming out’ : experiences of Singaporean gay men across different ethno-religious backgrounds

This study aims to explore the ways in which Singaporean gay men negotiate their ‘coming out’ process. Through in-depth interviews, influences of religion and ‘coming out’ audience on the homosexual identity development were delineated. The respondents consisted of predominantly Christians and Musli...

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主要作者:	Lau, Paul
其他作者:	Tan Joo Ean
格式:	Final Year Project
語言:	English
出版:	2015
主題:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
在線閱讀:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62375
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機構:	Nanyang Technological University
語言:	English

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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-623752019-12-10T12:03:00Z ‘Coming out’ : experiences of Singaporean gay men across different ethno-religious backgrounds Lau, Paul Tan Joo Ean School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology This study aims to explore the ways in which Singaporean gay men negotiate their ‘coming out’ process. Through in-depth interviews, influences of religion and ‘coming out’ audience on the homosexual identity development were delineated. The respondents consisted of predominantly Christians and Muslims so as to draw comparisons amongst gay men from these two religious groups. The interview data collected showed that: (1) Christian respondents could reconcile their sexual identities with Christianity after joining Free Community Church (FCC), (2) Muslim respondents could not reconcile their sexual identities with Islam because of the parents’ denial and (3) Most respondents coped with stigmatizations through homonormativity. Bachelor of Arts 2015-03-25T09:05:53Z 2015-03-25T09:05:53Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62375 en Nanyang Technological University 31 p. application/pdf
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description	This study aims to explore the ways in which Singaporean gay men negotiate their ‘coming out’ process. Through in-depth interviews, influences of religion and ‘coming out’ audience on the homosexual identity development were delineated. The respondents consisted of predominantly Christians and Muslims so as to draw comparisons amongst gay men from these two religious groups. The interview data collected showed that: (1) Christian respondents could reconcile their sexual identities with Christianity after joining Free Community Church (FCC), (2) Muslim respondents could not reconcile their sexual identities with Islam because of the parents’ denial and (3) Most respondents coped with stigmatizations through homonormativity.
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‘Coming out’ : experiences of Singaporean gay men across different ethno-religious backgrounds

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