Coming Out Thematic Analysis

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This study investigates the experiences men face when ‘coming out’ through the use of thematic analysis, there are three main themes which are focused on throughout the study. The implications of the study suggest that majority of men experience similar situations when going through their journey of coming out.

Introduction:

Heterosexual is what society has seen as a norm, so when people ‘come out’ it is not socially accepted by everyone. People who choose to recognise their sexual orientation they include this into their personal and social lives by allowing others to know their sexual orientation (Hunter & Mallon, 2000). Although there has been many male and females who have ‘come out’, and it is more widely accepted there is …show more content…
6 "Do you think there is any possibility you might be gay?"
7 she said looking me right in the eye.
8 I had never really sat and thought about it before although I had known for a few years that I wasn’t
9 interested in girls. The only real experience I had had was when a boy kissed me when he had come round to
10 the house while I was fourteen (he was the same age) but initially I had thought nothing of it. When she asked
11 the question, the kiss with the boy had felt normal compared to any kiss I had had with a girl.
12 "I think I might be, yeah", I finally respond.

His indication that he had to think about whether he was gay once his mother asked it made him realise his sexual orientation and was ready to accept it. However there is also a sub theme of ‘denial’ as mentioned above and this is shown by Michael where he is asked about his sexual orientation but denies.

Michael, Extract 2, lines 31 – 35:

31 At that point my dad turned around and saw what I was looking

32 at and I quickly put it back like I’d just been caught with my hand in the money jar. I saw him frown at me and my whole face went red with embarrassment as I

33 rushed ahead to catch up with …show more content…
Homophobia has been linked to poor mental health, violence, avoidance of help-seeking and insufficient health care (Fergusson et al. 1999, Hillier et al. 1998, Meyer 2001, Robertson 1998, Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby 2001), which supports why Tom may have avoided seeking help for himself and the other person who admitted he was gay.

Theme 3: ‘finding support’

Lastly the third theme is ‘finding support’, this theme has also occurred throughout each of the blogs, each of the participants did not think they would be supported by peers, although it had been mentioned above some of the men had support from their families there was always that fear of not being accepted. Over centuries people who were involved in same-sex behaviors have been ill-treated or excluded and this social defamation has been indoctrinated by the adult male and affects how he interacts with the world around him. (Cooper, 2008).

Jack, Extract 7, line 52 –
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