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Homonormativity or queer disidentification? rural Australian bisexual women’s identity politics

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posted on 2023-05-20, 00:35 authored by Ruby GrantRuby Grant, Meredith NashMeredith Nash
Recent research shows that queer youth increasingly reject traditional sexual labels in favour of more fluid identifications. Despite well-rehearsed debates around queer identity politics under neoliberalism, there is a dearth of research examining how queerness is understood and expressed in rural Australia. To address this knowledge gap, this article examines bisexual and queer young women’s understandings of sexual labels in Tasmania, Australia. Drawing on Jose Esteban Muñoz’s disidentifications, we argue that while neoliberalism and homonormativity do influence rural queer women’s identity politics, their lived experiences present specific challenges that draw attention to the urban-centricity of homonormativity.

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Publication title

Sexualities

Volume

23

Issue

4

Pagination

592-608

ISSN

1363-4607

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Sage Publications Ltd.

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2019 the Authors

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