Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Homosex. 2013;60(6):853-72. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2013.774844.
This study (n = 84) examined the extent to which a Christian upbringing may inhibit same-sex attracted individuals from accepting a lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identity. No significant differences were found between current and former Christians' positive or negative gay identities. Participants who had left Christianity were more liberal and viewed God as hostile. Participants' "outness" as LGB to their primary network was associated with a greater positive and lesser negative gay identity. Participants' LGB network size was not related to either their positive or negative gay identifications. Finally, the participants' sexual histories were not related to their negative identities, but were related to their positive identities.
本研究（n=84）考察了基督教背景是否可能阻碍同性恋者接受同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者（LGB）的身份认同。目前的基督教徒和前基督教徒的积极或消极的同性恋身份之间没有发现显著差异。离开基督教的参与者更加自由，认为上帝是敌对的。参与者向主要社交网络出柜为同性恋者与他们拥有更积极的同性恋身份认同和更少的消极同性恋身份认同相关。参与者的 LGB 社交网络规模与他们的积极或消极的同性恋身份认同均无关。最后，参与者的性史与他们的消极身份认同无关，但与他们的积极身份认同有关。
