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A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are 'protected' from sociocultural pressure to be thin [PDF]

, 2014
Heterosexual women in Western cultures are known to experience body image concerns, dieting and disordered eating as a result of intense social pressures to be thin. However, it is theorised that lesbian and bisexual women belong to a subculture that is ‘
Brown LS, Grogan S, Huxley CJ, Rothblum E, Smith JA, Tiggemann M, Willig C   +6 more
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Coming out on "Grey's Anatomy": Industry scandal, constructing a lesbian story line, and fan action

Transformative Works and Cultures, 2017
This analysis focuses on a series of industry scandals that created a need for and the development of a lesbian story line on Grey's Anatomy (ABC, 2005–), resulting in the creation of a lesbian-focused fan group dedicated to the lesbian pairing ...
Tanya D. Zuk
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Lesbian Review: readings of contemporary Spanish narrative

Feminismo/s, 2003
Lesbian narrative has experienced an important development in recent years in countries such as the United States; at the same time, gay and lesbian studies have become a paradigmatic, cutting-edge theoretical model of analysis and criticism.
María Pilar Rodríguez Pérez
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Delineating gender/sex‐related studies through bibliometric analysis

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The multidisciplinary and socially grounded nature of Women's/Gender/Feminist Studies poses unique challenges for bibliometric analysis, as it extends beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. This paper makes three key contributions: (1) We propose a novel retrieval method for constructing a corpus of scholarly documents in research areas ...
Natsumi S. Shokida, Diego Kozlowski, Vincent Larivière   +2 more
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Education Level and Cigarette Smoking: Diminished Returns of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Individuals

Behavioral Sciences, 2019
Background: Education level is one of the strongest protective factors against high-risk behaviors such as cigarette smoking. Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs), however, suggest that the protective effects of education level tend to be weaker ...
Shervin Assari, Mohsen Bazargan
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Gambling, Gaming, and Internet Behavior in a Sexual Minority Perspective. A Cross-Sectional Study in Seven European Countries

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
BackgroundAddictive behavior of gambling, gaming and internet activity is partly a new research domain and has not been well investigated with regard to sexual minority populations.
Niroshani Broman, Niroshani Broman, Fulvia Prever, Fulvia Prever, Ester di Giacomo, Ester di Giacomo, Ester di Giacomo, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Anna Szczegielniak, Helena Hansson, Anders Håkansson, Anders Håkansson   +13 more
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Gay People Are Living There: Reaching Out Beyond the Cities [PDF]

, 2009
Evaluates the 2008 Out In Africa Satellite Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Mafikeng, South Africa. Describes the challenges and impact of bringing queer films to isolated, mainly black and poor, gay and lesbian communities and strengthening local ...
Janet Shapiro, Marion Nel
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Lesbian and bisexual women's human rights, sexual rights and sexual citizenship: negotiating sexual health in England. [PDF]

, 2011
Lesbian and bisexual women's sexual health is neglected in much Government policy and practice in England and Wales. This paper examines lesbian and bisexual women's negotiation of sexual health, drawing on findings from a small research project.
Bailey J.V., Bailey J.V., Bell D., Carabine J., Carabine J., Dolan K.A., Dolan K.A., Eleanor Formby, Evans D., Evans D., Farquhar C., Fish J., Fish J., Fish J., Formby E., Formby E., Hinchliff S., Hunt R., Kaplan M.B., Keogh P., Kollman K., London S., Marrazzo J.M., Marrazzo J.M., Marrazzo J.M., McDermott E., McIntyre L., McNair R.P., Miller A.M., Mugglestone J., Parker R., Petchesky R.P., Piercy H., Plummer K., Power J., Richardson D., Richardson D., Sheill K., Skinner C.J., Weeks J., Wilton T., Woodiwiss A.   +41 more
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‘When joy comes your way, you have to grab it!’ Troubling how queer joy features in the lives of LGBT+ school‐attending youth in South Africa

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, the concept ‘queer joy’ has gained interest in LGBT+ scholarship in the West. I use this scholarship as an entry point to explore how school‐attending LGBT+ youth express joy and how joy serves as a form of resistance against gender and sexuality norms in educational settings.
Dennis Francis
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Can I Write About It Yet?: The Influence of Politics on Literary Representations of Lesbians in Irish Women’s Writing

Studi Irlandesi, 2020
The paper explores how lesbian representation evolves in a specifically Irish context. It examines selected texts of Mary Dorcey and Emma Donoghue, who were the leading lesbian authors of the last decade of the twentieth century, and whose writing ...
Anna Charczun
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