Unpacking Civic Engagement: The Sociopolitical Involvement of Same-Gender Loving Black Women

Authors

Angelique Harris, Marquette UniversityFollow
Juan Battle, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2013

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Source Publication

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Source ISSN

1089-4160

Abstract

Employing a national sample of over 600 same-gender loving (SGL) Black women, we explore the relative impact of community-level support/comfort and the importance of sexual orientation and racial identity on two dependent variables—sociopolitical involvement within lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities as well as sociopolitical involvement within people of color (POC) communities. Findings indicate that feelings of connectedness to the LGBT community are the most important predictor of sociopolitical involvement within both LGBT and POC communities; while, counterintuitively, being comfortable within the LGBT community had a negative impact. Further, the impact of the importance of identity was negligible.

Comments

Journal of Lesbian Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (2013): 195-207. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Harris, Angelique and Battle, Juan, "Unpacking Civic Engagement: The Sociopolitical Involvement of Same-Gender Loving Black Women" (2013). Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 200.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/socs_fac/200