Threads of Diversity
Exploring Clothing Experiences of India's LGBTQ Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3624315 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Smitha G Kutty (University of Delhi), Chehak Bansal (0009-0009-5214-4923, University of Delhi, corresponding author), Jyoti Aggarwal (0000-0002-1806-8842, University of Delhi) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2025.2496195 |
| PMID | 40279538 |
| OpenAlex | W4409785915 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
The LGBT community is a hidden population that has only recently started to integrate into mainstream society in India. Though the community has been studied extensively, the clothing of its members has not received the same attention as other fields. Present study was planned with the objective to ascertain the community's struggles with clothing in India. Both primary and secondary data were utilized for this purpose. A systematic Review of Literature was carried out to explore the previous studies in this field. This was followed by primary data collection. Eleven participants- six gay men, three transgender women, one pansexual woman and one bisexual man were recruited through snowball sampling and participated in telephonic interviews. Based on the content analyses, three themes were established; (1) Creation and expression of gender/sexual identity through clothing (2) Identification and procurement of clothing and (3) Need for acceptance and integration through Fashion and Media. Specific issues related to clothing along with certain clothing practices of the LGBT community were successfully observed in the present study
Clothing · Diversity (politics · Homosexuality · Intersectionality · Lesbian · Political science · Queer · Sociology · Transgender · Anthropology · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology
Strategies of Multiple Triangulation
Systematic methodological review
The qualitative content analysis process
Gender rebels
Modelling fashion clothing involvement among gay consumers in South Africa
Undoing Gender
Epiphenomenology of the closet
The Comfort of Identity
Gender Trouble
I am who I am’? Navigating norms and the importance of authenticity in lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of their appearance practices
Navigating identity
Snowball sampling
In Genderqueer Closets
Clothing and Self Concept in Cisgender and Transgender Individuals
Resisting and Conforming to the ‘Lesbian Look’
Dress to Impress
A Two-Question Method for Assessing Gender Categories in the Social and Medical Sciences
Decriminalising homosexuality in India
Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me
LGBTQ Women, Appearance Negotiations, and Workplace Dress Codes
Apparel Consumption and Embodied Experiences of Gay Men and Transgender Women in India
Standing Out/Fitting In
Doing Gender
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |