Journal articles: 'Homosexuality, Gay'

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Lin, Huang-Chi, Yi-Chun Lin, Yu-Ping Chang, Wei-Hsin Lu, and Cheng-Fang Yen. "Attitudes toward Homosexuality among Nurses in Taiwan: Effects of Survey Year and Sociodemographic Characteristics." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7 (March 26, 2021): 3465. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073465.

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This study aimed to compare the level of attitudes toward homosexuality among nurses in Taiwan between 2005 and 2017 and with various demographic characteristics, as well as the roles of demographic characteristics in the changing trend of attitudes toward homosexuality between 2005 and 2017. This survey study recruited nurses from three hospitals in 2005 (Survey 2005, N = 1176) and 2017 (Survey 2017, N = 1519). Participants’ four dimensions of attitudes toward homosexuality, including condemnation, immorality, avoiding contact, and stereotypes, were assessed using the Taiwanese version of the Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Questionnaire. The results demonstrated that nurses in 2017 exhibited lower levels of avoiding contact with lesbian and gay patients and stereotypes toward homosexuality but higher levels of condemnation of gay and lesbian individuals and perceptions of gay and lesbian individuals as immoral than did nurses in 2005. Age moderated changes in some dimensions of attitudes toward homosexuality from 2005 to 2017. The need to develop training programs aimed at improving not only the quality of nursing skills but also their negative attitudes regarding homosexuality is urgent.

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Azhari, Nanang Khosim, Herni Susanti, and Ice Yulia Wardani. "PERSEPSI GAY TERHADAP PENYEBAB HOMOSEKSUAL." Jurnal Keperawatan Jiwa 7, no. 1 (May 27, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.26714/jkj.7.1.2019.1-6.

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Orientasi seksual merupakan perasaan ketertarikan secara seksual dan emosional dengan orang lain. Homoseksual merupakan ketertarikan seksual yang terjadi antara sesama jenis kelamin. Hingga saat ini penyebab terjadinya orientasi seksual ini belum dapat dipastikan secara pasti. Prevalensi homoseksual mengalami peningkatan dari tahun ke tahun. Untuk itu peneliti mencoba menggali penyebab homoseksual dari perspektif pelaku homoseksual sendiri. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah enam orang. Data yang terkumpul diolah dengan analisa tematik dan diperoleh 1 tema yaitu pengalaman masa lalumenjadipenyebabhomoseksual yang terbentuk dari 2 kategori (menjadi korban pelecehan seksual dan kurang interaksi dengan ayah). Penelitian ini merekomendasikan peran aktif kedua orang tua dalam mendidik anak sejak kecil. Kata kunci : Gay, homoseksual, peran ayah, pengalaman trauma, pelecehan seksual GAY PERCEPTIONS TO THE CAUSES OF HOMOSEXUALITY ABSTRACTSexual orientation is a sexual and emotional attraction feeling with others. Homosexuality is sexual attraction that happens to people with the same sex. Until now, this sexual orientation cause has not been confirmed yet. Homosexuality prevalence has increased from year to year. For this reason, the researchers try to explore the causes of homosexuality by the perspective of homosexuals themselves. This research is a qualitative research with a descriptive qualitative approach. There are six participants in this study. The collected data is processed with thematic analysis and one theme is obtained, past experience is a cause of homosexuality that is formed from two categories (being victims of sexual abuse and lack of interaction with father). This research recommends the active role of both parents in educating children from childhood. Keywords: Gay, homosexual, father's role, trauma experience, sexual abuse

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Rudy, Rudy. "THE DEPICTION OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMERICAN MOVIES." Jurnal Humaniora 28, no. 1 (June 4, 2016): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jh.v28i1.11502.

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This study focuses on the depiction of homosexuality in American films. It is intended to identify the images of gays depicted in American films as well as the characteristics of American gay movies. It incorporates library research by applying an analytical descriptive approach in analyzing the data. The symbol and reflective theory is used to analyze 18 American movies and 14 gay films from other countries in the early 2000s. It shows that gay films can attract audiences by describing gays as the objects for laughs; gays revealing their sexual identities; sexual scenes of gays; masculine gay men; and violence in gay life. They appear in genres like drama, comedy, romance, detective, western, and horror/mystery with two images of gay people shown in American gay movies; they are the portrait of gays as a minority and the pessimism. However, it also shows that some American gay films picture good gay life, happy gay couples, gay marriage, etc.

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Um, Namhyun, and Dong Hoo Kim. "Effects of Gay-Themed Advertising among Young Heterosexual Adults from U.S. and South Korea." Social Sciences 8, no. 1 (January 10, 2019): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci8010017.

