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Introduction <p>How do LGBT people experience, conceptualize, and understand linked fate? The literature has primarily focused, both methodologically and theoretically, on Black Americans’ sense of linked fate, leaving a gap in our understanding of LGBT people’s sense of linked fate.</p> Methods <p>Using reflexive phenomenological thematic analysis on data collected in 2023 from semi-structured interviews with 15 self-identifying LGBT people, three broad themes were identified: Contextualization, Belonging, and Utility.</p> Results <p>The results suggest that LGBT people’s sense of linked fate is rooted in their unique, shared experiences of social, political, and cultural stigmatization and exclusion, and their sense of belonging in the LGBT community.</p> Conclusions <p>The results offer insights into how LGBT people’s political behavior may be driven by communal perspectives and feelings, and the role of LGBT people’s historic and contemporary experiences of ostracism shape LGBT people’s social cognition and behaviors.</p> Policy Implications <p>Findings have implications for LGBT people’s political activism and ability to collectively respond to social and political attacks on LGBT people’s rights.</p>

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A Qualitative Approach to Understanding LGBT People’s Sense of Linked Fate

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    2026年1月22日

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  • Kay Hales

摘要

Introduction

How do LGBT people experience, conceptualize, and understand linked fate? The literature has primarily focused, both methodologically and theoretically, on Black Americans’ sense of linked fate, leaving a gap in our understanding of LGBT people’s sense of linked fate.

Methods

Using reflexive phenomenological thematic analysis on data collected in 2023 from semi-structured interviews with 15 self-identifying LGBT people, three broad themes were identified: Contextualization, Belonging, and Utility.

Results

The results suggest that LGBT people’s sense of linked fate is rooted in their unique, shared experiences of social, political, and cultural stigmatization and exclusion, and their sense of belonging in the LGBT community.

Conclusions

The results offer insights into how LGBT people’s political behavior may be driven by communal perspectives and feelings, and the role of LGBT people’s historic and contemporary experiences of ostracism shape LGBT people’s social cognition and behaviors.

Policy Implications

Findings have implications for LGBT people’s political activism and ability to collectively respond to social and political attacks on LGBT people’s rights.