{"title":"Loss of self in coming out: Special risks for african american gays and lesbians","authors":"L. Icard, P. Nurius","doi":"10.1080/15325029608415457","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Recognizing and publicly acknowledging one's own homosexuality can be seriously traumatizing experiences. However, unlike people experiencing other types of life-altering stress experiences, gays and lesbians all too often find, themselves reviled by and marginalized from the very people and resources they need to productively cope with this life challenge. This article examines three types of self-loss associated with “coming out,” losses that are particularly powerful among African Americans. It concludes with a discussion of the social resources needed to mitigate or prevent these unnecessary and preventable losses.","PeriodicalId":47527,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Loss & Trauma","volume":"1 1","pages":"29-47"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15325029608415457","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Loss & Trauma","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15325029608415457","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Recognizing and publicly acknowledging one's own homosexuality can be seriously traumatizing experiences. However, unlike people experiencing other types of life-altering stress experiences, gays and lesbians all too often find, themselves reviled by and marginalized from the very people and resources they need to productively cope with this life challenge. This article examines three types of self-loss associated with “coming out,” losses that are particularly powerful among African Americans. It concludes with a discussion of the social resources needed to mitigate or prevent these unnecessary and preventable losses.
期刊介绍：
In one forum, Journal of Loss and Trauma brings together scholarship on personal losses relating to family, health, and aging issues. The journal addresses issues dealing with psychological and physical health and interpersonal losses relative to extended family, community life, and society as a whole. In order to broaden the reader"s perspective on loss and bereavement, the journal defines loss as a major reduction in a person"s resources, whether personal, material, or symbolic, to which the person was emotionally attached. Types of loss covered include: death and dying; dissolution and divorce; loss of employment; life-threatening diseases and long-term disability; loss of possessions; homelessness.
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