Negotiating Multiple Identities in a Queer Vietnamese Support Group
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3632767 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gina Masequesmay (California State University, Northridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2-4 |
| Pages | 193-215 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-23 |
| 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 | 10.1300/j082v45n02_09 |
| PMID | 14651180 |
| OpenAlex | W2107849075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 25 |
My participant-observation with O-Môi, a support group for Vietnamese lesbians, bisexual women and female-to-male transgenders, and interviews with members, focusing on how different identity issues are negotiated, suggest that despite O-Môi's claim of supporting its members' multiple marginalized identities, group processes in everyday pragmatic interactions construct a hierarchy that centers and normalizes experiences of bilingual Vietnamese lesbians. This renders the marginalization of bisexual women, transgender men, and Vietnamese/English monolingual members. Using the concept of "identity work" to examine the intersection of race/ethnicity, class, and gender/sexuality as everyday (counter)hegemonic processes, I discuss how organizational structure, discourse resources, and personal politics orient and mold members' talk and interactions leading to normalization and/or marginalization of certain groups' experiences
Ethnic group · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Negotiation · Queer · Sociology · Transgender · Vietnamese · Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections · Gender Studies · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |