Homophobia, hypermasculinity and the US black church.

Legacy denied: African American gay men, AIDS, and the black church.

This qualitative study explores the religious development and spiritual formation of African American gay men living with AIDS. In response to an in-depth interviewing approach, 10 men described their experiences of church participation. The participants' data reveal their religious initiation and participation as well as their need to extinguish their affiliation with the black church as a res...

Beyond the Stereotype of Black Homophobia: Exploring the Potential of Black Allies for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students

Religious affiliation, internalized homophobia, and mental health in lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals.

Most religious environments in the United States do not affirm homosexuality. The authors investigated the relationship between exposure to nonaffirming religious environments and internalized homophobia and mental health in a sample of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGBs) in New York City. Guided by minority stress theory, the authors hypothesized that exposure to nonaffirming religious set...

Finite element model updating of bolted lap joints implementing identification of joint affected region parameters

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The effect of distance and dimensions of magnets on nonlinear behavior of piezomagnetoelastic bimorph energy harvester

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