1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Qual Health Res. 2018 Sep;28(11):1788-1801. doi: 10.1177/1049732318782432. Epub 2018 Jun 24.
In this study, we document life stories of gay men who attempted suicide as adults. Our goal is to expand the collection of narratives used to understand this persistent health inequity. We interviewed seven adult gay men, each of whom had attempted suicide two to four times, and identified five narratives. Pride narratives resist any connection between sexuality and suicide. Trauma-and-stress narratives enable coping through acknowledgment of sexual stigma as a fundamental trauma and cause of subsequent stress and suicidal thoughts. Memorial narratives prevent suicide by maintaining a strong sense of "permanent" identity. Outing narratives demand that the listener confronts the legacy of unjust practices of homosexual surveillance and "outing," which historically resulted in gay suicides. Finally, postgay narratives warn of the risk of suicide among older generations of gay men who feel erased from the goals of modern gay movements. Sexual identity concealment or invisibility featured prominently in all five narratives.
在这项研究中，我们记录了成年后试图自杀的男同性恋者的生活故事。我们的目标是扩大用于理解这种持续存在的健康不平等现象的叙述集。我们采访了七位成年男同性恋者，他们每个人都曾两次到四次尝试自杀，并确定了五个叙述。骄傲的叙述拒绝承认性取向与自杀之间存在任何联系。创伤和压力的叙述通过承认性耻辱是一种基本的创伤和随后的压力和自杀念头的原因来帮助应对。纪念的叙述通过保持强烈的“永久”身份感来防止自杀。揭露的叙述要求听众面对同性恋监督和“揭露”不公正做法的遗留问题，这些做法在历史上导致了同性恋者自杀。最后，后同性恋者的叙述警告说，老一辈的同性恋者有自杀的风险，他们觉得自己被现代同性恋运动的目标所抹杀。在所有五个叙述中，性身份的隐瞒或隐形都很突出。
