Navigating a heteronormative world
Cisgender women, transgender partnerships, sexual identity, and language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7375205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandi Perri (0000-0001-7712-4288, University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 892-908 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexualities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13634607211013286 |
| OpenAlex | W3158918422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article examines the relationship between language and sexual identity, using data collected from in-depth interviews with cisgender women who are in relationships with female-to-male transgender men. The data illustrate that many of the women have complex relationships with the labels that they use to describe their own sexual identity currently and in their past. When referring to their own sexual identities, cisgender women partners of trans men (a) are flexible with specific terms they use in order to respond to varying social contexts, (b) use specific terms to signify cultural belonging to or difference from different communities, and (c) use language as a suggestive action to others to question heteronormative assumptions. Further, this research highlights the importance of considering time in sexuality research, including the timing of the partnerships, and collecting data that reflect the individuals’ histories to analyze the connection between sexual identity and the use of language
Developmental psychology · Gender identity · Heteronormativity · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Sexual identity · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Transgender · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
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Gender Labor
Gender, love, and sex
Bisexual, pansexual, queer
Part of me already knew’
Language, sexuality and place
Transitioning Meanings? Family Members' Communicative Struggles Surrounding Transgender Identity
Gender Expression as a Reflection of Identity Reformation in Couple Partners Following Disclosure of Male-to-Female Transsexualism
Bodies in Relation—Bodies in Transition
Wives’ Tales
Partners in Transition
"Mostly straight" young women
The Sexual Relationships of Sexual-Minority Women Partnered with Trans Men
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Vanishing Act
Body Modification and Trans Men
And Now I'm Just Different, but There's Nothing Actually Wrong With Me
There's No Chasing Involved
Relationship partners of transgender individuals
Relational Analysis
Normative Resistance and Inventive Pragmatism
Intimate Transitions
LGBT Sexuality and Families at the Start of the Twenty-First Century
"Women's Work"? Women Partners of Transgender Men Doing Housework and Emotion Work
I Don't Like Passing as a Straight Woman
Articulating a Politics of (Multiple) Identities
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |