In this qualitative research we explore the answers and demands set by upper-middle class men while facing discrimination over their sexual orientation. The fact of focusing on this specific social class responds to an attempt to make more complex our understanding of sexual minorities, given that not only sex-gender discrimination interacts with the social class, but also capitals and unequally distributed resources determine the capacity of subjects to face discrimination. To carry out this research ten semi-directed interviews of approximately 90 minutes were conducted to upper-middle class and self-declared gay men who work and live in Santiago. The results show that these men act on their privileged class position to perform classist operations consciously to make up for the discrimination they face.
Keywords:
Discrimination, Homosexuality, Social Classes, upper class, Political commitment
Ulloa Osses, F. (2020). ‘Coming out’ with money: a study about discrimination with homosexual men from the upper class in Chile. Revista Punto Género, (12), pp. 73–100. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2019.56249
