Exploring the Role of Being Out on a Queer Person's Self-Compassion

Recent changes in societal attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities have resulted in more people openly identifying with sexual minority status. Due to research on the effects of denying one's sexual orientation and the negative effects of this, many have advocated for more openness in queer sexual orientation. Compassion means connecting to the suffering of others not by avoiding their pain but instead by identifying it so that the feeling of kindness may emerge. Self-compassion, therefore, involves being touched by and open to one's own suffering, not avoiding or disconnecting from it, generating the desire to alleviate one's suffering and to heal oneself with kindness. The purpose of the research is to understand the impact that being out has on a queer person's self-compassion. The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) is a 26-item, 5-point Likert measure, where a higher score equated to higher self-compassion and looked at how a person showed loving kindness to one's self through the six dimensions of self-compassion. The six dimensions of self-compassion are mindfulness, over-identification, self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, and isolation. Results showed that those who are totally out have a higher sense of self-compassion. Implications for practitioners working with the queer population are also discussed.     

Coming-Out Narratives Across Generations

This study is a thematic analysis of narratives about the coming-out process. Participants (N = 30) were part of a stratified random sample of a large data set generated from a research project investigating changes in the coming-out process over time. Participants were 15 women and 15 men from 5 age cohorts (ages 18 to 74) who self-identified as members of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) communities. Themes related to the struggles and rewards of going through the coming-out process are explored in these narratives. Organizing themes of those who figured it out in their heads and those who figured it out in their hearts emerged from this analysis and suggest two paths to coming out. Generational themes are also explored in this analysis. This study aims to provide contextualization to the diverse experiences of LGB people in the coming-out experience.     

Coming out strategies of lesbians and gays at work / Estrategias de coming out de personas lesbianas y gays en el trabajo

Abstract

In recent years there has been a great deal of social and legislative progress in the struggle against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. However, the coming out process in the workplace is still a crucial aspect in the lives of many lesbians and gays (LG). This study sets out to analyse the different strategies that Spanish LG adopt when revealing their sexual orientation at work by identifying the factors that facilitate or hinder this process. It also analyses the personal and organizational consequences of the strategies used in the coming out process. The study was carried out through in-depth interviews with 15 LG. Results show that the coming out strategies vary and are affected by different factors (e.g., characteristics of the colleagues, sector, etc.). Moreover, it confirmed that the coming out process (or its absence) can have consequences at different levels (e.g., relationships with colleagues, perception of organizational injustice, etc.).     

《唐律疏议》所见唐代审判责任制度

《唐律疏议》把案件的误判情况分为“故出”“故人”“失出”“失人”四种类型,并规定了处罚原则。案件判决实行连署制度,联署判案出现误判,则分为“同职犯公坐”和“同职有私余官不觉”两种类型,连署之官根据自身在四等官制中的地位,负相应的连带责任。     

论改革开放初期党的思想政治工作的基本经验

从1978年12月十一届三中全会的召开到1982年9月的中共十二大,是改革开放的起始阶段,也是我党进行拨乱反正的重要时期。坚持思想政治工作的“生命线”地位,坚持正面教育为主的同时掌握好批评的武器,充分发挥人民群众在思想政治工作中的主观能动性和创造性,促进思想政治工作科学化,是这一时期思想政治工作的基本经验。     

集权、分权与治理: 行政派出组织的缘起、特点与影响

为了实现中央对地方的监察,对特定区域的治理,完成特定的任务,派出机关、派出机构以及派出官吏等形式各异的行政派出组织,利用自身＂虚位性＂、＂临时性＂、＂灵活性＂的特点,通过分权分散派往各地的派出组织强化中央集权的同时,对地方的行政区划、监察制度、职官制度等方面均产生了深远影响。     

农地流转农户协商定价机制的经济学分析

文章在农地使用权物权化流转的基础上,构建了一个农地流转供求模型,从经济学的视角分析了农地流转农户协商定价的市场机制。研究发现：（1）在既定的影响因素下,转入方的市场势力将会导致流转交易价格和交易量下降,进而影响农地流转效率。（2）在既定的农地流转影响因素不变时,不管转入方是处于完全竞争市场还是垄断市场,外生影响因素对流转交易均衡价格和交易量的影响方向都是一样的,最后为农地流转市场的相关政府管理部门提出了政策建议。     

高等学校品牌专业的品牌特性研究

目前,创建品牌专业成了高校在竞争中获得发展的重要手段.从品牌学的角度看,高校品牌专业的品牌特性是品牌专业的外在特征和内在特性的集中体现.其中,品牌专业的品牌非赢利性、文化根植性和象征消费性是其突出的品牌特性.基于高校品牌专业的品牌特性的认识,本文认为,新时期高校品牌专业建设培育要实现由打造专业品牌向打造高校品牌转变的品牌战略创新,以及从功能与情感塑造转向个性化体验建构的品牌建设方法.     

“上有政策，下有对策”现象的公共选择理论分析

"上有政策,下有对策"是我国公共政策执行中经常存在的一种不良现象,其不仅阻碍了政令通畅、危害政府职责的有效完成,而且妨碍了政府公信力的树立、损害了党和国家政策的权威性。用公共选择理论来分析"上有政策,下有对策"现象,就是要把经济学的假定和方法应用于公共政策的执行中,以地方政府的自利性为研究切入点,分析了该现象发生的原因,并提出了相应的防治措施,如合理加大利益整合,大力加强信息沟通以及积极完善监督落实。     

启蒙的悖论及其出路

文章对近代以来由启蒙所带来的各种悖论问题进行了重新反思,并对霍克海默、阿多诺、哈贝马斯、福柯、德里达等哲学家的相关思想进行了梳理、比照和批判性的检讨,指出其各自得失,提出在伦理实践的层面上寻求走出启蒙困境的道路,从而避免对启蒙进行二元论解释.文章试图以卢梭晚年的思想和生活为例来重新理解亚里士多德所说的"审慎"的"实践智慧",用以发掘我们这个时代的"启蒙"的意义.