Khoir, Anan Bahrul (2019) “Allah Created Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Adam”: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Muslim Gay Men in Indonesia. Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
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Abstract
Muslim gay and bisexual men in Indonesia face challenges when they are living in a homophobic and heterosexist society in the country. However, the study of strategies they utilise to manage those homophobic attitudes from society, such as discrimination, prejudice, and stigma of their sexual minority, are limited. Therefore, drawing on minority stress theory—especially minority stress model of Meyer—this study was conducted to explore the lived experiences of Muslim gay or bisexual men in Indonesia. All participants have self-identified as gay or bisexual men and considered themselves to be Islamic believers in a particular time and they are living in Indonesia. The primary data collection method utilised was a semi-structured interview. The data were recorded as consented by the participants and transcribed verbatim according to the research questions from a snowball sample of seven Muslim gay or bisexual men in Indonesia including problems they face and the strategies they employ to manage those problems with regards to their religious and sexual status, the participants also are aged from 20 to 27 years old and living in Indonesia. The data then were analysed using a thematic analysis. The study revealed that Muslim gay or bisexual men in Indonesia experienced several problems and barriers because of their sexual and religious status. The problems include feelings of rejection, isolation, and concerns. In order to deal with these problems, all participants employ several strategies, such as self-acceptance, self-control, positive reinterpretation, seeking social support, concealing, and migration. This study recommends for pro-LGBT parties, such as educators, counselling practitioners, activists, and religious teachers to provide LGBT friendly solutions so that they could live well and properly in a homophobic and heterosexist environment. Notably, religious teachers play an important role in educating and advocating sexual minorities with more humanistic religious teachings regarding their sexual status so that they could accept the fact that they are attracted to same-sex persons instead of reject it. Keywords: homosexuality, Islam, gay, bisexual, Indonesia, homophobic, heterosexist
| Type: | Thesis (Master) | ||||||||||||
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| Degree programme: | Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation | ||||||||||||
| Academic year: | 2018- 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Date of delivery: | 11 Oct 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Last modified: | 11 Oct 2019 08:29 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | https://ggw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/519 |
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