Feelings of Belonging: An Exploratory Analysis of the Sociopolitical Involvement of Black,Latina, and Asian/Pacific Islander Sexual Minority Women |
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| Authors: | Angelique Harris Juan Battle Antonio Pastrana Jessie Daniels |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA;2. Sociology Department, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, New York, USA;3. Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, New York, USA;4. Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article compares and contrasts the sociopolitical involvement of Black, Latina, and Asian/Pacific Islander American sexual minority women within lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities of color. For the analysis, a sample of over 1,200 women from the Social Justice Sexuality project was analyzed. Findings indicate that, for all groups of women, feelings of connectedness to the LGBT community was the most significant predictor of sociopolitical involvement within LGBT communities of color. |
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| Keywords: | belonging bisexual community engagement connectedness lesbian marginalization sociopolitical |
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