Anderson Moji, Elam Gillian, Gerver Sarah, Solarin Ijeoma, Fenton Kevin, Easterbrook Phillippa
Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Cult Health Sex. 2009 Apr;11(3):315-30. doi: 10.1080/13691050802702433.
Accounts by 10 Caribbean men who have sex with men living in the UK reveal them to be liminal beings with unstable and unresolved identities. They are between social states: aware they are not heterosexual and not publicly recognised, or in some cases self-accepted, as homosexual. Caribbean-born respondents especially suffer from homophobia, expressing regret and disappointment at their sexuality. They may also experience cognitive dissonance - as they are aware of their conflict with the heteronormative order - they cannot resolve. Religion contributes to homophobia and cognitive dissonance particularly for Caribbean-born men, some of whom may believe a fundamental conflict exists between Christianity and homosexuality. Heterosexism and homophobia contribute to and reinforce their liminal state, by preventing transition to publicly recognised homosexual status. Respondents may engage in private and public, internal and external, overt and covert policing of their and other gay men's behaviour: through strategic pretence at heterosexuality and/or condemnation of men engaging in behaviour identifiable as stereotypically homosexual, for example. Narratives point to the need to complexify the conventional understanding of Jamaican heterosexism to explain reported variations in the degree of anti-homosexual hostility in the country.
10名居住在英国的加勒比裔男同性恋者的讲述表明，他们处于身份不稳定且未得到解决的边缘状态。他们处于社会状态之间：意识到自己不是异性恋，但也未得到公开认可，或者在某些情况下，未被自我接受为同性恋。出生在加勒比地区的受访者尤其遭受恐同症的困扰，对自己的性取向表示遗憾和失望。他们也可能经历认知失调——因为他们意识到自己与异性规范秩序存在冲突——而无法解决。宗教加剧了恐同症和认知失调，尤其是对出生在加勒比地区的男性来说，他们中的一些人可能认为基督教与同性恋之间存在根本冲突。异性恋主义和恐同症通过阻止他们转变为得到公开认可的同性恋身份，促成并强化了他们的边缘状态。受访者可能会对自己及其他男同性恋者的行为进行私下和公开、内在和外在、公开和隐蔽的管控：例如，通过在异性恋方面的策略性伪装和/或谴责那些表现出典型同性恋行为的男性。这些叙述表明，有必要使对牙买加异性恋主义的传统理解更加复杂，以解释该国报告的反同性恋敌意程度的差异。
