Queer Sense

Queer Sense describes how culture influences one's attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people and also describes why individuals identify with particular sexual orientations and gender. This model focuses on three cultural factors that shape our attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people and predicts whether we will be LGBTQ affirmative or prejudice against LGBTQ individuals to include: role models, the emotional connections we make to our role models and then language itself. Finally, these cultural...
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Queer Sense describes how culture influences one's attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people and also describes why individuals identify with particular sexual orientations and gender. This model focuses on three cultural factors that shape our attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people and predicts whether we will be LGBTQ affirmative or prejudice against LGBTQ individuals to include: role models, the emotional connections we make to our role models and then language itself. Finally, these cultural factors, along with one's biological pre-dispositions, ultimately influence how we identify our sexual orientation and gender.