The Bleaching Syndrome Per Colorism Pathology

LGBTQ Perpetuation of Discrimination

Bibliographic Data

ID3755590
AuthorsRonald E Hall (0000-0003-1339-4603, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume62
Issue14
Pages2055-2071
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764218810759
OpenAlexW2904374851
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

Domination is the preferred and pathological model of assimilation into Western culture. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queers (LGBTQs) in America, the resulting stress can reach devastating levels. In response to such circumstances, the assimilation experience of LGBTQ Americans facilitates their manifestation of the Bleaching Syndrome. As a LGBTQ strategy, the Bleaching Syndrome is characterized by the efforts of a stigmatized out-group to assume the identity of a dominant in-group via anatomical paradigm. In this way, assimilation and a better quality of life is presumed assured. Such a strategy, however, in extreme cases may be fatal. For members of LGBTQ out-groups, identity across the life span is alternative to the pathological anatomical paradigm. In this way, LGBTQ Americans may be identified more by gender as who they are and less by genitalia

Assimilation (phonology) · Cultural assimilation · Ethnic group · Gender identity · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Pathological · Pathology · Sexual identity · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Transgender · Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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