Ghosts From the Past
The Re-Emergence of Internalized Religious Stigma Following Diagnosis of HIV Among Northern Irish Gay Men
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3662484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Kerrigan (RAID Liaison Mental Health Team, Antrim Area Hospital, Antrim, Northern Ireland), Gill Green (0000-0003-4245-1961, University of Essex), Glenn E Green (0000-0002-5156-9542, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 635-652 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2017.1423219 |
| PMID | 29336695 |
| OpenAlex | W2782744962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article explores how previous exposure to religious homonegativity features in the sense-making process following HIV diagnosis in a homogenous sample of six gay men living in Northern Ireland. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was used to identify two key overarching themes: Negotiating authenticity in unsafe space, which relates to the experience of negotiating same-sex attraction within religious environments, and Re-emergence of religious shame in diagnosis, which relates to the way in which the men made sense of diagnosis from the position of having been exposed to religious homonegativity earlier in their lives. Findings demonstrate how the men negotiated their sexual orientation within religious contexts and how a reconstruction of God was necessary to preserve an authentic sense of self. Despite reaching reconciliation, HIV was initially appraised within a retributive religious framework that served to temporarily reinforce previously learned shame-based models of understanding this aspect of the self
Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Irish · Negotiation · Psychology of self · Qualitative research · Shame · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |