Cultural Diversity: Opportunities and Socialisation
Development of a nationally comparative study of gay and lesbian people in Cyprus and Belgium.
RUBSI is now collaborating with CuDOS (Cultural Diversity: Opportunities and Socialisation) at Ghent University (Belgium) and PRCEO (Policy Research Centre on Equal Opportunities) at the Universityof Antwerp and Hasselt University (Belgium) to develop a nationallycomparative study of gay and lesbian people in Cyprus and Belgium.
TheBelgian component of the study is funded by the Flemish government(Department of Policy on Equal Opportunities) and the Cypriot componentby RUBSI of University of Nicosia. This study will focus on therelationships between experienced discrimination and social support,sexual identity development and health outcomes amongst gay and lesbianpeople in Cyprus and Belgium.
The project started inOctober 2009 and is expected to finish in December 2010. The resultswill be announced at a special press-conference on the 1st December,2010 (World AIDS Day).