TY - JOUR
T1 - Intersectional identities and dilemmas in interactions with healthcare professionals
T2 - an interpretative phenomenological analysis of British Muslim gay men
AU - Semlyen, Joanna
AU - Ali, Atif
AU - Flowers, Paul
PY - 2018/9/2
Y1 - 2018/9/2
N2 - Individual interviews were conducted with six self-identified Muslim gay men living in London focusing on their experience of health service use. Transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Analysis identified two major themes: the close(d) community and self-management with healthcare professionals, detailing participants’ concerns regarding the risks of disclosing sexuality; and the authentic identity–‘you’re either a Muslim or you’re gay, you can’t be both’–which delineated notions of incommensurate identity. Analysis highlights the need for health practitioners to have insight into the complexity of intersectional identities, identity disclosure dynamics and the negative consequences of assumptions made, be these heteronormative or faith-related.
AB - Individual interviews were conducted with six self-identified Muslim gay men living in London focusing on their experience of health service use. Transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Analysis identified two major themes: the close(d) community and self-management with healthcare professionals, detailing participants’ concerns regarding the risks of disclosing sexuality; and the authentic identity–‘you’re either a Muslim or you’re gay, you can’t be both’–which delineated notions of incommensurate identity. Analysis highlights the need for health practitioners to have insight into the complexity of intersectional identities, identity disclosure dynamics and the negative consequences of assumptions made, be these heteronormative or faith-related.
KW - gay men
KW - health inequalities
KW - identity
KW - interpretative phenomenological analysis
KW - Muslim
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038871540&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13691058.2017.1411526
DO - 10.1080/13691058.2017.1411526
M3 - Article
C2 - 29268660
AN - SCOPUS:85038871540
SN - 1369-1058
VL - 20
SP - 1023
EP - 1035
JO - Culture, Health and Sexuality
JF - Culture, Health and Sexuality
IS - 9
ER -