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Out in Appalachia Leaving the Closet in the Mountains
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Out in Appalachia Leaving the Closet in the Mountains
Yazar:
Cawood, Jeffrey C., Jr., author.
ISBN:
9780438031906
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1 electronic resource (64 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: Bernadette Barton Committee members: Bernadette Barton; Shondrah Nash; Suzanne Tallichet.
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Navigating the process of coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) is challenging, especially in rural areas such as Central Appalachia, where religious identity reigns supreme. Using semi-structured interviews with Appalachian LGBT persons, I find that Appalachian LGBT persons come out later as a direct result of messaging by religious family, friends, and community members. These findings are supported by the theoretical concepts of Bernadette Barton, Michel Foucault, and Patricia Hill Collins. Further, Appalachian LGBT persons report that Christianity is directly implicated in the challenges and delays associated with their own coming out experience. These implications include either fears of or actual encounters with: isolation or abandonment; labels of sinful or an abomination; punishment or worthy of Hell; homelessness; violence; and feeling dirty or unclean. I also find that various forms of media are implicated in the process of coming out, acting as a motivator for those who have few role models and even fewer positive examples to present to religious family or friends when coming out. National trends indicate (Russell et al, 2016) that the average age at which LGBT persons publicly identify with their sexual minority identity in 2010 was only 14, yet Appalachian respondents interviewed provided averages much later in life. This study seeks to explain why this phenomenon exists throughout the region.
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School code: 1368
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