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Trans* Identity and Parenting in the Czech Republic
Vostárková, Lucie ; Sokolová, Věra (advisor) ; Baslarová, Iva (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with experiences and ideas of parenting trans*'s persons in the context of their identity. I primarily follow feminist theories and constructivist paradigm, where the research being realized through semi-structured interviews. In the theoretical part I define the basic terms and concepts on which my work is based. I focus on the conceptualization of trans* identities, on the concept of transsexuality in the Czech medical and socio-legal discourse, as well as on their limits in terms of gender perspective. Furthermore, I present the partnership and sexual relations of trans* persons, which then lead me to parenthood itself in the context of trans * identities. Finally, I deal with the coming-out process, especially with a focus on offspring. Within the analytical part I am interested in the attitude of trans* people to prevent reproductive function as the legal condition of gender transition, what reproductive ways and ways of parenting they choose, what obstacles they encounter in the context of parenthood and how they perform their parental role. Key words: gender, trans* identity, heteronormativity, coming out, homophobia, transphobia, limits of identity, parenting, parenting role, kids
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Children's book as a possible educational tool for the tolerance of homoparental families
Michálková, Lenka ; Komárková, Tereza (advisor) ; Strouhal, Martin (referee)
The thesis with the name "Children's book as a possible educational tool for the tolerance of homoparental families" is focused on gay parenting, prevention of homophobia and content analysis of children's books which contains the topic of gay parenting. The aim of the thesis is to let teachers and the public know about the topic of homoparental families and to show them books which can be useful in helping them understand them. The theoretical part of my thesis is divided into five main chapters which describe the main concepts connected with the thesis. The first chapter describes sexual orientation, the history of homosexuality and how a person becomes homosexual. There are many various opinions from many authors who focus on this topic. The second chapter describes the difference between registered partnership and marriage. There are different kinds of families and different opinions on normality and gender in the third chapter. The topics of homoparental families and raising children in gay families are included in the fourth chapter. And the last chapter is about children's books and why they are important for children and their development. The practical part is focused on content analysis of children's books whose topics include gay parenting and are available in the Czech Republic. The aim...
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Coming out and substance abuse
DĚDIČOVÁ, Barbora
This work dealt with the process of coming out and the use of addictive substances. The thesis has two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part was created using the literature mentioned in the literature of this work. The theoretical part contains chapters and subchapters dealing with homosexuality, the process of coming out and the use of addictive substances. The practical part relates to the research itself. I used quantitative research strategy. Questionnaire method and questionnaire technique was used for the research. The questionnaire was rewritten as an internet link in Survio programme. The link to the questionnaire was distributed through social networks and gay communities.140 respondents were in survey. The aim of the thesis was to test the relationship between coming out and using addictive substances. The research question has been asked whether there is a relationship between coming out and using addictive substances. Six working hypotheses have been formulated. All hypothesis were invalidated. The answer is taht there was no statistically significant relationship between coming out and substance abuse.
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Mindfulness in homosexually oriented individuals
Porkertová, Martina ; Loneková, Katarína (advisor) ; Weiss, Petr (referee)
The focus of this work is to bring the idea of mindfulness closer, in terms of connection with other personality traits. Additionally it highlights the use of mindfulness in psychotherapy practice, specifically in regard to homosexually orientated clients. The study summarizes the main findings on the mindfulness phenomenon, highlighting the important aspects of adopting a new identity within this demographic. The study also monitors the connection of coming out process with particular aspects of mindfulness. In the empirical section the results of the FFMQ questionnaire, in which participated 294 persons of both male and female gender and of both heterosexual and homosexual orientation are compared using quantitative methods. By means of statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) it was determined that the homosexually orientated do not differ significantly from those of heterosexual orientation. Furthermore there was no significant statistical difference in mindfulness between genders within the research sample. Keywords: mindfulness, psychotherapy, mindfulness definitions, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, sexual orientation, coming out, homosexual identity, personality
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Approach adolescent to homosexuality
Bílková, Karolina ; Nováková, Ivana (advisor) ; Dvořáčková, Hana (referee)
Annotation: This paper's thesis "Approach adolescent to homosexuality" is divided to two parts. The first part is theoretical and the second is practical. In the theoretical part I deal with the topic of homosexuality from the historical and present perspective. The goal of this part is to introduce the main problems of homosexuality. In the practical part I carry out a survey on high schools and interviews six homosexuals. The goal of the survey was to found out if the higher education on schools has influence to the opinion of adolescents on these problems. I want to point out how persons with this sexual orientation sense the attitude of society to homosexuality in the interviews with homosexuals.
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Contemporary Czech Sexology and Homosexuality
Mašková, Johana ; Sokolová, Věra (advisor) ; Kolářová, Kateřina (referee)
7 ABSTRACT This thesis focuses on a textual analysis of articles in the field of sexology, which were published in the Czech Republic after 1989. It will examine through both quantitative and qualitative methods, how authors of sexological articles defined the term homosexuality and worked with it, as well as explore their varying approaches to the topic depending on context. The thesis will ask whether the sexological discourse about homosexuality has changed after the fall of the communist regime, and if it has, in what ways. Keywords: AIDS/HIV, biologization, coming out, discourse, essentialization, gay, gender, heteronormativity, homosexuality, lesbian, medicalization, registered partnership, sexualization, sexology, stereotype, stigmatization, taboo, victimization
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Same-sex love in India
Beranová, Petra Nina ; Bendíková, Soňa (advisor) ; Hons, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis 'Same-sex love in India' deals with selected aspects of homosexuality in Indian society. It describes aspects of homosexuality in film, television, traditional romantic friendship, family, marriage and suicides. It also deals with the corresponding health issues in one part. The first part of the thesis briefly describes history and terminology related to homosexuality in India, including practical examples from Urdu poetry and one of its genres called rekhti. The biggest attention of the thesis is paid to present selected homosexual aspects closer. Neither the names of people active on a homosexual Indian field are omitted from this thesis. Bachelor thesis also documents the most important organizations dealing with rights of homosexuals in India.
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