Unsheltered Rainbows: Meaning of Home among Homeless and Runaway Sexual Minority

Chester Alan R. Merza, Andrew S. Macalma
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Home is a warm refuge for many individuals; however, some were not gifted and became unsheltered. Various sociopolitical factors include multiple layers of oppression, mental health, and unsatisfactory relationship scaffold rootlessness. The study aimed to explore the meanings of home among seven gay homeless and runaways. They were recruited through homogenous purposive and snowball sampling. It charted the track of interpretative phenomenological qualitative research and employed photovoice, a visual methodology. Participants were 18 and above self-identified gay men who had experienced youth homelessness for over a year. Framework analysis and triangulation were employed for the interpretation and validation. For the results, the cohort’s meanings of home are forming a non-normative family (nourishing emotional connection with significant non-relatives and achievement of heteronormative goal), characteristics of a home (physical qualities and experiential qualities), positive and emotional environment, emblem of achievement, and genuine parental acceptance. Findings suggest that birth-home and homelessness experiences contribute to conceptualizing and characterizing home as a physical structure and experience. Thus, diversity and inclusivity are social issues that need to be highlighted.
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无遮蔽的彩虹:无家可归和离家出走的性少数群体的家的意义
家是许多人温暖的避难所;然而,有些人没有天赋,没有得到庇护。各种社会政治因素包括多层压迫、心理健康和不满意的关系脚手架无根。这项研究旨在探索七个无家可归和离家出走的同性恋者对家的意义。他们是通过同质目的和滚雪球抽样招募的。它开辟了解释性现象学定性研究的轨道,并采用了视觉方法论“光声”。参与者是18岁及以上的男同性恋者,他们经历了一年多的青年无家可归。采用框架分析和三角测量进行解释和验证。结果显示,被试群体的家的意义为:形成非规范性家庭(与重要的非亲属建立情感联系,实现异规范目标)、家的特征(物质品质和经验品质)、积极的情感环境、成就的象征、真正的父母接受。研究结果表明,出生在家和无家可归的经历有助于将家概念化和定性为一种物理结构和经验。因此,多样性和包容性是需要强调的社会问题。
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