Journal of Homosexuality
Volume 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-172

Characteristics of gay, lesbian, and bisexual Asians, Asian Americans, and immigrants from Asia to the USA (Article)

Kimmel D.C.* , Yi H.
  • a City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY, United States, Department of Psychology, City College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States, Tamarack Place, Hancock, ME 04640, United States
  • b New York University, United States, Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Health Studies, New York University, United States

Abstract

An exploratory study of self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual Asians and Asian Americans surveyed respondents (60 women and 254 men) using a questionnaire in four languages from nineteen different sources in Korea, Japan, China, and the US. Respondents were compared in terms of country of residence, whether they immigrated to the US, having a same-sex lover, living with the lover, being open about their sexual orientation to the family, and age. Respondents in the US were generally more open about their sexual orientation. Openness to the family was related to other variables suggesting an affirmative lesbian, gay, or bisexual identity. © 2004 by The Haworth Press. Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Sexuality Chinese Homosexuality cross-cultural Sexual orientation Korean Gender HIV/AIDS Japanese

Index Keywords

immigrant lesbian Homosexuality, Female human middle aged Asia Asian continental ancestry group Aged Homosexuality, Male United States Humans homosexuality ethnic difference bisexuality Adolescent Asian Americans sexual orientation male female questionnaire Article Questionnaires adult age distribution Emigration and Immigration social behavior
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-4544232030&doi=10.1300%2fJ082v47n02_09&partnerID=40&md5=eb5fc2e1198e89c3ffed7c1ea1419586
DOI: 10.1300/J082v47n02_09
ISSN: 00918369
Cited by: 31
Original Language: English