Navigating Identities

Subtle and Public Agency of Bicultural Gay Youth

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7315429
AutoresMarianne Cense (0000-0002-3051-2934, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, autor de correspondencia), R R Ganzevoort (0000-0003-3395-1497, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Año2016
Volumen64
Número5
Páginas654-670
Fecha de publicación2016-06-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2016.1196992
PMID27268594
OpenAlexW2418522862
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas28

Young people who discover their sexual attraction to people of the same sex often go through a period of ambivalence or distress, especially when they grow up in an environment that condemns homosexuality. The Dutch sociopolitical context makes the expression of same-sex desires among those with non-Dutch roots even more complicated and risky, as prevailing schemes of interpretation render the two identities incompatible. This study explores the expressions of same-sex desires and identities as well as the different forms of agency of bicultural gay youth. In-depth interviews with 14 young adults reveal how young people negotiate bicultural identities in Dutch society that brings to the fore complexities in managing diverse sexual identities and strong religious and cultural affiliations in tandem. Their strategies have the effect of questioning dominant discourses and transcend the oppositional dichotomy between sexual and ethnic forms of sociocultural otherness

Agency (philosophy · Ambivalence · Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · Homosexuality · Negotiation · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Social Psychology