Young Homosexual Individuals'Conceptions and Practices of Coming Out to Family
In order to explore the conceptions and practices of coming out to family among young homosexual individuals,we conducted in-depth interviews with 28 post-90s and post-00s lesbian and gay individuals.The study reveals that along with personal growth and ability improvement,the decision to come out to family for young homosexual individuals was molded as a self-centered process of utilizing diverse identity expression strategies towards different family and social members.Throughout this process,young homosexual individuals keenly perceive the resources and risks inherent in unstable family relationships and traditional kinship culture,and flexibly manipulate norms based on context to align with their own decisions.The diversified conceptions and practices of coming out among modern Chinese young homosexual individuals manifest a more pronounced shift toward individualism.Stories in this research tone down the seriousness and particularity of coming out in traditional mainstream narratives,and supplement the single dominant theme of"maintaining stable family relationships"in previous family stories of homosexual individuals.
Young Homosexual IndividualComing out to FamilyAction Strategy
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