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Little research has been conducted to explain the effects of gay-themed advertising in a cross-cultural context. Such research has been particularly scarce in South Korea. This study is designed to investigate the effects of cultural orientation, gender, and types of gay-themed advertising in evaluation of gay male and female lesbian print ads. The study results indicate that Korean college students (i.e., collectivists) had lower tolerance of homosexuality than did U.S. college students (i.e., individualists). The study also finds that gender-role beliefs lead males to have lower tolerance of homosexuality. However, gender did not have statistically significant impacts on advertising and brand evaluation. Lastly, the study also found that lesbian imagery print ads could lead to greater tolerance of homosexuality and more favorable evaluations of the advertising and brand than could gay male imagery print ads. The current study sheds some light on the characteristics of U.S. consumers and Korean consumers on tolerance of homosexuality and gay-themed ads. Limitations and areas for further research are discussed.

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Schindehutte, Minet, Michael Morris, and Jeffrey Allen. "Homosexuality and Entrepreneurship." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 6, no. 1 (February 2005): 27–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/0000000053026374.

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Attempts to understand the heterogeneous nature of the population of entrepreneurs are relatively few in number, and focus largely on gender, race, ethnicity, age and educational differences. The experiences of many other key cohorts have been ignored, including those of gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) individuals. This paper examines the concept of ‘gay identity’ within an entrepreneurial context, and investigates underlying patterns in the structure of the GLB entrepreneurial community. Results are reported of a cross-sectional survey targeted at a sample of GLB entrepreneurs. The study represents the first national sample of these entrepreneurs. Overall trends are identified in the motives, attitudes, perceptions and management practices of GLB entrepreneurs. Cluster analysis is then employed to identify and characterize two distinct subgroups of GLB entrepreneurs, labelled ‘identifiers’ and ‘independents’. A number of theoretical and managerial implications are drawn from the findings.

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King, Michael, and Annie Bartlett. "British psychiatry and homosexuality." British Journal of Psychiatry 175, no. 2 (August 1999): 106–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.175.2.106.

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BackgroundOpposition to homosexuality in Europe reached a crescendo in the 19th century. What had earlier been regarded as a vice evolved as a perversion or psychological illness. Official reviews of homosexuality as both an illness and (for men) a crime led to discrimination, inhumane treatments and shame, guilt and fear for gay men and lesbians. Only recently has homosexuality been removed from all international diagnostic glossaries.AimsTo review how British psychiatry has regarded homosexuality over the past century.MethodReview of key publications on homosexuality in British psychiatry.ResultsThe literature on homosexuality reflects evolving theories on sexuality over the past century. The assumptions in psychoanalysis and the behavioural sciences that sexuality could be altered led to unscientific theory and practice.ConclusionsMental health professionals in Britain should be aware of the mistakes of the past. Only in that way can we prevent future excesses and heal the gulf between gay and lesbian patients and their psychiatrists.

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Riggins, Thomas. "Michael Levin on gay sex." Think 4, no. 11 (2005): 97–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1477175600001421.

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Marques, Filipa Daniela, and Liliana Sousa. "Portuguese Older Gay Men: Pathways to Family Integrity." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 26, no. 64 (August 2016): 149–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272664201602.

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Abstract Research in the field of older gay men remains scarce. This exploratory study examines older gay men's experiences in the construction of family integrity (versus disconnection and alienation). The family integrity approach is a developmental perspective that links ego integrity to a larger process of constructing meaning within the family system. The sample comprises ten participants (from 60 to 88 years old). A semi-structured interview was conducted and submitted to content analysis. The main findings suggest three experiences in older gay men's construction of family integrity: (i) influence of homosexuality throughout life; (ii) establishing a family of choice; (iii) creating a legacy associated with homosexuality. Family integrity in older gay men seems to evolve from disclosure at a young age to making homosexuality a legacy in old age.

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Adam, Barry D. "Structural Foundations of the Gay World." Comparative Studies in Society and History 27, no. 4 (October 1985): 658–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500011701.

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In recent years, there has been a growing realization that the contemporary social organization of homosexuality into lesbian and gay worlds is a socially and historically unique development and that the traditional academic construction of “the homosexual” has participated in this reifying process (Foucault 1978; Hocquenghem 1978; McIntosh 1981; Weeks 1981; Plummer 1981; Faderman 1981). This article seeks to contribute to this understanding by proposing a set of structural characteristics seen as preconditions to the existence of the gay world and by exploring theoretical leads, especially Marxist feminist initiatives, to make sense of these structures. The study of homosexuality has been so long dominated by psychiatry, biology, and theology that the usual tools of analysis provided by political economy (construed broadly) have not been employed to analyze it. This essay puts forward some structural linkages which set homosexuality within the context of the larger histories of gender, family, and production.

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Bellamy, Debra. "To Gay, or Not To Gay." Stance: an international undergraduate philosophy journal 5, no. 1 (September 12, 2012): 85–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.33043/s.5.1.85-96.

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This work examines the structure of discourses on homosexuality, taking the nature-versus-nurture question as a case study, in order to display the incoherency that results from taking such questions for granted. This paper critically explores the alleged neutrality and objectivity of discourses on sexuality, and within this exploration, a breakdown of the categories of sexuality, sex, gender, and nature occurs. What is shown is that the breakdown of these categories renders the nature-versus-nurture Question itself quite questionable

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Ngwa Nfobin, E. H. "Homosexuality in Cameroon." International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 21, no. 1 (2014): 72–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718115-02101004.

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Should society be protected against homosexuality? To an overwhelming number of Cameroonians, the answer is too obvious for the question of its criminalization, for a little more than four decades, to be revisited. Far beyond questioning the law, it invokes the Spirit of Evil and this is even what creates the abomination. This reasoning would have permitted us to look the other way while the repression of gay people in the country completes its course, if at all the practice could ever be stamped out. But there is a perceptible hardening of resolve within the Cameroonian gay community not to cringe further, the advance of democracy and the heroism of their kind elsewhere in the world being encouraging factors. They boldly demand social rehabilitation and more interestingly are taking their fight into the legal arena where they were thought for decades to be shut out from, even arguing that their non-conforming sexual orientation is a constitutional right. The Cameroonian leadership is exhibiting hints of fatigue as regards a repression that seems to be backfiring. It is apparently weighing its options and biding its time. This article examines the arguments of the forces involved in the stalemate and strives to provide information that may be of help at this defining moment.

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Pérez-Testor, Carles, Julia Behar, Montse Davins, José Luís Conde Sala, José A. Castillo, Manel Salamero, Elisabeth Alomar, and Sabina Segarra. "Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs about Homosexuality." Spanish journal of psychology 13, no. 1 (May 2010): 138–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1138741600003735.

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Schools play a key role in transmitting attitudes towards sexual diversity. Many studies stress the importance of teachers' and other professionals' attitudes towards gay men and/or lesbian women. This study evaluates attitudes and prejudices toward homosexuality in a sample of 254 elementary and high school teachers in Barcelona and its surrounding area. The results obtained using a scale of overt and subtle prejudice and a scale of perceived discrepancy of values indicate that discrepancy between likely behavior and personal values was significantly greater in women, those who hold religious beliefs, churchgoers and people without any gay or lesbian acquaintances. Approximately 88% of the teachers showed no type of prejudiced attitudes towards gay men and lesbian women. The experience of proximity to gay men and/or lesbian women reduces not only the discrepancy between personal values and likely behavior but also the presence of homophobic prejudice. It would be advisable to expand specific teacher training in the subject of sexual diversity in order to reduce prejudicial attitudes, thus fostering non-stereotyped knowledge of homosexuality.

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Heng, K. "35. Models that change: The study of gay identity development." Clinical & Investigative Medicine 30, no. 4 (August 1, 2007): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.25011/cim.v30i4.2795.

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Since the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in 1974, a large number of models of gay identity development have been proposed in the literature. This is unique because for the first time, more attention was paid to the process of developing a gay identity rather than theorizing about the etiologies of homosexuality. This paper reviews the changes in thought found in the literature describing how one comes to develop a gay identity. For the marginalized, identity development is generally described against a backdrop of stigma. Fortunately, our current society is very different from the hostile world that surrounded the APA in 1974: homosexuality is more tolerated and accepted, laws are less discriminatory, and gay role models are more abundant and accessible. As society has evolved, so too have its descriptive models. Shame and reluctance are found in Plumer’s (1975) and Lee’s (1977) models. Pride and activism appear in Hencken and O’Dowd’s (1977) and Cass’ (1979) models. Troiden (1989) mentions the fear of AIDS in his writings. Alderson’s (1998) model reflects a climate where religion, friends, and society can be catalysts in developing a positive identity. Taken together, these models are like time capsules containing clues as to the social conditions of the time. As the rate of social evolution accelerates, it is doubtful that any model regarding marginalized individuals will ever become definitive. For the case of homosexuality, if and when its stigma is removed, then the defining feature of gay identity development is also removed. It is possible that in its place will be a general model of sexual identity development, where homosexual and heterosexual paths diverge innocently and quietly in a society that does not value one over the other. Alderson K. The ecological model of gay male identity. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 2003; 12(2):75-85. Cass V. Homosexual identity formation: A theoretical model. Journal of Homosexuality 1979; 4(3):219-35. Troiden R. The formation of homosexual identities. Journal of Homosexuality 1989; 17(1/2):43-73.

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Roman, David, and John M. Clum. "Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama." American Literature 65, no. 4 (December 1993): 823. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2927330.

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Dolan, Jill, John Clum, Martha Gever, John Greyson, Pratibha Parmar, David Savran, Henry Abelove, Michele Aina Barale, and David Halperin. "Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama." Theatre Journal 47, no. 2 (May 1995): 313. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3208500.

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Boney, Bradley, John M. Clum, and David Savran. "Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama." TDR (1988-) 38, no. 3 (1994): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1146389.

