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Hi we are struggling this year a lot has happened and it’s been rough here’s my kids wish list I’d anyone is able to help

The University of Pennsylvania is seeking thoughtful, open-minded participants to guide our research on HIV prevention and access among TGD adults.

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Hello everyone,

I am recruiting participants from diverse religious backgrounds for my research study on stigmas, self-compassion, and mental health among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer (LGBQ) young adults! The survey is 20-minutes long and participants must be 18-25 years old, identify as LGBQ, cis-gender, raised by at least one biological parent, speak English, and live in the U.S. Completing this survey qualifies you to enter in a lottery to win 1 of 4 $25 gift cards! Survey link: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7VBNUoTz0fm1kfb

While this study aims to enhance research and clinical considerations for LGBQ young adults and their families, it recognizes that stigmas faced by the trans* community are unique and should not be coupled with stigmas faced by other minority groups. Therefore this study does not include trans* individuals. This does not mean that trans* and LGBQ individuals do not share common stigmas, but this study does not wish to generalize unique lived experiences that require more specialized research for this group.

Please feel free to share my survey with your friends, family, and/or someone you think would be interested in participating in this study. Thank you!!!!

Hey y'all!

I was recently given this subreddit by Reddit as the previous mods had let the sub die and they had disappeared themselves. Many of you may know me already as one of the mods over at /r/Christianity and /r/GayChristians.

For those that don't know me: I was raised a Sunni Muslim, and became a Christian about a decade ago after hearing the Parable of the Prodigal Son! I came out in college, and called myself bisexual at the time, though I now identify as a gay cisgender male, and use he/him pronouns. I was very involved at the University Catholic Center and my best friend and I started an LGBT Catholic ministry. During this time, I shifted from being Side B to Side A. I am now in a long-term relationship with another man.

I just wanted to say hi, and ask you what you want this subreddit to be and what y'all want to use it for. I have some ideas but I'd love to hear for what y'all have to say. Y'all will probably be seeing some changes to the sidebar in the coming days especially now that I am on Thanksgiving break.

Sooo me and my fiancée are openly gay lesbians we were due to get married in a year in Las Vegas I have my wedding dress and we had planned this extravagant road trip to have a destination wedding. Well, about a month ago god started tugging at her heart and she felt as if it was god telling her what we were doing was wrong so for a month we've been in this up and down spiral about it all. We've called off the wedding , we'll I've only told my mother , we decided we can't have kids and have decided to peruse being celibate but I'm having the hardest time with it simply because I just cant think as of why god wouldn't want us to be together in EVERY WAY. She is my best friend and before this last month there was no doubt in my mind I was going to spend the rest of my life with her, but I just don't know anymore . She keeps telling me that when people try to depict the Bible and say that the verses were translated wrong that they're wrong . So basically I'm stuck in a tug in pull battle between the internet and my fiancée . I guess I'm just looking for answers

Would you like to participate in our 10-minute study focused on validating a sexuality questionnaire?

This study has been approved by the University of Calgary Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board. This is a validation study of the revised sexuality questionnaire. The questionnaire measures affectional/sexual orientation as well as sexual identity, gender identity, and gender roles. This will include questions about sexual preferences and sexual behaviors toward both males and females in the present and while you were a teenager. You will also be asked to provide your age, biological sex, gender, gender role, year of study, sexual identity, ethnicity, and religious affiliation. You must be 18 years of age or older to participate. This entire study is online, and takes most people about 10 minutes to complete.

Please visit the following link to complete the study: https://ucalgarypsych.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bCNP3z3sPlrTYmF

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact: * Dr. Alderson, principal researcher, at alderson@ucalgary.ca * Or the Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary, at cfreb@ucalgary.ca If you are curious about the results or any aspects of the study, whether or not you took part in it, please feel free to contact Dr. Alderson at alderson@ucalgary.ca Thanks!!

 
We are writing from a LGBTQ-affirmative research group at the [University of Massachusetts Boston — the LGBTQ UMass Boston Advocacy and Research Collaborative] (https://www.facebook.com/UMassBostonLgbtqResearchTeam) . We have developed brief exercises to help LGBTQ people deal with experiences of heterosexism. Heterosexism is prejudice or discrimination based on the idea that heterosexuality is the norm.
 
We are hoping you would be willing to help us by sharing this information, and in turn contribute to the mental health of LGBTQ people who experience heterosexist experiences. If participants finish the questionnaires and exercises at the times below, they will receive an $80 Amazon gift card, and if they participate at all they will be eligible for a raffle for a $100 gift card.
 
In total, the entire study should take three hours to complete across five days (about 20-30 minutes on four of the days and 45-50 minutes on one day).
 
The study involves completing:
 

*A questionnaire on the first day
*A writing exercise on each of the following three days
*A follow-up questionnaire two months later.
 
The link to the survey is: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2582177/Initial-Page
 
Please share this with people who have had heterosexist experiences who may be interested. We can also send a flyer you can share or distribute at meetings. If you have any questions, please let us know by writing to us at UMBstudyschedule@gmail.com . This study has been approved by the University of Massachusetts Boston Institutional Review Board. If you have questions about your rights as participants, please contact the University of Massachusetts Boston IRB at orsp@umb.edu or 617-287-5370.
 
We really appreciate your support to better LGBTQ lives.
Sincerely,
Heidi Levitt, PhD & the Heterosexist Experiences Study Team
University of Massachusetts Boston

I'm a member of three groups that I'm finding don't usually get along. In particular, polyamorous and ethically nonmonogamous people are openly excluded from my local Pride Centers, queer events, and (as I recently discovered after a confrontation with staff when I tried to create a meet up event) the Gay Christian Network Conference. When I reach out to the poly community at large, the major response I get is "forget the church, they've done nothing but hurt us." And I'm in CT, where when it comes to the queer people in power positions, the respectability politics are out of control. I'm doing a lot to try and change things, but I'm starting to feel pretty burnt out and alone in this. Does anyone have any advice or support?

I am a questioning woman and trying to figure some things out. Curious if the "male gaze" films tend to have naturally means that everyone (regardless of attraction) pays more attention to women in rom coms etc. To me most guys in films seem pretty uninteresting...

Hey there,

ok, so i am recently married and love my husband more than anything in the world and he has helped me so much in my questioning and sexuality but i guess. i dont know what im trying to say but a few weeks ago i said to him "yep... I'm bisexual". my family is super conservative.

I dont know what to do really. as i said before, my husband is my soul mate and i cant imagine my life without him, but trying to embrace this thing that has always been with me but only accepted recently, i dont know where to begin or what the first step is.

i cant keep looking at porn, i hate it.

I'm part of an amazing church that is accepting of all kinds of people and have a really close relationship with the leaders but im so freaking scared to tell them.

so i guess, i thought id come to you guys for some help and encouragement since you are further along the journey than i am.

EDIT: I'm female FYI

I sometimes feel so alone as a tongues-speaking queer. Are there any other QUILTBAG folks who affirm the use of the 'charismatic gifts'? Are any of you involved in charismatic affirming fellowship?