Abstract
This research examines how women who experience a change to a partner of a different gender make sense of this shift both
to themselves and to others. Specifically, the study draws on 32 interviews conducted with self-identified lesbian, bisexual
and queer women who have moved from relationships with female partners to relationships with male partners. None of the women
interviewed sought to identify themselves as straight or heterosexual. Many, instead, tried to negotiate non-straight identities.
We conclude that women, in doing their non-straight identities, mainly rely upon a strategy of narrative, including narratives
of attraction, choice of men and challenging homophobia.
to themselves and to others. Specifically, the study draws on 32 interviews conducted with self-identified lesbian, bisexual
and queer women who have moved from relationships with female partners to relationships with male partners. None of the women
interviewed sought to identify themselves as straight or heterosexual. Many, instead, tried to negotiate non-straight identities.
We conclude that women, in doing their non-straight identities, mainly rely upon a strategy of narrative, including narratives
of attraction, choice of men and challenging homophobia.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-17
- DOI 10.1007/s11133-011-9202-4
- Authors
- Ahoo Tabatabai, Department of Psychology and Sociology, Columbia College, 1001 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO 65216, USA
- Annulla Linders, Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati, 1021 Crosley Tower, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0378, USA
- Journal Qualitative Sociology
- Online ISSN 1573-7837
- Print ISSN 0162-0436