A Qualitative Investigation Into Faith and LGBTQ Identities in a Nonclinical Sample of Readers of the Dear Abby Column
To better understand the relationship between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, we conducted a qualitative analysis of 86 respondents to a general question posed through the Dear Abby column. Responses were anonymized and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Analysis revealed six themes, reflecting a...
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| Published in: | The journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 209; no. 12; pp. 855 - 858 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
01-12-2021
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| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | To better understand the relationship between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, we conducted a qualitative analysis of 86 respondents to a general question posed through the Dear Abby column. Responses were anonymized and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Analysis revealed six themes, reflecting a diversity of lived experience from community rejection to acceptance, and self-rejection to feelings of acceptance by God. Despite frequent media portrayals of conflict between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, the reality is more complex, and faith and LGBTQ+ identity development can be complementary. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-3018 1539-736X |
| DOI: | 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001415 |