A New View of Lesbian Subtypes: Stable Versus Fluid Identity Trajectories over an 8-Year Period

By L. Diamond. 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Transgender Experience and Identity (2011, background): “Certainly, the linear stage models of lesbian-gaybisexual identity development on which Devor’s model is based have been roundly critiqued and arguably discredited over the years, as empirical research has shown that the process of adopting a sexual-minority identity is often characterized by abrupt”
Questioning Gender and Sexual Identity: Dynamic Links Over Time (2008, background): “... how the framework of intersectionality helps to interpret complex, multiple, partial experiences of gender, in this article we discuss experiences of gender/ sexual intersectionality as experienced by four women, each of which has been interviewed intensively over the past 10 years in the course”
Factors Associated with Parents’ Knowledge of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths’ Sexual Orientation (2010, background): “Because seeking parental consent could put youths at risk of exposure of their sexual orientation and could lead to verbal or physical harm, parental consent was not required and a federal certificate of confidentiality was obtained ( D’Augelli, 2005 ; Elze, 2009 ).”
What We Got Wrong About Sexual Identity Development: Unexpected Findings From a Longitudinal Study of Young Women. (2006, unknown): “Detailed information regarding interview procedures and questions can be found in previously published reports on this sample (Diamond, 1998, 2000b, 2003a, 2003b, 2005).”
Adaptation to sexual orientation stigma: A comparison of bisexual and lesbian/gay adults. (2007, background): “Although bisexual identity is stable over the lifespan for a number of people (Diamond, 2005; Rust, 2000a), some research indicates that individuals who identify as bisexual at any given time report greater past variability in sexual identity than those who currently identify as lesbians and gay men”