Intersectional expansiveness borne at the neuroqueer nexus

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12978434
AutoresAlastair Oswald (0000-0002-9036-139X, The Graduate Center, CUNY, autor de correspondencia), Shéár Avory, M Fine (0000-0001-5941-7247, The Graduate Center, CUNY)
Año2021
Volumen13
Número5
Páginas1122-1133
Fecha de publicación2021-03-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychology and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1941-9902 • E-ISSN: 1941-9899
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19419899.2021.1900347
OpenAlexW3133671688
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas24

This article is crafted to unpack the methodological, epistemological, and ethical modes of inquiry embedded in a participatory, multi-method, intergenerational survey of/by/for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and two-spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) youth from across the United States. We write alongside a racially diverse and inclusive sample of over 1,800 young people who participated in a national survey and referenced themselves as ‘queer’ and ‘neurodiverse’ in open-ended responses. This qualitative deep dive into the lives of neuroqueer youth presents back their narratives of struggle and desire through an intersectional lens attentive to multiple interlocking systems of oppression and resistance. We write to reflect the expansiveness of this community and their strategies to break free from normativity and binary expectations of gender, sexuality, and ability that are constraining all people. We illustrate how neuroqueer youth operate in ways that are multi-scalar with struggles that are deeply personal, embodied, and political. Their existential desires to be recognised as ‘me’ and get through the day are often met with solidarity activisms that confront intersectional injustices, both in-person and online

Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Intersectionality · Lesbian · Narrative · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sociology · Solidarity · Transgender · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology