Post-gay, Political, and Pieced Together

Queer Expectations of Straight Allies

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2363577
AutoresTehquin D Forbes (0000-0003-3611-4395, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, autor correspondente), K Ueno (0000-0001-6135-197X, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA)
Ano2020
Volume63
Fascículo1
Páginas159-176
Data de publicação2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0731121419885353
OpenAlexW2985078509
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas39

Past research has examined straight allyship to the queer community from allies' perspectives, but little is known about how queer people evaluate straight allies. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 20 LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) students from a large, public university in the southeastern United States, we show that respondents formulate their expectations by leaning on their understanding of their own queerness in relation to other privileged and marginalized identities they possess. We find two opposing camps of thought: one that allies should be attuned to the individual needs of queer people in their personal lives, and the other that they should be actively dedicated to supporting the broader queer community. Some respondents expressed sentiments of both camps, showcasing how expectations range with diverse identity constellations. We conclude with discussions of how diverse expectations complicate allyship as a vehicle for social change, and the implications of these results for allies' roles in queer rights movements

Aesthetics · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sexual identity · Sociology · Transgender · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy