Interview Paper - Final Submission

Running Head: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 1

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 4

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

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Central Michigan University

Interview questions on the topic of homosexuality

1. This interview aims to determine the perceptions and opinions that the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender individuals have. Do you identify yourself as either gay, lesbian, bisexual or a transgender?

2. Many studies have been conducted aiming at determining the main causes of sexual attraction among people of the same gender. However, there are still some causes which researchers have come up with as evidence showing that molestation is a major cause of increase in homosexuality in America (Gilman, 2018). What do you believe are the major causes of people struggling with same-sex attraction?

3. Studies on the development of homosexuality behaviours have indicated varying results with some indicating that it is a process while others show that it is instantaneous. How would you describe the change from homosexuality always instantaneous or is it a process?

4. The increase in infidelity among married people has contributed to increased transmission of diseases among the married partners. Based on the statistics of the transmission rate among homosexuals, the results show that there are high rates of unfaithfulness among homosexual people (Clarke.et.al, 2018). What do you believe leads to increased unfaithfulness among homosexual people?

5. The United States government have greatly embraced homosexuality through developing laws which protect gay people and authorize same sex marriage. Do you believe that these laws have brought changes in the way homosexuality was perceived before?

6. Many psychiatrists have experience near total failure in their quest of transforming homosexual patients to heterosexual patients, however recent studies have shown that only 27 % of patients often change and become heterosexual (Stryker, 2016). Do you think that a person can change their sexual orientation? What causes people to change?

References

Clarke, V., Braun, V., & Wooles, K. (2018). Thou shalt not covet another man? Exploring constructions of same‐sex and different‐sex infidelity using story completion. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 25(2), 153-166. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/casp.2204

Gilman, C. P. (2018). Women and economics. In Inequality in the 21st Century (pp. 31-33). Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429499821/chapters/10.4324/9780429499821-6

Stryker, S. (2016). Transgender studies: Queer theory's evil twin. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 10(2), 212-215. Retrieved from https://muse.jhu.edu/article/54599/summary