Black in the Rainbow: "Quaring" the Black Gay Male Student Experience at Historically Black Universities
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The term “queer ” was historically used as a homophobic slur against lesbians and gay men (Jagose, 1996). During the U.S. gay liberation movement, the identity as a queer came to mean individuals who rejected assimilation as a way to reach gay liberation (Carlson, 1998; Jagose, 1996). Queer signifies an individual “that stands outside the dominant cultural codes; queer opposes sex-policing, gender policing, heteronormativity, and assimilationist politics” (Morris, 1998, p. 276).\t\n Queers challenge society to change as a way to reach “gay ” liberation (Dilley, 2005; Jagose, 1996). As a theory, queer theory seeks to disrupt binarism and normalcy
Authors: Darris R. Means, Audrey J. Jaeger
Institution: North Carolina State University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2148241799