The "Okay" Gay Guys

Developing Hegemonic Sexuality as a Tool to Understand Men's Workplace Identities

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ID3663758
AuthorsTravis Speice (Xavier University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume67
Issue13
Pages1864-1880
Publication date2020-11-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2019.1616428
PMID31090501
OpenAlexW2945567764
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited28

This research investigates gender and sexuality identity management among gay men. Thirty self-identified gay men participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews and provided their accounts of how they manage performances of gender and sexuality in the workplace. This research contributes to the scholarship of gender and sexuality by highlighting how sexuality, as an organizing principle, contributes to the further marginalization of an already marginalized population of gay men, via a concept I call hegemonic sexuality. The men's narratives help us understand how certain performances of sexuality permit some men to be recognized as "acceptable," while others are labeled "too gay" in different work environments. I investigate the motivations and consequences of men's concerted workplace identity management strategies. I conclude by suggesting that hegemonic sexuality be used as a tool to understand how some gay men are deemed more acceptable than others in additional social spaces

Gender identity · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology

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