A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory

Sullivan, Nikki

doi:10.1515/9781474472944

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“…Finally, we found that queer identity was also associated with higher levels of education and they are the least likely identity group to be living in poverty. One explanation may be that attending college increases likelihood of identifying as queer, because college students have greater opportunities to learn discourse involving queer theory, as well as learn about emerging identities and terminologiesnotably, early discourses of queer theory and identity began in the academy, as did more radical, activist approaches that intersect with social movements (Miller et al, 2016;Sullivan, 2003), and it may be that this heritage led to the association with higher levels of education among queer respondents. College is also a place where young people are living independently from their families of origin for the first time, and thus have the freedom to try out new identities, as well as potentially be exposed to, and thus adopt, a wider range of identities, including queer (Wagaman, 2016).…”

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“…In academic realms, queer was a term that, for some, offered a critique of the mainstream lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) community (Howard, 2018). For example, the field of queer theory grew out of the academic realms of feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) studies; specifically, queer theory saw sex and gender as nonessentialist, fluid, and nonbinary (Sullivan, 2003). In the context of these community and academic discourses, queer emerged as a social and personal identity for some, defined by rejection of binary categories of gender and sexuality, and inclusion of any sexual or gender identity that is nonnormative, disrupting categories such as man and woman and gay and straight.…”

Section: The Meaning Of Queer Identitymentioning

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Exploring the Q in LGBTQ: Demographic characteristic and sexuality of queer people in a U.S. representative sample of sexual minorities.

Goldberg¹,

Rothblum²,

Russell³

et al. 2020

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Although queer identity has been used among sexual minorities for decades, little is known about the population of queer-identified people in the United States. We compared people who identify as queer (unweighted n = 88; 5.8% weighted) with those who identify as lesbian/gay (n = 833; 46.9%), bisexual (n = 493; 40.6%), or other sexual minority identities (n = 93; 6.7%), to describe queer-identified people as a distinct sexual minority group. The study is the first to estimate demographic characteristics and sexuality of queer-identified people using a U.S. nationally representative sample. We found that queer people are overwhelmingly cisgender women and genderqueer/nonbinary (GQNB), younger, and more highly educated than other groups. After stratifying by gender identity (cisgender women; cisgender men; GQNB), survey-weighted descriptive differences in attraction, sexual partnering, and relationship patterns show that queer individuals are more likely to report attraction to, and sexual relationships with, transgender and GQNB people, though differences by respondent gender identity were noted: The majority of queer women are attracted to and partnered with both women and men, and were more likely than other groups to be attracted to and partnered with cisgender and transgender people. In contrast, queer men are split in their attractions-about half were attracted exclusively to men, and half to men and women-but the majority partnered with men only. Of all groups, queer men are the most likely to partner with transgender men, but none had partnered with transgender women. GQNB people are more likely than cisgender people to identify as queer (25.9%, versus 6% of cisgender women and 1.5% of cisgender men), and are attracted to both cisgender and transgender women and men, yet predominantly partnered with cisgender people. The results provide support for queer as a distinct sexual identity. Public Significance Statement We explored the demographics and sexuality (e.g., sexual partnering and attraction) of people who identify as queer, compared to those who identify as lesbian/gay, bisexual, or other sexual minority identities, to better understand if, and how, queer-identified people are distinct from other sexual minority groups. We found that queer people are overwhelmingly cisgender women and genderqueer/ nonbinary (GQNB), younger, and more highly educated than other groups. Sexuality-wise, queer individuals are more likely to report attraction to, and sexual relationships with, transgender and GQNB people, though differences emerge by gender identity.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: The Meaning Of Queer Identitymentioning

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Exploring the Q in LGBTQ: Demographic characteristic and sexuality of queer people in a U.S. representative sample of sexual minorities.

Goldberg¹,

Rothblum²,

Russell³

et al. 2020

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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“…9–10). This is because queer theory posits that sexuality is a social construct (Sullivan, 2003). Central to queer theory is that it is oppositional to what is considered “normal” in the present cultural milieu (Turner, 2000).…”

Section: What the F*** Is Queer Theory3?mentioning

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“…Central to queer theory is that it is oppositional to what is considered “normal” in the present cultural milieu (Turner, 2000). Queer theory fights against a single cultural definition of homosexuality, viewing the term itself as defined only by what it is not (heterosexuality) (Butler, 1990; Sullivan, 2003). Instead, queer theory argues toward a more fluid view of identity.…”

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“Where My Gays At?” The Status of LGBTQ People and Queer Theory in Nonprofit Research

Meyer

Dale

Willis

2021

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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This article critically examines academic scholarship in the field of nonprofit studies that pertains to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and issues. We introduce the key tenets of queer theory, a critical theory which encourages questioning social constructs, to nonprofit studies as a lens through which to examine the nonprofit sector. Using a queer approach, we analyze the past research on LGBTQ issues along the continuums of whether the research subjects are active or passive participants, and whether the focus on LGBTQ issues is ancillary or central. We find a minority of articles, most written between 2015 and 2019, which position LGBTQ people as central and active participants in the research. We conclude by providing a research agenda for how queer theory can be applied to the nonprofit sector and argue that placing LGBTQ people and organizations as central constituencies in nonprofit research will facilitate social change.

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“…It emerged from dissatisfaction with the efforts of early stages of the gay and lesbian movement that failed to adequately deconstruct the discursive, social, political, and historical conditions of sexually marginalized sexualities. Queer theory aims to make strange, to frustrate, to counteract, to delegitimize, to camp up heteronormative practices and institutions and the subjectivities and social practices that are informed by and in return inform them (Sullivan, 2003).…”

Section: Queer Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%