Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
J Homosex. 2021 Jan 2;68(1):112-137. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1627129. Epub 2019 Jun 25.
Nation-wide opinion polls and social scientific studies indicate that evaluations of gay men and lesbian women have become increasingly favourable. These positive trends do not explain the widespread discrimination experiences being reported. To assist researchers in investigating attitudes towards gay and lesbian persons, the current research examines whether there are multiple "types" that are identifiable and salient. Two Canadian studies (s = 67 and 206) were conducted to establish the presence of gay and lesbian subgroups. Using subgroups generated by Study 1 participants, community and student sub-samples selected those they perceive to exist. Results indicated that, for gay men, the subgroups and emerged, as did for lesbian women. Amongst students, and also emerged for gay men, as well as and for lesbian women. These findings have implications for contemporary research on gay- and lesbian-related attitudes and the methodology used to assess them.
全国性的民意调查和社会科学研究表明，人们对男同性恋者和女同性恋者的评价越来越正面。这些积极趋势并不能解释广泛报道的歧视经历。为了帮助研究人员调查对男女同性恋者的态度，本研究探讨了是否存在可识别和显著的多种“类型”。进行了两项加拿大研究（s=67 和 206），以确定是否存在同性恋亚群体。使用由研究 1 参与者生成的亚组，社区和学生子样本选择了他们认为存在的亚组。结果表明，对于男同性恋者，出现了 和 亚组，对于女同性恋者，则出现了 亚组。在学生中，对于男同性恋者，也出现了 和 亚组，对于女同性恋者，则出现了 和 亚组。这些发现对有关男女同性恋相关态度的当代研究以及评估这些态度的方法具有重要意义。
