Abstract

Younger members of the House and Ball Community (HBC) have created an emerging social scene called “Kiki” that has shared elements with the HBC. Given the growing popularity of the Kiki scene in urban communities with large numbers of Black gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) adolescents and emerging adults, it is important to understand the developmental benefits of the Kiki scene. We conducted individual in-depth interviews with 30 GBT adolescents and emerging adults (ages 15-24) who attended Kiki-related events and 15 older opinion leaders affiliated with the HBC. Participants described how the Kiki scene provides them with a range of supportive and affirming functions and offers a place where they can achieve important developmental milestones. The results clustered into three primary thematic areas of development: Executive Functioning Development, Social-Emotional Development, and Physical and Emotional Safety during Development. Within each of these thematic areas are sub-themes that further explicate the ways in which these functions are supported. We believe this to be one of the first papers exclusively focused on the positive aspects of the Kiki scene for adolescent and emerging adult development, and we encourage other researchers to further explore this emerging socializing force and its potential benefits to development.

摘要

House and Ball Community (HBC) 的年轻成员创建了一个名为“Kiki”的新兴社交场景，该场景与 HBC 共享元素。鉴于 Kiki 场景在拥有大量黑人同性恋、双性恋和变性者 (GBT) 青少年和新兴成年人的城市社区中越来越受欢迎，了解 Kiki 场景的发展益处非常重要。我们对参加 Kiki 相关活动的 30 名 GBT 青少年和新兴成年人（15-24 岁）以及 15 名与 HBC 有关联的年长意见领袖进行了单独的深入访谈。参与者描述了 Kiki 场景如何为他们提供一系列支持和肯定功能，并为他们提供一个可以实现重要发展里程碑的地方。结果集中在三个主要的发展主题领域：发展过程中的执行功能发展、社会情感发展以及身心安全。在这些主题领域中的每一个领域内都有子主题，这些子主题进一步阐明了支持这些功能的方式。我们相信这是首批专门关注 Kiki 场景对青少年和新兴成人发展的积极方面的论文之一，我们鼓励其他研究人员进一步探索这种新兴的社交力量及其对发展的潜在好处。