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Djupe, Paul A., and Jacob R. Neiheisel. "Clergy Deliberation on Gay Rights and Homosexuality." Polity 40, no. 4 (October 2008): 411–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.polity.2300095.

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Ngo, Quang. "The intersection of science and television representation of gay sexuality in American culture: A shift from the anti-discrimination narrative to the Born This Way narrative." Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 83–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/qsmpc_00026_1.

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An investigation into the parallelism between media portrayals of gay individuals and the findings produced by the science community can offer possibilities to comprehend the intersection of science and popular culture on the topic of homosexuality. Recognizing this relationship renders it possible to address the historical evolution of media representations of homosexuality alongside the development of scientific knowledge on the same issue. That is, mainstream media can be perceived as a space in which perceptions of what gayness is and means has been negotiated. In this article, I set out to trace how media representations of gay sexuality have shifted from survival to legitimate presence by looking at the adoption of the Born This Way narrative as a new approach to understand homosexuality. To this end, the Born This Way narrative allows for thoughtful and productive representations of gay characters on mainstream television programmes, which the anti-discrimination narrative lacks.

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Deckman, Melissa, Sue E. S. Crawford, and Laura R. Olson. "The Politics of Gay Rights and the Gender Gap: A Perspective on the Clergy." Politics and Religion 1, no. 3 (October 27, 2008): 384–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755048308000382.

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AbstractIn this article, we explore the nexus of gender, religious leadership, and attitudes toward homosexuality and gay rights. Homosexuality has become a frontline issue in American politics, as illustrated most recently by gay marriage battles in the courts and state legislatures as well as state referenda campaigns designed to define marriage legally as the union of a man and a woman. Using survey data from a national random sample of 3,208 clergy who serve in six mainline Protestant denominations, we analyze the extent to which gender operates as a significant predictor of public speech on gay rights issues. Ordinal logistic regression allows us to demonstrate that women clergy are substantially more likely than their male counterparts to speak publicly on gay rights, as well as to model more generally the factors that compel clergy to take action to address this controversial issue in public.

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Lopes, Lucas, Jorge Gato, and Manuel Esteves. "Portuguese Medical Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Homosexuality." Acta Médica Portuguesa 29, no. 11 (November 30, 2016): 684. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.8009.

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Introduction: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people still face discrimination in healthcare environments and physicians often report lack of knowledge on this population’s specific healthcare needs. In fact, recommendations have been put forward to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health in medical curricula. This study aimed to explore factors associated with medical students’ knowledge and attitudes towards homosexuality in different years of the medical course.Material and Methods: An anonymous online-based questionnaire was sent to all medical students enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto, Portugal, in December 2015. The questionnaire included socio-demographic questions, the Multidimensional Scale of Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men (27 items) and a Homosexuality Knowledge Questionnaire (17 items). Descriptive statistics, ANOVAs, Chi-square tests and Pearson’s correlations were used in the analysis.Results: A total of 489 completed responses was analyzed. Male gender, religiosity and absence of lesbian, gay or bisexual friends were associated with more negative attitudes towards homosexuality. Attitudinal scores did not correlate with advanced years in medical course or contact with lesbian, gay or bisexual patients. Students aiming to pursue technique-oriented specialties presented higher scores in the ‘Modern Heterosexism’ subscale than students seeking patient-oriented specialties. Although advanced years in medical course correlated significantly with higher knowledge scores, items related with lesbian, gay or bisexual health showed the lowest percentage of correct answers.Conclusion: There seems to be a lack of exploration of medical students’ personal attitudes towards lesbians and gay men, and also a lack of knowledge on lesbian, gay or bisexual specific healthcare needs. This study highlights the importance of inclusive undergraduate curriculum development in order to foster quality healthcare.

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Jungar, Katarina, and Salla Peltonen. "Acts of homonationalism: Mapping Africa in the Swedish media." Sexualities 20, no. 5-6 (July 18, 2016): 715–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460716645806.

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Gay-friendliness and gender equality have been taken as signs of modern Western superiority over other cultural spheres and geographical spaces, particularly those of the Muslim world. In a similar manner, the promotion and defense of gay rights has become the crucible of othering discourses in relation to Africa. Across different cultural and national spaces, the meanings of citizenship, nationalism, modernity, colonialism and sovereignty are being negotiated in debates about anti-homosexuality on the continent. The focus of this article is the politics of mapping anti-homosexuality legislation in Africa in Swedish daily newspapers . Drawing on the work of Jasbir Puar and other feminist and queer scholars theorizing race and sexuality in relation to processes of nation-building, the authors analyze the mapping of the regulation of homosexuality in Africa as an instance of imaginative geographies. They investigate how journalistic rhetoric about homophobia on the African continent in Swedish daily newspapers relies on a politics of homonationalism and sexual exceptionalism in ‘gay liberation’ discourses.

