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Papers by D'Lane Compton

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Objectives To propose an approach for semantic and functional data harmonization related to sex a... more Objectives To propose an approach for semantic and functional data harmonization related to sex and gender constructs in electronic health records (EHRs) and other clinical systems for implementors, as outlined in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation and the Health Level 7 (HL7) Gender Harmony Project (GHP) product brief “Gender Harmony—Modeling Sex and Gender Representation, Release 1.” Materials and Methods Authors from both publications contributed to a plan for data harmonization based upon fundamental principles in informatics, including privacy, openness, access, legitimate infringement, least intrusive alternatives, and accountability. Results We propose construct entities and value sets that best align with both publications to allow the implementation of EHR data elements on gender identity, recorded sex or gender, and sex for clinical use in the United States. We include usabilit...

In this paper we use data from the 2002 and 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to ... more In this paper we use data from the 2002 and 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to analyze the most recent patterns of bisexuality in the United States. There has been little demographic work done on the issue of bisexuality, and this paper strives to explore some aspects of the sexual orientation. Using a social constructionist definition of sexuality, we both enumerate those who identify, desire, and behave as bisexual as well as compare some basic demographic characteristics of bisexuality with heterosexuality, homosexuality, and asexuality. Overall, we find that conclusions about the prevalence of bisexuality and the characteristics of bisexual individuals versus other sexualities do differ depending on the dimension employed. Most generally, however, we find that in bisexual respondents are more likely to be in poorer health condition than heterosexual respondents (but in better health compared to gay and lesbian respondents), engaged in full time employment, and ...

Gender in the Twenty-First Century, 2019

Contexts, 2020

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Contexts, 2021

Following the Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality, a sense of “mission accomplished” qu... more Following the Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality, a sense of “mission accomplished” quickly shifted focus away from the legal concerns of same-sex families. One year later, legal uncertainties remain for LGBT parents and children, resulting in differing access to and use of familial rights across states.

Other, Please Specify, 2019

In 2018, the General Social Survey asked some respondents for their sex assigned at birth and cur... more In 2018, the General Social Survey asked some respondents for their sex assigned at birth and current gender identity, in addition to the ongoing practice of having survey interviewers code respondent sex. Between 0.44% and 0.93% of the respondents who were surveyed either identified as transgender, identified with a gender that does not conventionally correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth, or identified the sex they were assigned at birth inconsistently with the interviewer’s assessment of respondent sex. These results corroborate previous estimates of the US’ transgender population size. Furthermore, these new questions’ implementations mirror the successful inclusion of other small populations represented in the GSS, such as lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, as well as Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus. Data on transgender and gender nonconforming populations can be pooled together over time to assess these populations’ attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and social inequali...

Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2020

Background Over the last 40 years, there has been a cultural shift in attitudes toward same-sex m... more Background Over the last 40 years, there has been a cultural shift in attitudes toward same-sex marriage in the USA. While there has been a great deal of focus on attitudes toward same-sex marriage, there is less research on attitudes toward LGBT discrimination and legal protections against discrimination, especially post-Obergefell. Methods This study uses data from the American Values Survey conducted in November 2015 and state-level data on LGBTQ equality to examine attitudes toward same-sex marriage and LGBT protections post-Obergefell. Results Attitudes are generally supportive of LGBT rights though a substantial minority (about 40%) of American adults favor the rights of small businesses to discriminate against LGBT individuals. Those who hold more favorable opinions of Trump are significantly less likely to favor same-sex marriage and LGBT protections against discrimination and more likely to favor exceptions for small business owners than those with unfavorable opinions of Trump. Those living in states that have higher LGBTQ equality rankings are significantly more favorable toward same-sex marriage and legal protections. Conclusions While we have seen extraordinary change with Obergefell and piecemeal change with state laws around LGBT protections, it is important to be cognizant of the political and social landscape when trying to understand current US public opinions toward same-sex marriage and LGBT protections.

This article examines how social media can incorporate into the higher education setting in meani... more This article examines how social media can incorporate into the higher education setting in meaningful ways using optional participation, active content production, and active moderation. The authors use two authoethnographic case studies. The first case pertains to pedagogical use through a student created and maintained Facebook group for a Sociology of Gender course. The second case pertains to the construction and maintenance of a participatory learning culture through a departmental Facebook page. The article includes accounts from each case and an analysis of the successful components.

Epistemological choices made during the very early stages of research impact empirical outcomes i... more Epistemological choices made during the very early stages of research impact empirical outcomes in meaningful ways. Defining the population of interest, choosing a sample size, and confronting questions of representativeness are particularly complex when studying LGBTQ topics. There are certainly methodological guidelines, but in the end, research design is a matter of making informed choices and interrogating the histories of the questions we ask. While this is important to all social scientists, scholars are more likely to get methodological critiques as dismissals when doing queer work because of heteronormative assumptions and practices. Employing strong research designs helps us to defend our work and gain legitimacy in the discipline.

I do not remember how or when I first heard about gay rodeos, but I do remember how excited I fel... more I do not remember how or when I first heard about gay rodeos, but I do remember how excited I felt. Yet this excitement was coupled with some hesitation. I felt the need to disguise my excitement among my queer friends. I presented the gay rodeo’s allure as rooted in simple curiosity, a chance to further my academic study of queer life. However, I was personally interested in finding others like me - other queers who appreciated country as a lifestyle or one might even say as an ethnicity - rather than simply as a place. Country meant good things to me; I dreamt of owning land and livestock and I loved country music and dancing. One of the most difficult aspects of coming out for me was how drastically the setting for my social life changed as I moved away from the country spaces and country activities that I had previously known and enjoyed.My previous “straight” life involved what one could call “country” entertainment. It took place in dusty arenas, around animals and in bars tha...

Population Review, 2017

Residential segregation is a major area of research in demography. Most prior investigations have... more Residential segregation is a major area of research in demography. Most prior investigations have focused on the segregation of racial/ethnic minorities from the majority white group in cities and metropolitan areas of the United States and several other countries. Few analyses have dealt with the spatial segregation of sexual minorities from the majority. In this paper, we analyze the residential segregation of gay male and lesbian households from heterosexual married and heterosexual cohabiting households. We use two dissimilarity measures of residential segregation and draw on data from the American Community Surveys for 2008 through 2012 to compute segregation scores for the 100 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with the largest gay male and lesbian populations around the year 2010. We show that there is a sizable amount of homosexual-heterosexual residential segregation and that it appears to be a different phenomenon from racial and ethnic residential segregation. We also show that gay male households are more segregated from different-sex partnered households than are lesbian households, and that levels of segregation vary positively across the MSAs with the size of the gay male and lesbian populations.

Legalizing LGBT Families, 2015