Living Out Proud: Factors Contributing to Healthy Identity Development in Lesbian Leaders | Reflection
Living Out Proud: Factors Contributing to Healthy Identity Development in Lesbian Leaders Tammy R. Bringaze & Lyle J. White Brief overview: The study surveyed 62 lesbian leaders and role models in the hope to identify factors that contribute to the process of being psychologically well-adjusted to one's lesbian identity. And hope to integrate these factors into future counselling sessions. The five factors are: Association (ex. LGBTQ+ friends quality, community support, role models), self-help (ex. books, meditation, websites), counselling (ex can help normalize the questioning of one's sexual identity, and reframing external, negative association and views about lesbians to a more positive one), religion and spirituality (ex. has a negative relation of becoming successful in accepting one's identity), and family (ex. family acceptance is important to coming-out). Interesting notes: - Conversion therapy ("reparative therapy" "gay cure therapy") was...