Bowleg Lisa, Burkholder Gary, Teti Michelle, Craig Melynda L
Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
J LGBT Health Res. 2008;4(4):153-66. doi: 10.1080/15574090903167422.
This mixed method study investigated the psychosocial predictors of coming out among a predominantly middle-class sample of Black lesbian and bisexual women (LBW; N = 95) between the ages of 18 and 68. Results demonstrated that demographic variables (i.e., age, age of coming out, income), social support, and ranking one's LBW identity greater than one's Black identity significantly predicted being "out and talking about" one's sexual identity to others. Findings from semistructured interviews with a subsample (n = 19) of Black LBWs about experiences of coming out and being out demonstrated two key themes: (a) although coming out is important, decisions to do so are often collective, shaped by familial, community, and religious concerns, rather than an individualistic need to be out; and (b) the experience of coming and being out is contextualized through the intersection of race, gender, and sexual identities, rather than separate identities as Black and LBW.
这项混合方法研究调查了年龄在18岁至68岁之间、以中产阶级为主的黑人女同性恋和双性恋女性（LBW；N = 95）出柜的心理社会预测因素。结果表明，人口统计学变量（即年龄、出柜年龄、收入）、社会支持以及将自己的LBW身份排在高于黑人身份的位置，显著预测了向他人“公开并谈论”自己的性取向。对一部分黑人LBW子样本（n = 19）进行的关于出柜及公开经历的半结构化访谈结果显示了两个关键主题：（a）尽管出柜很重要，但这样做的决定往往是集体性的，受到家庭、社区和宗教因素的影响，而非出于个人想要公开的需求；（b）出柜及公开的经历是通过种族、性别和性取向身份的交叉来体现的，而不是作为黑人和LBW这两种不同的身份。
