LGBT at Usna

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ID13091041
AuthorsClementine Fujimura (0000-0002-6974-6324, United States Naval Academy), Clara Luz Navarro (0009-0005-0824-6050, United States Naval Academy), Clara Navarro
Year2016
Volume4
Issue8
Pages764-773
Publication date2016-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2331-6187 • E-ISSN: 2331-6179
PublisherHorizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.13189/sa.2016.040811
OpenAlexW2518101495
LanguageEN
References cited9

This research addresses significant cultural changes in terms of gender relations that are occurring in the United States military today and in particular at the academy level. This article focuses on the LGBT community at the United States Naval Academy and posits that, in order to fully understand and support the success of LGBT midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, it is important to understand the diversity of the LGBT community in general from a grassroots perspective. Depending on self-identification and the process in self-identification of individual midshipmen, for example, experiences vary greatly. This paper seeks to analyze the experiences of those individuals identifying as LGBT at USNA based on an ethnographic study involving the collection of coming-out stories by and interviews with midshipmen as well as participant-observation research in the community. It is the researcher's initial conclusion that a support network for LGBT midshipmen is essential when it comes to their development as young adults, as officers and as potential leaders in the military

Criminology · Law and economics · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict

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