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Oswald, Ramona F. Mendez, Shawn 2014-09-16T17:17:15Z 2014-09-16T17:17:15Z 2016-09-22T20:59:06Z 2014-08 2014-09-16 2014-08 This study used feminist intersectionality and identity theories to examine the association between residential context (racial exposure and community climate) and identity salience among 375 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) survey respondents. I hypothesized that LGB identity salience would vary by perceived community support or rejection of LGB people such that high salience occurs in hostile and supportive communities, and low salience occurs in tolerant communities. Further, I hypothesized that LGB identity salience would vary by levels of exposure to racially similar others in one’s neighborhood. Both hypotheses were partially supported. Regression models did not reach significance, but descriptive results indicate that the relationship between community climate and LGB identity salience is different for Whites and people of color such that hostile community climate has a stronger impact on LGB identity salience for people of color compared to Whites. Additionally, descriptive analyses reveal that the relationship between racial exposure and LGB identity salience is different for Whites and people of color such that increased exposure to racially similar others is associated with lower LGB identity salience for people of color, but not for Whites. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2014-06-05T19:43:55Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 Mendez_Shawn.docx: 90928 bytes, checksum: c165b65a064f5f4893f7bcfc96d0c0b0 (MD5) Mendez_Shawn.pdf: 290335 bytes, checksum: f11339c123ada39b9ebf6ab9064c4997 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-16T17:17:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Shawn_Mendez.pdf: 290335 bytes, checksum: f11339c123ada39b9ebf6ab9064c4997 (MD5) Mendez_Shawn.docx: 90928 bytes, checksum: c165b65a064f5f4893f7bcfc96d0c0b0 (MD5) license.txt: 4062 bytes, checksum: ba219fdc935faf03de3e5a575311ee55 (MD5) Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 50535 Lift date: 2016-09-16T17:18:17Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 50535 on 2016-09-22T20:59:06Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/50424 en Copyright 2014 Shawn Mendez Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) identity salience racial exposure community climate Race, place, and sexuality: a contextual understanding of LGB identity salience text Human & Community Development 1793 Human & Community Development 0183 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S. MS:Human & Commnty Devel -UIUC 10KS0183MS