Coming out (in the 21st Century)

TY - GEN

T1 - Coming out (in the 21st Century)

AU - Coleman-Fountain, Edmund

PY - 2024/1/30

Y1 - 2024/1/30

N2 - Coming out refers to the process of making sense of and disclosing LGBT identity. Its staging is shaped by processes of personal identity formation, including the adoption of sexual and gender identity labels, and by social forces that shape coming out as a necessary and intelligible social act, such as the assumption and expectation of heterosexuality and attitudes towards different sexual and gender identities. While people may have a core coming out story, and endow particular biographical moments with life significance, coming out is also never a onetime act, but on-going, contextual and strategic.

AB - Coming out refers to the process of making sense of and disclosing LGBT identity. Its staging is shaped by processes of personal identity formation, including the adoption of sexual and gender identity labels, and by social forces that shape coming out as a necessary and intelligible social act, such as the assumption and expectation of heterosexuality and attitudes towards different sexual and gender identities. While people may have a core coming out story, and endow particular biographical moments with life significance, coming out is also never a onetime act, but on-going, contextual and strategic.

KW - Coming Out

KW - LGBT+

UR - https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar-encyclopedia-of-queer-studies-9781803922096.html

M3 - Other contribution

SN - 9781803922096

T3 - Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series

PB - Edward Elgar Publishing

ER -