Battle, Juan, et al. "Civic Engagement, Religion, and Health: Older Black Lesbians in the Social Justice Sexuality (SJS) Survey." Women, Gender & Families of Color, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring2015, pp. 19-35. EBSCOhost, Accessed 16 Apr. 2018 ezproxy.gsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=fyh&AN=112467572&site=ehost-live&scope=site. This article wrote by Juan Battle focuses on the experiences of older, black lesbians in the United States of America which is normally hidden from public scrutiny and researchers. Furthermore, this paper commenced by introducing the background records of how older women’s stay linked to the religion. It proposes that black women who are religious or engages in spiritual practices score
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To demonstrate this, writer Juan address the problems to his selected small population of one hundred and forty-nine older, age above fifty years, black lesbians drawn from Social Justice Sexuality data set. The author intend to take action to recognize several different methods that the religion can affect health and civic engagement for the chosen variety of people amongst the population of older black lesbians. This article consists of an additional literature review on the difficulties that the selected people faces, related to the religious and civic part of the world. Afterward, the previous research on the health and health care of LGBT women of color and LGBT women have proven substantiated needs for further investigation of the discrepancies and limitations in their …show more content…
Moreover, the study indicates that due to the fear regarding life may experience specific discrimination and threat of possible perception among their intimate relationship with friends and family, African American lesbians intend to hide their characteristics from others observe and consciousness. Older African American lesbians additionally may also affected by ageism. After the sample subjects were examined through experiments, the results were fascinating, showing older black lesbians from the sample were less likely to a explain to a physician their sexual identity than the younger lesbian or heterosexual women’s. Also, the sample analyzed result provided the evidence such that the increased social supporting from the community opened up the opportunity for the examining population of African American lesbians to forward themselves with more self-affirming interactions. These analyses was more different from the literature review that the Author presented in the article before including its discussion related to the sample
To demonstrate this, writer Juan address the problems to his selected small population of one hundred and forty-nine older, age above fifty years, black lesbians drawn from Social Justice Sexuality data set. The author intend to take action to recognize several different methods that the religion can affect health and civic engagement for the chosen variety of people amongst the population of older black lesbians. This article consists of an additional literature review on the difficulties that the selected people faces, related to the religious and civic part of the world. Afterward, the previous research on the health and health care of LGBT women of color and LGBT women have proven substantiated needs for further investigation of the discrepancies and limitations in their …show more content…
Moreover, the study indicates that due to the fear regarding life may experience specific discrimination and threat of possible perception among their intimate relationship with friends and family, African American lesbians intend to hide their characteristics from others observe and consciousness. Older African American lesbians additionally may also affected by ageism. After the sample subjects were examined through experiments, the results were fascinating, showing older black lesbians from the sample were less likely to a explain to a physician their sexual identity than the younger lesbian or heterosexual women’s. Also, the sample analyzed result provided the evidence such that the increased social supporting from the community opened up the opportunity for the examining population of African American lesbians to forward themselves with more self-affirming interactions. These analyses was more different from the literature review that the Author presented in the article before including its discussion related to the sample