TY - JOUR
T1 - Abuse and Violence Experienced by Gay Men living in Pakistani cultural context
T2 - An interpretative phenomenology analysis
AU - Pervez, Ahtsham
AU - Saleem, Sadia
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are very thankful to all the participants of the study who showed great courage in disclosing their identity to authors and helped us understand their issues and challenges. We also thank all those people who helped us get in touch with the participants.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study was conducted using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore and understand psychosocial issues of the gay community living in the Pakistani cultural context. Six adult gay men, aged 20–40 years, were interviewed using semi-structured interviews at their preferred locations. Thorough and in-depth analysis of the transcripts revealed two superordinate themes: (1) The experience of verbal harassment and associated emotional disturbance was universal, (2) The experience of sexual violence was universal. These themes describe participants’ experience of verbal harassment with followed emotional reaction, and experiences of different forms of sexual violence. This study helps in understanding what it means to be a gay man in Pakistan.
AB - This study was conducted using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore and understand psychosocial issues of the gay community living in the Pakistani cultural context. Six adult gay men, aged 20–40 years, were interviewed using semi-structured interviews at their preferred locations. Thorough and in-depth analysis of the transcripts revealed two superordinate themes: (1) The experience of verbal harassment and associated emotional disturbance was universal, (2) The experience of sexual violence was universal. These themes describe participants’ experience of verbal harassment with followed emotional reaction, and experiences of different forms of sexual violence. This study helps in understanding what it means to be a gay man in Pakistan.
KW - emotional disturbance
KW - Gay men
KW - Pakistan
KW - sexual violence
KW - verbal harassment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109867833&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10538720.2021.1948941
DO - 10.1080/10538720.2021.1948941
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109867833
SN - 1053-8720
VL - 34
SP - 227
EP - 246
JO - Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services
JF - Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services
IS - 2
ER -
