青年女同性恋者的身份认同研究

Self-identity of young lesbians

本文运用访谈的方法,对青年女同性恋者的身份认同与身份沟通进行研究。研究发现,同性恋/双性恋者的认同大部分从自身经历发展而来,身份沟通与社区联系对身份认同影响有限。但正面、积极的身份沟通能舒缓同性恋身份带来的心理紧张与羞耻感;而同性恋维权组织有聚集同性恋者的作用,并且能唤起她们的权利意识。笔者认为,虽然同性恋者的身份沟通困难重重,但儒家文化中核心的仁爱价值观,提供了在传统中华家庭伦理里包容同性恋关系的可能性。

With the method of interview, this paper studies the young lesbians＇ self - identity and communication about their sexual orientation identity. The study finds that most of the self - identity of the homosexual and bisexual evolve from their personal experience, and it has less to do with identity communication or community connection. Nevertheless, a positive commu- nication about their identity indeed helps to release depression and shame brought by homosexual identity. What＇s more, LGBT or- ganization helps to create LGBT community and more interaction and engagement among LGBT group, which increases their awareness to voice out and ask for more LGBT rights. At the end of this paper, it will analyze the finding and discuss the cultural meaning of this study as well as its restriction. At last, it will give out the recommendation for further study.