Photovoice as a Multilevel Tool for Gender and Sexual Identity Exploration

Gender and sexual identity exploration (GSIE) consists of engaging in activities that allow an individual to discover their values, preferences, and boundaries related to gender and sexuality. Photovoice is a participatory research method that incorporates an intrapersonal, interpersonal, communal,...

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Published inFamilies in society Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 219 - 231
Main Authors Christensen, M. Candace, Capous-Desyllas, Moshoula, Arczynski, Alexis V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2020
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Advocacy
Gender identity
Participatory research
Photography
Research methodology
Sexuality
Social interaction
Stigma
photovoice
sexual identity
participatory research
gender identity
multilevel practice
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Summary:Gender and sexual identity exploration (GSIE) consists of engaging in activities that allow an individual to discover their values, preferences, and boundaries related to gender and sexuality. Photovoice is a participatory research method that incorporates an intrapersonal, interpersonal, communal, and political approach to engaging with a given topic. The purpose of this article is to use existing research to illustrate how using photovoice method for GSIE does involve individuals in exploring gender and sexual identity from multiple levels of social interaction (micro, mezzo, and macro). This approach to GSIE fosters a dynamic, de-stigmatizing, and advocacy-oriented engagement with GSIE. We use examples from photovoice studies to illustrate how photovoice method uses a multilevel approach to GSIE and the positive implications of this practice. The article ends with practice and research recommendations for employing photovoice to support GSIE.
ISSN:1044-3894
1945-1350
DOI:10.1177/1044389419889710