A Qualitative Investigation Into Faith and LGBTQ Identities in a Nonclinical Sample of Readers of the Dear Abby Column: The Dear Abby Project

To better understand the relationship between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, we conducted a qualitative analysis of 86 respondents to a general question posed through the Dear Abby column. Responses were anonymized and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Analysis revealed six themes, reflecting a...

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Published inThe journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 209; no. 12; p. 855
Main Authors Ghazzawi, Alhasan, Casoy, Flávio, Libby, Naomi, McIntosh, Chris, Barber, Mary, Adelson, Stewart, Ahola, Joanne, Ashley, Kenneth, Chavez, Alexis M, Erickson-Schroth, Laura, Fadus, Matthew, Goldenberg, David, Hung, Kenneth, Lothwell, Lorraine, Mattson, Marlin, McAfee, Scot G, Nowaskie, Dustin Z, Schwartz, Alan, Tompkins, David Andrew, Yarbrough, Eric R, Drescher, Jack
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.2021
Subjects
Adult
Female
Grounded Theory
Humans
Male
Newspapers as Topic
Qualitative Research
Religion and Psychology
Self Concept
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Social Identification
Social Status
Suicidal Ideation
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Summary:To better understand the relationship between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, we conducted a qualitative analysis of 86 respondents to a general question posed through the Dear Abby column. Responses were anonymized and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Analysis revealed six themes, reflecting a diversity of lived experience from community rejection to acceptance, and self-rejection to feelings of acceptance by God. Despite frequent media portrayals of conflict between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, the reality is more complex, and faith and LGBTQ+ identity development can be complementary.
ISSN:1539-736X
DOI:10.1097/NMD.0000000000001415