ABSTRACT

The extended belief of gay people being more creative and showing higher interest toward arts lacks robust empirical support. The pioneer study on this issue highlighted that LGB´s arts participation was mostly explained by demographic factors such as level of studies, residence and family situation, which suggests that differences due to sexual orientation tend to fade. In this paper, we put forward the hypothesis that sexual orientation influences motivations to participate, which emphasizes their role and heterogeneity. To do so, we conducted a survey on participants at an alternative performing arts festival collecting information on socio-demographics, including sexual orientation, motivations and other variables. Results show that being LGB increases the likelihood of attendance for emotional, social or political motives, and emphasize the heterogeneity that sexual orientation plays on cultural audiences. Particularly, we find evidence of gender differences in attendance goals within LGB performing arts consumers, supporting gender nonconformity.

摘要

同性恋者更有创造力和对艺术表现出更高兴趣的延伸信念缺乏强有力的实证支持。关于这一问题的先驱研究强调，LGB 的艺术参与主要是由学习水平、居住地和家庭状况等人口因素解释的，这表明由于性取向导致的差异趋于消退。在本文中，我们提出了性取向影响参与动机的假设，强调了他们的作用和异质性。为此，我们对另类表演艺术节的参与者进行了一项调查，收集有关社会人口统计信息的信息，包括性取向、动机和其他变量。结果表明，成为 LGB 会增加出于情感、社会或政治动机而出勤的可能性，并强调性取向对文化受众的异质性。特别是，我们发现 LGB 表演艺术消费者的出勤目标存在性别差异的证据，支持性别不一致。