Mays V M, Cochran S D, Rhue S
Department of Psychology, UCLA 90024-1563.
J Homosex. 1993;25(4):1-14. doi: 10.1300/J082v25n04_01.
This paper explores the effects of perceived racial/ethnic and sexual orientation discrimination on African-American lesbians' relationships with friends, lovers, family, and community support systems. Data for this exploratory study were gathered from a series of semi-structured ethnographic interviews with self-identified Black lesbians. Results suggested that those who had been in relationships with White lesbians reported more frequent experiences of discrimination that influenced their later decision to seek a Black lesbian partner for their next love relationship. Reactions toward lesbian community events ranged from avoidance to determined participation in response to feelings of alienation and racism. Also, Black lesbians perceived the African-American community to be conservative in their views on homosexuality. Nevertheless, for half of the women their interest in participation in the African-American community overshadowed their concerns about negative reactions to their homosexuality. Data from this exploratory study isolated questions that need further empirically based exploration in order to understand how race/ethnicity, culture, and sexual orientation influence the development, maintenance, and dissolution of intimate relationships in the lives of African-American lesbians.
本文探讨了感知到的种族/族裔和性取向歧视对非裔美国女同性恋者与朋友、恋人、家人及社区支持系统关系的影响。这项探索性研究的数据来自对自我认定为黑人女同性恋者的一系列半结构化人种学访谈。结果表明，那些与白人女同性恋者有过恋爱关系的人报告称，遭受歧视的经历更为频繁，这影响了她们后来选择黑人女同性恋伴侣开启下一段恋爱关系的决定。对女同性恋社区活动的反应各不相同，从回避到坚决参与，以应对疏离感和种族主义情绪。此外，黑人女同性恋者认为非裔美国人社区对同性恋持保守观点。然而，对于一半的女性来说，她们参与非裔美国人社区的兴趣超过了对同性恋负面反应的担忧。这项探索性研究的数据提出了一些问题，这些问题需要进一步基于实证的探索，以便了解种族/族裔、文化和性取向如何影响非裔美国女同性恋者生活中亲密关系的发展、维持和解体。
