mazoo@utcsrgv.UUCP (Murray S. Mazer) (11/08/84)
Greetings. I am posting this for a friend of mine who is doing a Master's
degree in Nursing at the University of Toronto. She is doing some
research on the problems that lesbians have 'coming out'.
She has compiled a series of questions related to this topic, to which
she is eager to get answers from as diverse a population as possible.
I will list the questions below and encourage anyone who is interested
to reply directly to me as soon as possible. I will pass the responses
along to my friend, who can then do her work!
Inasmuch as is possible over the network, all responses and respondents'
identities will be kept confidential by both myself and my friend.
Thanks for your attention to the above.
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Instructions: (1) only lesbians should respond to these questions;
(2) answer whichever questions you are comfortable with,
leaving others blank (we want as much information as
possible).
Questions:
(1) Age in years:
(2) Occupation:
(3) Current city (and country) of residence:
(4) What does coming out mean to you?
(5) When did you come out (any personal history that is relevant can
be included here)?
(6) Was this a difficult decision for you? In what way?
(7) What did you worry about when deciding to come out?
(8) In retrospect, were these fears regarding coming out realistic?
What problems did you not anticipate beforehand?
(9) Can you identify the positive and negative aspects of coming out
that you experienced?
(10) What were the reactions of significant others (family, friends, lovers)
to your coming out?
(11) If you were asked to give some advice to lesbians who are just coming
out, what would you tell them?
Any other general comments are also welcomed.
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Murray S. Mazer
Computer Systems Research Institute
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4 Canada
mazoo@Toronto (csnet)
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Murray S. Mazeridallen@watmath.UUCP (11/10/84)
I'm concerned at the lack of mention of any supervisory organization in
the "coming-out" questionnaire. At U of Waterloo, *any* research
involving people must be approved by our local Office of Human
Research, to which complaints may be directed if the participants feel
inappropriately treated. I'd be surprised if U of Toronto were much different.
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-IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) University of Waterloo