Neuroqueering sexuality

Learning from the life‐writings of queer neurodivergent women

Bibliographic Data

ID12912008
AuthorsAmrutha Sivadasan (Vellore Institute of Technology University), Luke Gerard Christie (0000-0001-9639-7927, Vellore Institute of Technology University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume18
Issue2
Publication date2023-12-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soc4.13181
OpenAlexW4389639462
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited32

The mainstream notions of gender and sexuality among neurodivergent individuals lack wisdom and input from those who have the lived experience of the same. Queer phenomenology (2008) proposed by Sarah Ahmed, offers an interpretative framework to understand neurodivergent life by moving beyond the definitions of sexuality as a set of constructed identity formations aligned to normative gender and reproductive practices. Queer phenomenology along with a feminist phenomenological lens can be employed to analyze the narratives of queer neurodivergent women to see how they access and experience their sexualities. In this way, the present paper argues that queer neurodivergent women “neuroqueer” (a term developed by Yergeau) sexuality by actively subverting and disrupting compulsory heterosexual norms

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