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Cheney, Kristen. "Locating Neocolonialism, “Tradition,” and Human Rights in Uganda's “Gay Death Penalty”." African Studies Review 55, no. 2 (September 2012): 77–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/arw.2012.0031.

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Abstract:In 2009, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill introduced in Uganda's Parliament reignited homophobic sentiment across Africa. Despite a well-documented history of sexual diversity in Africa, claims that homosexuality is “un-African” are being used to justify violence and exclusion. This article, based primarily on a discursive analysis of public media sources, delves into various cultural logics that reveal the tensions and contradictions in Ugandans' widespread opposition to homosexuality. U.S. evangelical influence, postcolonial amnesia in regard to “tradition,” fertility concerns, and human rights exceptionalism drive this moral panic over issues of sexual diversity. Such sentiments must be addressed by confronting neocolonial religious influence and cultivating renewed respect for human rights and Africa's history of sexual diversity.

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Fallone, Adriana, and Daphne Hewson. "School counsellors' responses to homosexuality and to lesbian and gay students." Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling 6, no. 1 (November 1996): 31–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1037291100001473.

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NSW School Counsellors were surveyed regarding their attitudes towards homosexuality and their experience and willingness to work with gay and lesbian students. Most counsellors showed low to moderate homonegativism, but 16.6% scored in the high range. Less knowledge, experience, and past training on homosexuality issues were significantly related to homonegativism, as was unwillingness to participate in future activities and workshops dealing with lesbian and gay students' issues. Many counsellors had a poor knowledge of existing support services. Counsellors who were willing to provide supportive services for gay and lesbian students expressed a need for resources, information kits and curriculum material, inservice training, executive support and a positive Departmental policy.

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DellaPosta, Daniel. "Gay Acquaintanceship and Attitudes toward Homosexuality: A Conservative Test." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 4 (January 2018): 237802311879895. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2378023118798959.

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Does acquaintanceship with gays and lesbians produce more accepting attitudes toward homosexuality and gay rights? Although most scholars and laypeople would likely answer in the affirmative, previous work has struggled to answer this question because of the difficulty in disentangling social influence from social selection. Using panel data from the 2006 to 2010 editions of the General Social Survey, this study provides a conservative test of the contact hypothesis for gay acceptance. People who had at least one gay or lesbian acquaintance at baseline exhibited larger attitude changes at two- and four-year follow-ups with regard to support for same-sex marriage and moral acceptance of homosexuality. Furthermore, this contact effect extended even, and perhaps especially, to people who otherwise displayed more negative prior attitudes and lower propensities for gay and lesbian acquaintanceship.

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Levin, Michael. "Non-Euclidean sex." Think 4, no. 10 (2005): 7–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1477175600001135.

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Perhaps there is nothing morally wrong with homosexuality. But does that mean that those who find it abhorrent should be forced to tolerate, it? Michael Levin questions some common liberal preconceptions about homosexuality, and also responds to my own ‘What's Wrong With Gay Sex?’ (which appeared in Issue 5 of Think).

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Jackowiak, Adrianna. "Poetyka (nie)wyrażalnego pożądania, czyli zarys historii powie- ści gejowskiej w Polsce na tle socjologiczno-kulturowym." Studia Europaea Gnesnensia, no. 10 (January 1, 2014): 169–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/seg.2014.10.9.

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The aim of the paper is to show the history of Polish gay novel and explain the very term. However, the essence of the research problem is not the history itself, but drawing attention to the need of adopting a multidimensional perspective in the deliberations concerning homosexuality in general (including gay novel). An interdisciplinary approach to the issue enables one to make observations concerning the impact of social and political realities on literature, while at the same time to analyse a work of art as a statement in public debate on homosexuality and homosexuals.

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Näser-Lather, Marion. ""This is absolutely gay!" - Homosexuality within the German Armed Forces." Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, no. 2-3 (November 12, 2018): 71–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/kkf.v27i2-3.110849.

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Drawing on Connell’s theory of hegemonic masculinity and Foucault’s concept of ‘dispositive’, this paper analyses historical and contemporary discourses on homosexuality within the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces). I argue that the interconnected norms that shape the construction of homosexuality in the Bundeswehr – hegemonic masculinity as a core norm for male as well as female soldiers, and the dispositives of strength and equality – have different impacts on gay men and lesbians, empowering lesbian and devaluating gay soldiers. Through a discourse analysis of legal documents, internet forum discussions, drillmasters’ utterances, and interviews with gay and lesbian soldiers, I show how these gender norms and dispositives reflect the experiences of homosexual soldiers as well as their coping strategies.

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Isayev, Dmitriy Dmitriyevich. "Psychological characteristics preceding the development of homosexuality." Pediatrician (St. Petersburg) 5, no. 3 (September 15, 2014): 134–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/ped53134-137.

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490 gay men and 235 heterosexual men were surveyed to reveal frequency of distribution of childhood and adolescence gender non-conformity in gay men compare to similar features in straight men. Significant differences identified between two samples. The vast majority of gay men had history of various combinations of identity problems, crossgender behavior, communication problems, difficulties in adoption normative gender roles, the inability to find a common language with peers. In heterosexual sample basis were communicative problems related to particular personality features of some part of the control group. Gender-variance by itself cannot be regarded as an obvious sign indicating the development of homosexuality. In some cases it is a sign of congenital determinants that lead to the same sex sexual attraction, and in others this is only contributing personality characteristics facilitating under certain circumstances occurrence of erotic attachments to persons of the same gender.

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Miller, David. "Introducing the `gay gene': media and scientific representations." Public Understanding of Science 4, no. 3 (July 1995): 269–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-6625/4/3/005.

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In 1993 a paper in the prestigious scientific journal Science announced the discovery of a linkage between genetics and male homosexuality. The linkage was promptly dubbed the `gay gene' by the media, and the paper was widely reported. This article examines the reporting of the `gay gene' in the British press and television news, and compares it with commentary in scientific journals. The article focuses on the representation of homosexuality and the representation of science. It considers the charges levelled at the media by some critics and finds many of them wanting. Finally, it concludes with some comments about the public understanding of science and the need for the scientific understanding of the media and the public.

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Dupras, André. "Internalized Homophobia and Psychosexual Adjustment among Gay Men." Psychological Reports 75, no. 1 (August 1994): 23–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.23.

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The present study examined links between internalized homophobia and psychosexual tendencies among 261 homosexual men. Analysis indicated that men who accept their homosexuality less rate themselves higher on sexual anxiety, sexual depression, fear of sexuality, and concern about sexual image and lower on internal sexual control, sexual esteem, and sexual satisfaction. Although no significant differences were found between HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative subjects, the associations between internalized homophobia and certain psychosexual tendencies seemed more pronounced in the seropositive respondents. We believe it would be beneficial for homosexual men who are very homophobic to seek psychoeducative or therapeutic consultation to develop more positive attitudes toward their homosexuality and thereby better the quality of their lives.

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Qibtiyah, Alimatul. "HOMOSEXUALITY ISLAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVES." Musãwa Jurnal Studi Gender dan Islam 14, no. 2 (July 7, 2015): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/musawa.2015.142.197-210.

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Setiap manusia yang hidup di dunia ini semestinya mempunyai hak yang sama untuk mendapatkan kebutuhan-kebutuhan dasarnya. Namun demikian realitasnya tidak seperti itu. Kelompokkelompok marginal seperti kelompok LGBT akan banyak mendapatkan diskriminasi. Bahkan pendiskriminasian itu sering dilegitimasi sebagai kutukan Tuhan di dunia. Tulisan ini akan mendiskusikan bagaimana Islam dan ummat Islam melihat fenomena homoseksualitas baik dari sisi teologis maupun sosiologisnya. Kelompok yang tidak setuju dengan keberadaan kaum gay ini, berargumen bahwa itu adalah penyimpangan sedangkan kelompok yang peduli melihat bahwa untuk menjadi gay, waria ataupun lesbi bukanlah pilihan dia tetapi itu juga pemberian dari Tuhan,karena itu tidak adil jika mereka diperlakukan tidak adil dari apa yang terjadi pada mereka yang sebenarnya mereka tidak minta. Perbedaan ini tidak lepas dari pendekatan yang digunakan dalam memahami text-text keagamaan.

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Kong, Travis SK. "Gay and grey: participatory action research in Hong Kong." Qualitative Research 18, no. 3 (June 24, 2017): 257–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468794117713057.

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This article examines how a research project transformed into participatory action research (PAR) whose outcome was a self-help group for older (60+) gay men in Hong Kong. The overall process witnessed a change in the level of participation by both the researcher and researched, as well as the social transformation of the participants and production of knowledge on Chinese homosexuality. Most importantly, the morph into PAR can be seen as a process whereby the participants took control and felt empowered. By bridging the gap between queer studies and PAR, this research rethinks three power issues embedded in the research process: the power relation between researcher and researched, that between participants and the major form of oppression in queer lives, i.e. heteronormativity, and the knowledge–power relation in the formulation of Chinese homosexuality.

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Simoni, Jane M. "Confronting Heterosexism in the Teaching of Psychology." Teaching of Psychology 23, no. 4 (December 1996): 220–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top2304_3.

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Psychology is not immune from the biases of its cultural context, including the devaluation of homosexuality. Historically, the profession has pathologized nonheterosexual orientations and failed to cultivate an appreciation of and sensitivity toward diversity in sexual orientation. Part of the instructor's role is to challenge prevailing heterosexist assumptions and provide accurate information about the psychology of lesbians and gay men. This article presents a rationale for making the psychology curriculum more inclusive of lesbian and gay male issues. Results are presented from a survey of current psychology textbooks that indicate inadequate coverage and segregated treatment of the topic of homosexuality. Finally, suggestions are provided to instructors for expanding coverage of lesbian and gay male psychological issues and avoiding heterosexist bias.

