‘The fact they knew before I did upset me most’: Essentialism and normativity in lesbian and gay youths’ coming out stories
(2019)
Journal Article
Jones, L. (2020). ‘The fact they knew before I did upset me most’: Essentialism and normativity in lesbian and gay youths’ coming out stories. Sexualities, 23(4), 497-515. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460719830343
This article demonstrates, via discourse analysis of a group of young gay and lesbian people's coming out stories, the salience of essentialist ideologies on their identity construction. The study reveals underlying normative assumptions in the young... Read More about ‘The fact they knew before I did upset me most’: Essentialism and normativity in lesbian and gay youths’ coming out stories.