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Abstract
The study examined how LGBTQ individuals negotiate their identities in the Malaysian heteronormative society using
the Discourse-Historical Approach. In-depth interviews were carried out with 13 LGBTQ individuals to find out the discursive
strategies they used in describing the triggers for coming out, their experiences, and the reasons for their struggles. The
analysis of the interview data showed that the participants used the “destiny” and “rights” arguments to counter the “legal”,
“religious” and “traditional values” arguments used by heterosexuals to reject them. Referents and personal pronouns were
selectively used by LGBTQ participants to present different perspectives, “us” versus “them” (heterosexuals), “I” and other LGBTQ
individuals, and “I” versus “they” or “you” (other sexual orientations). The findings have implications that are relevant to
mitigation of LGBTQ identities in contexts which have strong heteronormative norms due to legal, religion and traditional
values.
期刊介绍：
The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language and communication studies in the Asian Pacific. Thematic issues of previously published issues of JAPC include Cross-Cultural Communications: Literature, Language, Ideas; Sociolinguistics in China; Japan Communication Issues; Mass Media in the Asian Pacific; Comic Art in Asia, Historical Literacy, and Political Roots; Communication Gains through Student Exchanges & Study Abroad; Language Issues in Malaysia; English Language Development in East Asia; The Teachings of Writing in the Pacific Basin; Language and Identity in Asia; The Economics of Language in the Asian Pacific.
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