Abstract
In China, coming out can bring bad consequences, so sexual minorities have the option to show or hide their sexual orientation. On campus, there are some kinds of identity management strategies for students from sexual minorities. In order to study when the LGBTQ community in Tsinghua University chose open sexual orientation and the relationship with its reasons in the campus environment, this study uses an in-depth interview method to study the identity management strategies of seven participants. The study sorted out and analyzed the interview records. After analysis, the seven participants adopted a total of three identity management strategies. They are respectively: explicitly coming out strategy, impersonation strategy and implicitly coming out strategy. Two participants adopted explicitly coming out strategy, two adopted implicitly coming out strategy and other three adopted impersonation strategy. For the choice of identity management strategy of the students, the contact with the environment and the assessment of the risks play an important role. Apart from this, with the development of the Internet, there have also been new developments in the identity management strategies of the gender minorities on campus in the Internet social apps. The identity management strategy on the Internet is different from reality. Students' assessment of risk and perception of the environment are different. It may be a brand-new strategy.
Highlights
Coming out Is Still Difficult In the modern sense, "coming out" refers to the process by which sexual minorities complete their self-identity and express their sexual orientation to others
Ian Rivers and Cesar Gonzalez (2018) study draws on in-depth interviews with 17 LGBT individuals living in England, and explores the narratives used by participants to better understand their perceptions of risk and protective circumstances to explain suicide attempts in youth
[13] Li Yinhe (2002) two social studies "The Feelings and Sex of Chinese Women" [14]And "Gay Subculture" [15]In the process of collecting a large number of homosexual cases and conducting academic analysis, she believes that homosexual identity is divided into two types: one is self-communication, natural and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences 2021; 10(3): 112-120 homosexual; the other is at a certain key
Summary
In the modern sense, "coming out" refers to the process by which sexual minorities complete their self-identity and express their sexual orientation to others. "coming out" refers to the process of accepting that you are a sexual minority and integrating this sexual identity / orientation into your individual life. This contains two dimensions: self-identification of homosexual orientation and expressing this sexual orientation to others. The number of sexual minorities in China is about 2720 10,000 people Until today, they are still a large and independent marginal group, which affects the healthy development of homosexuality, family and society to a certain extent. The study of self- identity management strategies for sexual minorities has profound social significance and the dilemmas they face
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