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Being Queer and Religious/Spiritual: Is it Possible to Integrate Two Identities Without Harming One Another?

Longstreth, Leif
http://orcid.org/0009-0008-5594-6211
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1712915703817922

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2024, MA, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Counseling, Mental Health.
Within counseling and other mental health disciplines, the queer community as a whole has been widely under recognized and othered within our western spaces. Within many of the structures that western culture has curated to benefit that of the general population, there has been and still continues to be active internal erasure as well as purposeful othering within many religious and spiritual spaces. The current study is based on the work of Wood & Conley 2014 who made note of the disparities between those who uphold a queer identity and either hide their queerness and/or renounce themselves from a religious/spiritual affiliation. Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Approach, and previous research, I have been able to dive into the lives of queer perspectives and understand whether it is possible to integrate, instead of harm, queer identities among being religious and/or spiritual. Findings indicated that there is a process of deconversion that includes education alongside increasing self-esteem and mental health, as well as feelings of internalized queerphobia and difficulties navigating both R/S and queer spaces. Counseling implications and areas for future research are discussed.
Andrew Wood, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Rachel Saunders, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Amanda La Guardia, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
50 p.
Mental Health
Religion/Spirituality; Queer; LGBTQ; Identity; Community; Integration

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  • Longstreth, L. (2024). Being Queer and Religious/Spiritual: Is it Possible to Integrate Two Identities Without Harming One Another? [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1712915703817922

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Longstreth, Leif. Being Queer and Religious/Spiritual: Is it Possible to Integrate Two Identities Without Harming One Another? 2024. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1712915703817922.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Longstreth, Leif. "Being Queer and Religious/Spiritual: Is it Possible to Integrate Two Identities Without Harming One Another?" Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1712915703817922

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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