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Whisnant, Clayton J., and William Naphy. "Born to Be Gay: A History of Homosexuality." Sixteenth Century Journal 37, no. 1 (April 1, 2006): 275. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20477808.

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Pepper, Carol. "Gay Men Tortured on the Basis of Homosexuality." Contemporary Psychoanalysis 41, no. 1 (January 2005): 35–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00107530.2005.10745847.

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Wyers, Norman L. "Homosexuality in the Family: Lesbian and Gay Spouses." Social Work 32, no. 2 (March 1, 1987): 143–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sw/32.2.143.

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Davidson, J. "Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality." English Historical Review CXXII, no. 497 (June 1, 2007): 725–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cem094.

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Weinrich, James D. "Strange Bedfellows: Homosexuality, Gay Liberation, and the Internet." Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 22, no. 1 (June 1997): 58–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01614576.1997.11074173.

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Oram, Alison, and Dennis Altman. "Homosexuality, Which Homosexuality?: Essays from the International Scientific Conference on Lesbian and Gay Studies." Feminist Review, no. 35 (1990): 121. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1395409.

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Oram, Alison. "Homosexuality, Which Homosexuality?: Essays from the International Scientific Conference on Lesbian and Gay Studies." Feminist Review 35, no. 1 (July 1990): 121–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/fr.1990.37.

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Vance, Laura L. "Converging on the Heterosexual Dyad: Changing Mormon and Adventist Sexual Norms and Implications for Gay and Lesbian Adherents." Nova Religio 11, no. 4 (May 1, 2008): 56–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nr.2008.11.4.56.

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Nineteenth-century sexual ideals in Mormonism and Seventh-day Adventism differed: Adventism proscribed sexual expression, even in marriage, and Latter-day Saints encouraged marriage and sexual expression in addition to that sanctioned by the wider society, especially in polygamy. Nonetheless, each movement justified sexual norms by asserting that sexual expression lessened vital force, or physical well-being. In the face of changing societal sexual and gender norms——especially resulting from the sexual revolution, the modern feminist movement, and the gay rights movement——Adventism's and Mormonism's definitions of appropriate sexual expression converged to promote sex in heterosexual marriage. Concomitantly, homosexuality was explicitly and publicly defined as sinful and antithetical to, even threatening, heterosexual marriage and family. This paper explores the convergence of sexual ideals in Mormonism and Adventism, with attention to explicit proscription of homosexuality, responses to homosexuality and homosexuals in each movement, and implications of these for gay and lesbian adherents.

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Whitaker, Brian. "The Paradox of Visibility: Gay in the Middle East." Current History 109, no. 731 (December 1, 2010): 401–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/curh.2010.109.731.401.

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Schumm, Walter R. "A Reply to Belkin's Argument That Ending the “Gay Ban” Will Not Influence Military Performance." Psychological Reports 95, no. 2 (October 2004): 637–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.95.2.637-640.

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Belkin's recent arguments in favor of replacing the current U.S. military policy on homosexuality are discussed. A variety of issues, especially sexual asymmetries, are cited as reasons that would make open acceptance of homosexuality problematic in the military as well as the enforcement of sexual harassment regulations.

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Rahemtulla, Shadaab. "Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, Homosexuality in Islam." American Journal of Islam and Society 28, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 141–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v28i1.1275.

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Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle’s Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflectionon Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims is a comprehensive, engaging,and original rereading of the formative Islamic texts and traditions. Targetedat both academic and popular readers, the book has two prime objectives:to push heterosexual Muslims to confront their own prejudices abouthomosexuality within the Muslim community, and to give lesbian, gay, andtransgender Muslims greater confidence and the ability to speak about theirsexual realities in regard to the Islamic intellectual tradition ...

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Donahue, Peter, and Lynn McDonald. "Gay and Lesbian Aging: Current Perspectives and Future Directions for Social Work Practice and Research." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 86, no. 3 (July 2005): 359–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.3433.

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For many years in social work, as in many other professions and disciplines, very little was known about gay men and lesbians. There was an even greater dearth of knowledge regarding gay men and lesbians as they move through the aging process. Social work has been criticized for its ignorance, intolerance, and insensitivity in this area. Following the Stonewall Riots in 1969, there was an emergence of both interest and research into homosexuality and, subsequently, homosexuality and aging. The authors critically examine the current status of social work regarding practice and research with older gays and lesbians and presents recommendations for both practice and research.

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George, Marie-Amélie. "The Custody Crucible: The Development of Scientific Authority About Gay and Lesbian Parents." Law and History Review 34, no. 2 (March 28, 2016): 487–529. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0738248016000018.

