Migration, gender conformity, and social mobility among Puerto Rican sexual minorities

Autor:	Katie L. Acosta, Marysol Asencio
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Puerto rican Identity (social science) Gender studies Human sexuality Social mobility Conformity Gender Studies Race (biology) Transgender Sociology Lesbian Social psychology geographic locations media_common
Zdroj:	Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 6:34-43
ISSN:	1553-6610 1868-9884
DOI:	10.1525/srsp.2009.6.3.34
Popis:	Based on a 3-year study of migrant Puerto Rican sexual minorities, the authors explored the relationship between migrants’ sexuality, their decision to migrate, and their post-migration experiences. All study participants were raised in Puerto Rico and migrated stateside for the first time as adults. Using data from qualitative fieldwork and in-depth interviews with 74 lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual (LGTB) Puerto Rican migrants, this article focuses on individuals’ decision to migrate, gender conformity, and social mobility. The findings suggest a complex relationship between the participants’ decision to leave the island and their sexuality and gender conformity. For most participants, sexuality was not the reason they left Puerto Rico, but it was a factor in their decision to not return. Most study participants increased their social mobility or remained at the same economic level after migration. However, an increase in social mobility for participants was mitigated by a racialized identity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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