Seven gay men regarding their experiences of relationship stigma in the gay community

This dataset contains qualitative verbatim interview transcripts of seven gay men in South Africa. The participants were voluntarily recruited from various locations across South Africa. Data were collected through individual and unstructured virtual interviews. No interview schedule was utilised, though a grounding question was asked ("Can you tell me about an instance where a gay man behaved negatively towards you because of your relationship arrangement?"). The unstructured interview format was aimed at generating participants' experiences of stigma towards their consensually non-monogamous relationship arrangement that occurred within the gay community. Six of the seven participants were identified as White and one as Coloured, while sixcharacterised their relationships as 'Open' and one as 'Polyamorous.' Mage = 30. Note that all names used in the data are pseudonyms.

本数据集收录南非七位男同性恋者的定性逐字访谈转录文本。研究对象均自愿参与，招募范围覆盖南非各地。数据通过单人非结构化线上访谈采集，未使用标准化访谈提纲，但设置了锚定引导问题："请分享一段因你的亲密关系模式，而遭遇男同性恋者负面对待的经历"。本次非结构化访谈的设计目标为，收集研究对象在男同社群中，针对其缔结的经双方同意的非单一伴侣关系（consensually non-monogamous）所遭遇的污名化经历。七位研究对象中，六位为白人，一位为南非语境下的有色人种（Coloured）；其中六位将自身亲密关系模式界定为"开放式关系（Open）"，一位界定为"多角恋爱关系（Polyamorous）"。研究对象平均年龄为30岁。请注意：本数据集所使用的所有姓名均为化名。