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In 1974, gay father Bruce Voeller sought visitation with his three children after divorcing his wife. The New Jersey family court held a six day trial that centered on expert witness testimony as to whether Voeller's homosexuality would be detrimental to his children. Drs. Richard Green and John Money testified on Voeller's behalf, whereas Voeller's ex-wife called Dr. Richard Gardner, who concluded that “‘the total environment to which the father exposed the children could impede healthy sexual development in the future.’” In his opinion, which imposed strict limitations on visitation, the judge focused on the opposition within the American Psychiatric Association (APA) over the decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness, reasoning that psychiatrists' inability to agree on how to define or classify homosexuality indicated that it was impossible to know what effect Voeller's homosexuality would have on his children. The court consequently concluded that the medical controversy, combined with “the immutable effects which are engendered by the parent-child relationship, demands that the court be most hesitant in allowing any unnecessary exposure of a child to an environment which may be deleterious.” The court imposed visitation restrictions to prevent the children from being in “any homosexual related activities,” which included prohibiting Voeller from ever introducing his partner to the children.

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Burn, Ian. "The Relationship between Prejudice and Wage Penalties for Gay Men in the United States." ILR Review 73, no. 3 (July 30, 2019): 650–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019793919864891.

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This article estimates the empirical relationship between prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuality and the wages of gay men in the United States. It combines data on prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuality from the General Social Survey with data on wages from the U.S. Decennial Censuses and American Community Surveys—both aggregated to the state level. The author finds that a one standard deviation increase in the share of individuals in a state who are prejudiced toward homosexuals is correlated with a decrease in the wages of gay men of between 2.7% and 4.0%. The results also suggest that the prejudice of managers is responsible for this correlation. The author finds that a one standard deviation increase in the share of the managers in a state who are prejudiced toward homosexuals is associated with a 1.9% decrease in the wages of gay men. The author finds no evidence that the wage penalty for gay men is correlated with the prejudice of customers or co-workers.

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Redman, Shane M. "Effects of Same-Sex Legislation on Attitudes toward Homosexuality." Political Research Quarterly 71, no. 3 (January 19, 2018): 628–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912917753077.

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Despite the long historical battle of members of the gay and lesbian community to gain equal rights as their heterosexual counterparts, the adoption of public policies at the national level that recognize same-sex partnerships and marriages is a relatively recent political development across the globe. Consequently, we know little about whether, and how, this type of legislation affects public attitudes toward homosexuality. This study examines the relationship between same-sex couple legislation and public opinion using data from the World Values Survey from the years 1989 to 2014. While previous studies examining this relationship in the European context have found a positive relationship, the results presented in this paper paint a less optimistic picture of the impacts that same-sex couple legislation has on attitudes toward homosexuality. Specifically, I find that instead of same-sex partnership legislation increasing favorable attitudes across the entire population, it only affects individuals who are already generally supportive of homosexuality. Implications for gay and lesbian rights are discussed.

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McCord, David M., and Harold A. Herzog. "What Undergraduates Want to Know about Homosexuality." Teaching of Psychology 18, no. 4 (December 1991): 243–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top1804_15.

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Few subjects covered in psychology courses arouse as much intense feeling as the issue of homosexuality. Students in three different undergraduate courses were asked to submit their questions about homosexuality prior to a panel discussion presented by representatives of a local gay rights organization. A total of 280 questions were collected. They fell into 13 categories, shedding light on the primary questions and concerns students have about this important issue.

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Köllen, Thomas. "The impact of demographic factors on the way lesbian and gay employees manage their sexual orientation at work." Management Research Review 38, no. 9 (September 21, 2015): 992–1015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrr-05-2014-0099.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence demographic factors have on the way lesbians and gay men manage their sexual orientation at work. Design/methodology/approach – Based on data taken from a cross-sectional survey of 1,308 gay and lesbian employees working in Germany, four regression models are proposed. The means of handling one’s homosexuality at work was measured by the 31 items containing Workplace Sexual Identity Management Measure from Anderson et al. (2001). Findings – Results indicate that being in a relationship is related to increased openness about one’s homosexuality at work. Furthermore, it appears that the older and the more religious lesbian and gay employees are, the more open (and therefore less hidden) about their sexuality they are. Having a migratory background is related to being more guarded about one’s sexual orientation, whereas personal mobility within the country is not related to the way one manages one’s sexual orientation at work. Lesbians tend to be a little more open and less guarded about their homosexuality compared to gay men. Research limitations/implications – The focus of this research (and the related limitations) offers several starting and connecting points for more intersectional research on workforce diversity and diversity management. Practical implications – The study’s findings indicate the need for an intersectional approach to organizational diversity management strategies. Exemplified by the dimension “sexual orientation”, it can be shown that the impact each dimension has for an employee’s everyday workplace experiences and behavior in terms of a certain manifestation of one dimension of diversity can only be understood in terms of its interplay with other dimensions of diversity. Originality/value – It is shown that manifestations of demographic factors that tend to broaden the individual’s coping resources for stigma-relevant stressors lead to more openness about one’s homosexuality in the workplace.

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