Gay, Straight, and Who I Am

Interpreting Passing Within the Frames for Everyday Life

Bibliographic Data

ID2151966
AuthorsNathan D Shippee (0000-0002-9885-3663, Mayo Clinic, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume32
Issue2
Pages115-157
Publication date2011-02-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639621003748514
OpenAlexW2071509535
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited50

Passing, the process whereby individuals conceal stigmatizing attributes, represents an intersection between self-definition, self-presentation, and situational and cultural fluency. Existing research has examined some of these topics separately, but few works have undertaken a cohesive analysis. To address this gap, this study employs frame analysis to examine gay and lesbian individuals’ interpretive accounts of passing. Participants framed their self-presentations within a paradigm of being “who I am,” noted a frame of risk that operated across situations, and described common frames for audiences and settings in their lives—all central to interpreting passing within everyday, routine interaction

Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Everyday life · Fluency · Frame (networking · Frame analysis · Intersection (aeronautics · Lesbian · Presentation (obstetrics · Psychoanalysis · Situational ethics · Computer Science · Engineering · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social and Educational Sciences · Social Psychology