Abstract
This paper considers the contexts and motivations as to why some social work students engage in lesbian and gay rights activism. To explain electoral and protesting modes of activism, this study utilized variables from resource, mobilizing, and framing theories of political participation to explain activism related to gay and lesbian rights. After gathering data on 159 undergraduate social work majors, regressions suggest that economic resources failed to explain participation in gay and lesbian politics. Instead, the predictors of gay and lesbian activism more closely aligned with four key variables: educational attainment, communicating with full-fledged activists, having an ability to recognize heterosexism, and maintaining a commitment to social justice.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 91-106 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- Activism
- collective behavior
- gay rights
- homosexuality
- political participation
- social identity
- social movements
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anthropology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)