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AbstractIn France, while research centered on heterosexual couples is very much on the increase, female homosexuality and lesbianism are still too rarely studied. However, work on the forming and behaviour patterns of lesbian couples is particularly amenable to heuristic research. Such studies demonstrate the importance of envisaging homosexuality and conjugal relationships in terms of trajectory and process. With this in mind, the present article attempts to bring out the connections between a homosexual lifestyle and a spousal lifestyle, between a homosexual and a conjugal trajectory within a lesbian population.
Keywords: homosexualité féminine, conjugalité, parcours, temporalité, processus
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The banalization of homosexuality is one way of fighting against the tabou which still surrounds homosexuality in Belgium and medias can contribute significantly in this respect.Nevertheless, homosexuality is rarely mentioned in the printed medias and the rare television programmes on the subject have created heated controversies. Free radios, on the other hand, have been a particularly favourable means of communication. A serious problem remains however: how can one go beyond the stage of simply talking about one's "differences" while the rest just listen passively?
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The debate over same-sex marriage in Canada has revived the internal debate in Catholicism over the moral status of homosexuality. In locating the features of principal theological and Church doctrinal discourses on the question, we would like to show the changes in the argumentation of Québécois players prominent in the debate. We observe that both supporters and opponents of a favorable conception of homosexuality borrow arguments from each other to prove their respective theses. However, the differences in the epistemological and moral positions which form the basis of these borrowings do not permit a rapprochement.
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This article presents the findings of a qualitative and exploratory study conducted under the social representations theoretical framework with the objectives of: (1) documenting through images the representation that gay men have of male homosexuality in society; and (2) understanding how these images shape the intervention approaches and modalities sought by gay men. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with self-identified gay men between the age of 22 to 54, and who were primarily Caucasian with diverse marital status and educational levels. From an inductive analysis of the content emerged five images of male homosexuality produced by the representational process of objectivization, namely: (a) normality; (b) flamboyance; (c) vulnerability; (d) deviance; (e) hypersexualization. The interventions sought by the respondents primarily involve changes to strengthen the only image perceived favourably, namely that of normality. The article suggests that interventions must focus on changing the social representations at the origin of the negative images of male homosexuality in order to foster respect towards all gay men and not only those conforming to the heteronormative model.
Keywords: homosexualité masculine, représentations sociales, intervention sociale, hommes gais, Male homosexuality, social representations, social intervention, gay men
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Although male homosexuality is never explicitly named in L'Autre vue (1904) by Belgian author Georges Eekhoud, numerous clues suggest that it is the novel's central subject and that it can be reread from a queer perspective. Theories of the unreliable narrator reveal the presence of not one but two homosexual characters: Paridael and Bergmans. Once unmasked, the latter provides access to a militant discourse in favor of legitimizing homosexuality in the novel's central section – Paridael's diary – by merging two levels of reading: an explicit social and political discourse that conceals an implicit homosexual one.
Keywords: homosexualité masculine, littérature belge, siècle, roman, narrateur non fiable, male homosexuality, Belgian literature, 19th century, novel, unreliable narrator