TY - JOUR
T1 - Daily encounters with heterosexism
AU - Swim, Janet K.
AU - Pearson, Nicholas B.
AU - Johnston, Kristen E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Tim Dunmire, Jason Harris, Kyle Marble, Martin Pankiewicz, and Katie Pollack for their assistance in data collection and coding. The work described in this article was supported by The Wayne F. Placek Award administered by the American Psychological Foundation.
PY - 2007/4/11
Y1 - 2007/4/11
N2 - Descriptive information is provided about lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals' everyday experiences with heterosexism. Comparisons are made with participants' experiences with non-heterosexist hassles and with previous research on other types of everyday discrimination. Heterosexist hassles were most likely to be in the form of verbal comments whereas nonheterosexist hassles in the form of behaviors. Compared with nonheterosexist hassles and previous research on other forms of discriminatory hassles, heterosexist hassles were more likely to involve fear of heterosexism. The degree to which LGB members were out and whether participants were bisexual were associated with reporting fear of heterosexism and the total amount of heterosexism experienced, respectively.
AB - Descriptive information is provided about lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals' everyday experiences with heterosexism. Comparisons are made with participants' experiences with non-heterosexist hassles and with previous research on other types of everyday discrimination. Heterosexist hassles were most likely to be in the form of verbal comments whereas nonheterosexist hassles in the form of behaviors. Compared with nonheterosexist hassles and previous research on other forms of discriminatory hassles, heterosexist hassles were more likely to involve fear of heterosexism. The degree to which LGB members were out and whether participants were bisexual were associated with reporting fear of heterosexism and the total amount of heterosexism experienced, respectively.
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U2 - 10.1080/00918360802101179
DO - 10.1080/00918360802101179
M3 - Article
C2 - 18689190
AN - SCOPUS:49949094755
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 53
SP - 31
EP - 48
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 4
ER -