title: Agapé Christian reconciliation conversations: exploring the intersections of culture, religiousness, and homosexual identity in Latino and European americans.
abstract: To understand how homophobia manifests itself through a Latino cultural lens of identity, a program was designed to address the issues connecting homosexual identity, culture, and Christianity. The program included screening of one of two documentary films about lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identity and family relations. This was followed by group sharing and biblical reflections. Participants (N = 122) were asked to complete measures of homophobic attitudes and qualitative appraisal of the program. Pearson product moment correlations analyses revealed that age and political ideology were related negatively to homophobia. Eighty-five percent found the program to be very useful or useful and 95% indicated that they would recommend it to others. The complexities of the intersections of Christianity, culture, and attitudes toward homosexuality in an individual's identity were examined. The data illustrates a positive trend in changing attitudes towards homosexuality in the Latino Christian community.
authors.affiliation: California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt College, San Francisco, California 94114, USA. pbarbosa@samuelmerritt.edu
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Marc Anthony
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Noshaba
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D011647:Puerto Rico; D012071:Religion and Sex; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult