Journal article
Geographic Distributions of Drag Performers Relative to Urban Centers: Implications for Health
Journal of homosexuality, Vol.68(10), pp.1685-1698
08/24/2021
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1705669
PMID: 31860379
Abstract
LGB people may become less accessible to health professionals as technology reshapes LGB social connections. Though electronic forms of health promotion are effective, some interventions must be delivered in person. We use GIS to analyze characteristics (e.g., gender identity, depression, and performance involvement) shared by 114 gay, cisgender male drag performers. We used geographic ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to identify spatial relationships based on participant distance from urban centers. Participants lived between 1.73 km (1.07 mi) and 762.77 km (101.14 mi) from the nearest urban center (Mdn = 16.60 km; 10.31 mi). We found a positive correlation between distance from the nearest urban center and performance involvement (R = 0.19, p <= 0.05). Results indicate that drag performers are widely disbursed relative to urban centers and that drag involvement provides motivation to travel to gay bars. Health professionals with in person services may use drag shows and related performances to access LGB populations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Geographic Distributions of Drag Performers Relative to Urban Centers: Implications for Health
- Creators
- Douglas Knutson - Southern Illinois University CarbondaleK. Colton Flynn - Oklahoma State UniversityJulie M. Koch - Oklahoma State UniversityUrvi Paralkar - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of homosexuality, Vol.68(10), pp.1685-1698
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/00918369.2019.1705669
- PMID
- 31860379
- ISSN
- 0091-8369
- eISSN
- 1540-3602
- Number of pages
- 14
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/24/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984371099302771
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