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A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory
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The social construction of same-sex desire: Sin, Crime, Sickness, Sin, and Sickness as mentioned in this paper is a social construction, and it can be seen as a form of resistance.Abstract:
Contents Introduction 1 The Social Construction of Same-Sex Desire: Sin, Crime, Sickness 2 Assimilation or Liberation, Sexuality or Gender? 3 Queer: A Question of Being, or A Question of Doing? 4 Queer Race 5 Performance, Performativity, Parody and Politics 6 Transsexual Empires and Transgender Warriors 7 Queering 'Straight' Sex 8 Community and Its Discontents 9 Sadomasochism as Resistance? 10 Fetishism(s) and Political Perversion 11 Queering Popular Culture Bibliography.read more
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Wed-Locked: Television and the Acceptance of Same-sex Relationships
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Creative (Critical) Discourse Analysis of Tiziano Ferro and Ricky Martin “Coming Out”:
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore and problematize the coming out discourses of Ricky Martin and Tiziano Ferro's through a creative (critical) discourse analysis and present a creative fictional dialogue to showcase their analysis.
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A Queer Theorist's Critique of Online Domestic Violence Advocacy: Critically Responding to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Web Site.
TL;DR: A critical discourse analysis of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Web site reveals that its purportedly general account of domestic violence normalizes the experiences of a small group of victims—namely, heterosexual, cisgender women.
Effects of New Hampshire's same-sex marriage legislation on married same-sex couples and their families: A preliminary study
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