Coming Out, Coming Into What? Identification and Risks in the 'Coming Out' Story of a Norwegian Late Adolescent Gay Man
Coming Out, Coming Into What? Identification and Risks in the 'Coming Out' Story of a Norwegian Late Adolescent Gay Man
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出来,进入什么?
DOI:
10.1177/1363460707083170
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发表时间:
2007
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影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
K. Hegna
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作者:
K. Hegna
The main aim of this article is to describe the identification process of a 19-year-old Norwegian gay man. The analysis focuses on becoming a gay subject to discourse, articulation of identities and risks related to such subjectivation. Four discourses of gay identities are identified: a possibly heteronormative homosexual identity related to anal sex with men; an essentialist gay identity based on an idea of a stable homosexual core; a constructivist gay subjectivity related to a gay lifestyle where being happy and beautiful are central demands; and a self-understanding echoing a `queer' rejection of identity labels. These identities may be related to certain types of psychosocial risks for gay young people: risk of sexual abuse; pressure to come out of the closet; anti-gay harassment; illegal drug use or problems related to mental health and social support.