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CLOSETS ARE FOR CLOTHES: PERCEIVED FAMILIAL REACTIONS WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER COMES OUT AS GAY

Baer, Jessica Kaye
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1160665890

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2006, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Communication.
This study qualitatively investigates the coming out narratives of twelve gay men and focuses specifically on how the gay individual perceived his family members’ reactions to his coming out. It allows for a better understanding of sexual orientation disclosure by gay men within the context of the family and aims to make sense of the meaning found in familial reactions to a gay child’s or relative’s coming out. Four core themes were consistently found in the interviews with gay men: the unprompted mentioning of traditional family values, coming out to friends and/or siblings before coming out to parents, familial reactions improving as time progressed, and the presence of other gay family members within the disclosing individual’s family.
James Patterson (Advisor)
53 p.
gay men; homosexuality; coming out to parents

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  • Baer, J. K. (2006). CLOSETS ARE FOR CLOTHES: PERCEIVED FAMILIAL REACTIONS WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER COMES OUT AS GAY [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1160665890

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Baer, Jessica. CLOSETS ARE FOR CLOTHES: PERCEIVED FAMILIAL REACTIONS WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER COMES OUT AS GAY. 2006. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1160665890.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Baer, Jessica. "CLOSETS ARE FOR CLOTHES: PERCEIVED FAMILIAL REACTIONS WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER COMES OUT AS GAY." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1160665890

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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