Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery
© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis. Many models of queer sexuality continue to depict a linear narrative of sexual development, beginning in repression/concealment and eventuating in coming out. The present study sought to challenge this by engaging in a hermeneutically informed thematic analysis...
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| description | © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis. Many models of queer sexuality continue to depict a linear narrative of sexual development, beginning in repression/concealment and eventuating in coming out. The present study sought to challenge this by engaging in a hermeneutically informed thematic analysis of interviews with eight queer people living in Western Australia. Four themes were identified: “searching for identity,” “society, stigma, and self,” “sexual self-discovery,” and “coming in.” Interviewees discussed internalized homophobia and its impact on their life; experiences and implications of finding a community and achieving a sense of belonging; the concept of sexual self-discovery being a lifelong process; and sexuality as fluid, dynamic, and situational rather than static. The article concludes by suggesting that the idea of “coming in”—arriving at a place of acceptance of one’s sexuality, regardless of its fluidity or how it is viewed by society—offers considerable analytic leverage for understanding the journeys of sexual self-discovery of queer-identified people. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-731662018-12-13T09:35:40Z Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery Rosenberg, Shoshana © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis. Many models of queer sexuality continue to depict a linear narrative of sexual development, beginning in repression/concealment and eventuating in coming out. The present study sought to challenge this by engaging in a hermeneutically informed thematic analysis of interviews with eight queer people living in Western Australia. Four themes were identified: “searching for identity,” “society, stigma, and self,” “sexual self-discovery,” and “coming in.” Interviewees discussed internalized homophobia and its impact on their life; experiences and implications of finding a community and achieving a sense of belonging; the concept of sexual self-discovery being a lifelong process; and sexuality as fluid, dynamic, and situational rather than static. The article concludes by suggesting that the idea of “coming in”—arriving at a place of acceptance of one’s sexuality, regardless of its fluidity or how it is viewed by society—offers considerable analytic leverage for understanding the journeys of sexual self-discovery of queer-identified people. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73166 10.1080/00918369.2017.1390811 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | Rosenberg, Shoshana Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery |
| title | Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery |
| title_full | Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery |
| title_fullStr | Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery |
| title_short | Coming In: Queer Narratives of Sexual Self-Discovery |
| title_sort | coming in: queer narratives of sexual self-discovery |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73166 |