intersex, transgender, intersectional, and queer
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Aragón, Angela Pattatucci > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Méndez, Nancy
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- VS 3 2006
- Thesaurus
- lesbianisme, lesbische en homobewegingen, interseksualiteit, transseksualiteit, transgenders, queer, identiteit, feminisme, intersectionaliteit, vrouwenstudies, vrouwenbewegingen, televisie, indianen, latina's, Verenigde Staten, bundel
- Description
- The term 'homonormativity' describes current prevailing idealised assumptions about lesbian identity. This concept, however, marginalizes subgroups within the greater lesbian population. The authors confront 'homonormativity' in lesbian communities by discussing what is a definable lesbian identity. They explore issues about gender policing and the viewpoints in lesbian communities that hold that transgender, intersectional and queer individuals are considered to have 'false consciousness'. This monograph has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Lesbian Studies vol. 10 (2006), numbers 1/2.