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This article examines the complex negotiation of queer Muslim subjectivities in post-colonial Sri Lanka, where individuals experience intersecting systems of oppression rooted in state surveillance, religious orthodoxy, and colonial-era legal frameworks. While scholarship has separately explored LGBTIQ+ identities in South Asia and queer Muslim experiences, a critical gap remains in understanding their convergence within the Sri Lankan context. This research addresses this lacuna by analyzing how queer Muslims, specifically from the Sri Lankan Moor ethnic community, negotiate their identities at the nexus of Islamic communal norms and the enduring legacy of British colonial law, such as Sections 365 and 365A of the Penal Code. Drawing on qualitative research approach, the qualitative data from 77 in-depth interviews with queer Muslims in Maruthur, and framed by an integrated theoretical approach of intersectionality, queer theory, and postcolonial studies, the findings reveal a multifaceted reality. Participants' experiences are characterized by a "double consciousness," managing profound internal conflict between religious adherence and queer selfhood, while performing public conformity to ensure safety and belonging. The analysis demonstrates that these subjectivities are not formed through simple oppression but through dynamic, strategic performances of identity. Crucially, the article identifies acts of religious reinterpretation, where individuals employ Islamic principles of mercy (Rahma) to create affirming spiritual frameworks, constituting a form of decolonial resistance. The paper argues that the personal journeys of queer Muslims occur within broader, intersecting systems of power-state, religious, colonial, and global. Consequently, their self-formation is a profoundly political act, situated in a contested space defined by a continuous interplay of resistance, reinterpretation, and survival. This research contributes to broader discussions on decolonial queer politics and non-Western Muslim subjectivities by insisting on an integrated analytical lens to understand these complex lived realities.

This study investigates the perceptions, attitudes, and purchasing behaviors of LGBTQ+ people toward sex toys in Türkiye, using a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design. A total of 590 participants completed the survey, selected from seven metropolitan cities across Türkiye, representing all geographical regions. In the qualitative phase, 21 participants were chosen from the survey respondents using purposeful sampling to capture diversity in gender identity, sexual orientation, and perceptions of sex toys. The quantitative findings revealed that trans women had the highest perception scores of sex toys, while trans men had the lowest. Queer and pansexual participants showed more positive perceptions of sex toys compared to gay participants, who had the lowest scores. Higher education was associated with more favorable perceptions. Qualitative interviews highlighted motivations, emotional processes, and personal experiences, with key themes including curiosity, consumer autonomy, and the role of sex toys in sexual subjectivity. This study emphasizes the need for inclusive and accessible sex toys that better reflect the diverse experiences of LGBTQ+ people.

While discrimination has been studied among sexual minorities (SM), researchers have called for several necessary innovations, including adopting standard measures of discrimination and identifying attributions of such mistreatment among sexual minorities. We used data from the Nurses' Health Study 2 (n = 69,483)-a longitudinal cohort of female nurses across the U.S. Experiences of discrimination were measured in 2017 using the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) and coded using three schemes: situation, frequency, and chronicity. Participants attributed discriminatory experiences to any of 12 identities. We fit unadjusted quasi-Poisson models to estimate relative expected counts (RECs) for the association of sexual orientation with everyday discrimination and number of attributions, and unadjusted log-binomial models to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs) for specific attributions. Compared to participants who identified as completely heterosexual, all SM subgroups reported a higher number of situations and frequency of discrimination. Using chronicity coding, heterosexual with past same-sex attractions/partners/SM identity (REC:1.39, 95%CI:1.28-1.50), mostly heterosexual (REC:1.48, 95%CI:1.30-1.68), and bisexual (REC:1.57, 95%CI:1.13-2.11), but not lesbian (REC:1.00, 95%CI:0.78-1.26) participants reported more events of discriminatory experiences. All SM subgroups reported a greater number of attributions. Future research should use the EDS as a potential mediator in analyses of sexual orientation-related health disparities.

This article examines how queer topics were rendered unspeakable in the Soviet official public sphere through a case study of the magazine Ogonek (1923-1993). Drawing on Michel Foucault's conceptualization of silence as productive power, the study approaches it as a regime that authorizes specific ways of naming, framing, and feeling about prohibited subjects. Based on a corpus of Ogonek publications that mention queer topics, the analysis combines a quantitative mapping of keyword frequencies over time, an affective coding of emotional orientations, and a thematic discourse analysis of the dominant contexts in which queerness was articulated. The findings identify a "break-free trajectory," unfolding as a slow accumulation of constrained discursive possibilities that became legible only after censorship weakened in the late 1980s. Rather than treating Ogonek as representative of the Soviet media as a whole, the article theorizes it as a node within a broader censorship ecology, where discursive legitimacy was negotiated under shifting political conditions. By tracing how queer subjects were produced through frameworks of foreignness, criminality, pathology, and eventually vulnerability, the article contributes to queer media debates on how authoritarian regimes structure, rather than simply suppress, public discourse on sexuality.

Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse are a critical issue with long-lasting psychological, emotional, physical, and social impacts. This study examines the prevalence, socio-demographic factors, and abuse-related outcomes among homosexual and heterosexual men's in Tamil Nadu, India. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 750 participants (375 homosexual and 375 heterosexual men) aged 18-40 years. Data were collected using validated questionnaires assessing abuse experiences, mental health (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 (PTSD:PCL-5), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), General Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7), physical health, and sexual identity impacts. Inferential statistical analyses, including linear regression and multivariable analysis, were employed to explore relationships between abuse experiences and health outcomes. The prevalence of sexual abuse was 61.8% among homosexual men and 37.2% among heterosexual men. Homosexual participants exhibited significantly higher rates of PTSD (PCL-5: mean 48.6 vs. 33.1), depression (BDI: mean 29.4 vs. 18.7), and anxiety (GAD-7: mean 14.5 vs. 8.9). Multivariable analysis identified education level, employment status, and coming-out status as significant predictors of abuse-related outcomes, with homosexual men facing compounded vulnerabilities due to societal stigma. Sexual abuse profoundly affects the psychological, physical, and social well-being of both homosexual and heterosexual men, with homosexual men experiencing greater impacts.

This study explores how asexual people of color experience minority stress due to encounters with allonormativity. Drawing on word association interviews with 33 asexual Black, Asian, Latine, Indigenous, and multiracial North Americans, ages 18-45 and varied genders, this study explores the unconscious and affective dimensions of racialized rhetorics of allonormativity as they are internalized and reproduced through communication. Word association was employed to access spontaneous and embodied meanings that other interview prompts may overlook, illuminating the power of words in reifying and resisting allonormativity. These responses map onto both distal and proximal stressors, impacting wellness and identity. This article contributes to health communication by using word association as a methodological approach and analyzing how allonormative rhetorics shape minority stress outcomes for asexual people of color.

Increasing workforce diversity in health professions is critical to reducing health disparities in marginalized populations, yet little is known about the well-being of LGBTQ+ graduate students pursuing careers as health providers. This study examined whether LGBTQ+ graduate students in health professions programs experience lower rates of flourishing compared to their heterosexual/cisgender peers. Using data from the Healthy Minds Study (2024-2025) of U.S. graduate health professions students (N = 3,008), we employed descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and logistic regression to assess flourishing disparities and identify protective factors. LGBTQ+ students (n = 649) demonstrated significantly lower odds of flourishing (OR = 0.516; 95% CI: 0.424-0.628). In the full sample, significant predictors of flourishing included sex/gender, race/ethnicity, age, field of study, school belonging, depression, and anxiety (all p < 0.001). Within the LGBTQ+ subsample, depression emerged as the strongest barrier to flourishing (OR = 0.175; 95% CI: 0.113-0.270) and school belonging as the most protective (OR = 1.969; 95% CI: 1.357-2.857). Race/ethnicity and anxiety were not significant predictors in this subsample. Findings underscore substantial flourishing disparities for LGBTQ+ graduate health professions students and identify school belonging as a critical intervention target.

Previous research has highlighted that in China, the development of digital technologies has expanded the living spaces of Gender and Sexual Minorities (GSMs) and People with Disabilities (PWDs). However, limited attention has been paid to the digital practices of individuals with intersectional identities-specifically, GSMs with disabilities. To address this gap, the present study focuses on disabled gay men, exploring their encounters, actions, and experiences in online dating, as well as the broader impacts on their everyday lives. Through thematic analysis of 18 interviews, three key themes emerged: "Broken Reciprocity," "Labelling vs. Speaking Out Disability," and "Paradoxical Empowerment." Drawing on these empirical findings, this study seeks to advance our understanding of the global digital experiences of GSMs with disabilities by highlighting two specific dilemmas: "Intersectional Hiding" and "Highly Accurate Identifiability."

For queer individuals, families of origin have been historically represented as sites of exclusion and violence, where there is an implied binary opposition between "families of origin" and "families of choice." Such framings (re)produce the idea that families of choice, particularly in the "west," follow a neat, linear path of becoming that begins only after rejection by the family of origin as an a priori event. Drawing on qualitative interview data with 34 queer people aged 18-64 living in Australia, this paper examines the meanings of both families of origin and choice, to analyze the evolving nature of these relations, as shaped by queer experiences. Our findings show that younger queer people in particular, are experiencing closer, more intimate connections with their families of origin in comparison to previous generations, as well as curating a wider network of people that they consider family in complementary, rather than antagonistic ways. Our findings question the need to demarcate families of origin and choice, instead pointing to the value of conceptualizing these relations as a form of "plastic kinship", referring to how queer people stretch, reconfigure, and even "reinvent" dominant understandings of family.

Transgender people of color experience increased rates of harassment and violence in healthcare settings compared to their White counterparts. While these inequities are well established, limited research has evaluated the intersectional impact of both race/ethnicity and gender on healthcare experiences for transgender women. A series of logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore the association between race/ethnicity and the likelihood of experiencing verbal and/or physical harassment. Results indicate American Indian/Alaska Native, Latino/Hispanic, and Black/African American transgender women experience significantly higher rates of both physical and verbal harassment relative to their White peers. A total of 28.1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 4.6% Asian/NH/PI, 17.4% Biracial/Multiracial, 24.4% Black/African American, 28.4% Latino/Hispanic, and 8.8% White transgender women reported harassment from doctors in the past year. The present study highlights the urgent need for reform to eliminate violence and harassment against transgender people in healthcare settings.