Bisexuality
Negotiating Lives Between Two Cultures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12759062 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Evans (0000-0001-5087-5727, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 91-108 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j159v03n02_06 |
| OpenAlex | W2331184537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
In this paper I explore the emergence of two distinct Western cultures, gay and straight, emerging in the late 19th century and then developing through the first half of the 20th century until gay liberation in the late 1960s when the establishment of gay and lesbian “ethnic style” communities strengthened the heterosexual/homosexual dichotomy. I argue that the establishment of these two separate and recognisable cultures problematises social and cultural identities for those who are neither exclusively gay nor exclusively straight as well as those for whom desire is not primarily determined by gender. Moreover, challenges to the seeming naturalness of this dichotomy, primarily through poststructural queer theory and bisexuality, are met with resistance from both gay and straight communities. The tensions of trying to live bisexual lives between cultures for ordinary men often lead to a choice of attachment to either gay or straight culture and consequent silencing of bisexual desire. To illustrate my argument, in terms of negotiating lives between two cultures, I will use selected stories from my PhD research on men who have sex with men
Argument (complex analysis · Art · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Literature · Negotiation · Queer · Queer theory · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
Writing Culture
A Linkage Between DNA Markers on the X Chromosome and Male Sexual Orientation
A Difference in Hypothalamic Structure Between Heterosexual and Homosexual Men
Black Power
Research on Sexual Orientation Labels' Relationship to Behaviors and Desires
The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement
Distress in response to relationship infidelity
Alfred Kinsey and the Kinsey report
One Hundred Years of Homosexuality
Fear of a Queer Planet
Defying Gravity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |