1st Edition
Internalized Homonegativity Among Same Gender Loving Black Men An Exploration of Truths
1. Internalized Homonegativity: Back to Basics 2. Internalized Homonegativity and same gender loving Black men 3. Constructing Black Manhood: Homonegativity, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Femmephobia 4. Homonegativity and the Black community 5. Homonegativity and the Black church 6. Homonegativity and Black families 7. Navigating homonegativity in schools and workplaces 8. The internal manifestations of homonegativity 9. External manifestations of internalized homonegativity 10. Endured presence and homopositivity 11. Modeling sexual identity development and homonegative space navigation
Biography
P. Ryan Grant, MPH, PsyD, is a clinical psychology post-doctoral resident whose interests include examining, affirming, and improving sexual and mental wellness within the Black community.
"The ever-changing contours of race, religion, gender, and orientation are complex and difficult to traverse. In this work, Dr. Patrick Grant offers us a dynamic and thoughtful throughway that is scaffolded by scholarship and guided with love. It is a necessary exploration of these intersecting worlds that is important to our collective journey towards sexual equity and liberation."
-Shadeen Francis, LMFT, CST; The People’s Therapy Group
"Grant has beautifully constructed an essential guide that allows all of us to challenge the limiting beliefs we have internalized around Black same gender loving men. This text is for anyone seeking personal and professional growth and healing from oppressive homonegative myths that separate us from each other and ourselves."
-Dalychia Saah, Afrosexology.com; Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
"Dr. Grant has given us a thoughtful exploration of sexual diversity in the Black communities, especially the impact of negativity on people’s health and well-being. Using phenomenological interviews, Dr. Grant amplifies the voices of Black same-gender loving men, combining his research and clinical work with his life experience to create a deep reflection of culture, race, and sexuality."
-Richard A. Sprott, PhD; President of the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2021-2022, APA Division 44, Department of Human Development and Women’s Studies, California State University, East Bay
