title: Understanding Asian/american gay, lesbian, and bisexual experiences from a poststructural perspective.
abstract: This study explores the college experiences of nine Asian/American gay, lesbian, and bisexual students and, specifically, the impact of concealing or revealing their sexual orientation on their emerging sense of self. By utilizing a Foucauldian, poststructural theoretical perspective, the researcher found that the students navigated multiple discourses, and their decisions about revealing their sexual orientation were based on relationships formed within those discourses. These decisions, in turn, helped many of the students grasp their emerging agency within the dominant discourse. To conclude, the researcher discusses the implications of these findings for higher education as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Higher Education and Student Affairs, Ohio State University, Coumbus, USA. narui.1@osu.edu
authors.forename: Mitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narui
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012933:Social Identification; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities