Whilst there is a growing body of literature on the normalisation of abuse in youth digital sexual image exchange (Ringrose, Regehr & Whitehead 2021), mediated intimacies and sexual harms among men who have sex with men (MSM) in online contexts still remain largely neglected (Dietzel 2021). The present study builds on Russell’s (2021) study on male discursive practices and investigates sexual and gendered ideologies in 600 online dating profiles gathered from Grindr and Wapo. The discourse analysis of these profiles, on the one hand, sheds light on the existing violent nature of gay Alpha imaginaries in the short-term sexual encounters that these dating apps facilitate and, on the other hand, gives evidence of how discourses of hegemonic heteronormativity, and rape culture, seem to inform MSMs dating app profiles.
{"title":"Examining gay male discursive practices in hook-up apps","authors":"Antonio García-Gómez","doi":"10.1075/jls.00035.gar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00035.gar","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Whilst there is a growing body of literature on the normalisation of abuse in youth digital sexual image exchange (Ringrose, Regehr & Whitehead 2021), mediated intimacies and sexual harms among men who have sex with men (MSM) in online contexts still remain largely neglected (Dietzel 2021). The present study builds on Russell’s (2021) study on male discursive practices and investigates sexual and gendered ideologies in 600 online dating profiles gathered from Grindr and Wapo. The discourse analysis of these profiles, on the one hand, sheds light on the existing violent nature of gay Alpha imaginaries in the short-term sexual encounters that these dating apps facilitate and, on the other hand, gives evidence of how discourses of hegemonic heteronormativity, and rape culture, seem to inform MSMs dating app profiles.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Changes to marriage legislation across the globe have received much academic and public attention. However, the labels used to categorise different marital configurations are somewhat under researched. In this paper we analyse the premodification of marriage in a corpus of UK newspaper articles (2000–2018) to establish which labels are most commonly used in reference to same-sex marriage. These are gay marriage, same-sex marriage, homosexual marriage, and equal marriage. Drawing on the notion of category construction, we emphasise the fact that these labels are not neutral synonyms, as each encodes a particular understanding of same-sex marriage. Some labels even linguistically exclude certain groups, such as those who are bisexual or transgender. We use the tools of corpus-based discourse analysis to consider the nuanced differences between the category labels and consider whether the limitations of the labels are ever directly challenged.
{"title":"Same-sex marriage, gay marriage, or equal marriage?","authors":"Laura L. Paterson, M. McGlashan","doi":"10.1075/jls.00034.pat","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00034.pat","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Changes to marriage legislation across the globe have received\u0000 much academic and public attention. However, the labels used to categorise\u0000 different marital configurations are somewhat under researched. In this paper we\u0000 analyse the premodification of marriage in a corpus of UK\u0000 newspaper articles (2000–2018) to establish which labels are most commonly used\u0000 in reference to same-sex marriage. These are gay marriage, same-sex\u0000 marriage, homosexual marriage, and equal marriage.\u0000 Drawing on the notion of category construction, we emphasise the fact that these\u0000 labels are not neutral synonyms, as each encodes a particular understanding\u0000 of same-sex marriage. Some labels even linguistically exclude certain groups,\u0000 such as those who are bisexual or transgender. We use the tools of corpus-based\u0000 discourse analysis to consider the nuanced differences between the category\u0000 labels and consider whether the limitations of the labels are ever directly\u0000 challenged.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141654264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Motschenbacher (2022): Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity: Corpus-Based Evidence","authors":"C. S. Santonocito","doi":"10.1075/jls.00038.san","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00038.san","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141655658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
It is well documented that gay people adopt behavioural strategies to navigate the heteronormative expectations and norms of social space. These practices are likely to be particularly pronounced in socially conservative countries which have seen less progress for LGBTQ+ rights. This study examines how two gay men (Rui and Kenni) stylistically negotiate their sexual identities in a socially conservative country – Singapore – by analyzing the variation in two phonetic variables that have been linked to gender and sexuality: Pitch and /s/. We show that both speakers style-shift across queer-friendly and heteronormative environments though the rate and degree of shifting is influenced both by the situated social meanings of the features and the interactional context. Concluding, we argue that research should consider how minoritised individuals are required to style-shift in order to adhere to the hegemonic norms and expectations of society.
{"title":"Navigating ‘safe’ and ‘non-safe’ queer spaces","authors":"Jill Khoo, Christian Ilbury","doi":"10.1075/jls.00036.kho","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00036.kho","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 It is well documented that gay people adopt behavioural\u0000 strategies to navigate the heteronormative expectations and norms of social\u0000 space. These practices are likely to be particularly pronounced in socially\u0000 conservative countries which have seen less progress for LGBTQ+ rights. This\u0000 study examines how two gay men (Rui and Kenni) stylistically negotiate their\u0000 sexual identities in a socially conservative country – Singapore – by analyzing\u0000 the variation in two phonetic variables that have been linked to gender and\u0000 sexuality: Pitch and /s/. We show that both speakers style-shift across\u0000 queer-friendly and heteronormative environments though the rate and degree of\u0000 shifting is influenced both by the situated social meanings of the features and\u0000 the interactional context. Concluding, we argue that research should consider\u0000 how minoritised individuals are required to style-shift in\u0000 order to adhere to the hegemonic norms and expectations of society.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This qualitative study analyzes three gay Chinese immigrants’ experiences and perspectives regarding English hegemony, internalized oppression, and sexual identity using language ideology, social positioning, and performativity. The findings show that speaking English still determines one’s proximity to American culture, and language ideology affects attitudes towards one’s own culture and language. In particular, the study demonstrates a triple marginalization in which participants are more or less marginalized because their inherited American values clash with their marginality, and at the same time, because of their negative experiences with local gay communities and rejection from their own culture, they feel alienated, displaced, and immobile as a result. Additionally, English learning and interacting with LGBTQ content contribute to their language acquisition, sexual identity transformation, and activism development. Queering ESL education is needed because English learners inherit oppressive English ideologies and show discrimination towards other marginalized groups. As a gateway to American society and cultures, ESL classes present opportunities to raise awareness and challenge hegemonic discourse. Furthermore, ESL classrooms can also be powerful places for queer students whose cultures provide little or no validation of their sexuality to cultivate their cultural competence and affirm their place within society.
{"title":"Queer immigrants’ performative identity and cultural marginality in\u0000 the context of queering ESL education","authors":"Yih Ren","doi":"10.1075/jls.00037.ren","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00037.ren","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This qualitative study analyzes three gay Chinese immigrants’\u0000 experiences and perspectives regarding English hegemony, internalized\u0000 oppression, and sexual identity using language ideology, social positioning, and\u0000 performativity. The findings show that speaking English still determines one’s\u0000 proximity to American culture, and language ideology affects attitudes towards\u0000 one’s own culture and language. In particular, the study demonstrates a\u0000 triple marginalization in which participants are more or\u0000 less marginalized because their inherited American values clash with their\u0000 marginality, and at the same time, because of their negative experiences with\u0000 local gay communities and rejection from their own culture, they feel alienated,\u0000 displaced, and immobile as a result. Additionally, English learning and\u0000 interacting with LGBTQ content contribute to their language acquisition, sexual\u0000 identity transformation, and activism development. Queering ESL education is\u0000 needed because English learners inherit oppressive English ideologies and show\u0000 discrimination towards other marginalized groups. As a gateway\u0000 to American society and cultures, ESL classes present opportunities to raise\u0000 awareness and challenge hegemonic discourse. Furthermore, ESL classrooms can\u0000 also be powerful places for queer students whose cultures provide little or no\u0000 validation of their sexuality to cultivate their cultural competence and affirm\u0000 their place within society.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141652442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study investigates the discursive manifestation of normativities and participants’ orientation to them for identity work in coming-out-to-family discourses in Japanese YouTube videoclips posted by self-identified gay men. The study focuses on how the participants – the YouTubers and their family members – use discourses of normativity as a resource to illegitimize and legitimize sexual identities. It also touches on the conceptualization of homonormativity in the Japanese context. The analysis suggests that in societies like that of Japan, where heteronormative ideals are deeply entrenched in the culture, homonormativity may not be fully conceptualized at the level of local gay male communities, while the dominant heterosexual community, conversely, may have a clear vision of homonormativity for these individuals. It thus further considers the viewpoints that shape normativities for marginalized social groups.
{"title":"The discursive manifestation of normativities in coming-out-to-family\u0000 discourses in Japanese social media","authors":"Junko Saito","doi":"10.1075/jls.22020.sai","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.22020.sai","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study investigates the discursive manifestation of\u0000 normativities and participants’ orientation to them for identity work in\u0000 coming-out-to-family discourses in Japanese YouTube videoclips posted by\u0000 self-identified gay men. The study focuses on how the participants – the\u0000 YouTubers and their family members – use discourses of normativity as a resource\u0000 to illegitimize and legitimize sexual identities. It also touches on the\u0000 conceptualization of homonormativity in the Japanese context. The analysis\u0000 suggests that in societies like that of Japan, where heteronormative ideals are\u0000 deeply entrenched in the culture, homonormativity may not be fully\u0000 conceptualized at the level of local gay male communities, while the dominant\u0000 heterosexual community, conversely, may have a clear vision of homonormativity\u0000 for these individuals. It thus further considers the viewpoints that shape\u0000 normativities for marginalized social groups.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Cordoba (2022): Non-Binary Gender Identities: The Language of Becoming","authors":"Letizia Paglialunga","doi":"10.1075/jls.00039.pag","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00039.pag","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141654109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article explores the conceptions and attitudes that non-linguists have towards Finnish spoken by gay men. Combining folk linguistics and feminist theories, the study utilises interview and survey data for content analysis. The study finds that the main characteristics of speech viewed as “gay” – e.g. high pitch, atypical intonation patterns, nasality, non-canonical /s/ quality, use of affective adjectives – align with the speech stereotypes associated with girls and young women. The article suggests that, even though the attitudes explicitly communicated by the participants are mostly neutral, the language features associated with gay men show a strong relation to extra-linguistic gay stereotypes.
{"title":"“Like little Helsinki girls in the backseat of a tram”","authors":"Meri Lindeman","doi":"10.1075/jls.00032.lin","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00032.lin","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article explores the conceptions and attitudes that non-linguists have towards Finnish spoken by gay men.\u0000 Combining folk linguistics and feminist theories, the study utilises interview and survey data for content analysis. The study\u0000 finds that the main characteristics of speech viewed as “gay” – e.g. high pitch, atypical intonation patterns, nasality,\u0000 non-canonical /s/ quality, use of affective adjectives – align with the speech stereotypes associated with girls\u0000 and young women. The article suggests that, even though the attitudes explicitly communicated by the participants are mostly\u0000 neutral, the language features associated with gay men show a strong relation to extra-linguistic gay stereotypes.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140482076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article presents a multimodal critical discourse analysis of #GaysForTrump on Twitter as a discursive formation within Trumpism with distinct subject positions connected to specific acts of identification, libidinal investments, and a homonationalist allegiance to the United States, constructed as a homotopia for cisgender, white gay men. Trumpism is a political formation with its own discursive and structural dynamics that we argue have bred a specific strain of homonationalism worth unpacking in its specificity. Our main objective was to understand how identifying as gay was articulated as commensurate with Donald Trump’s particular brand of transgressive and masculinist white nationalism. We identified three overarching discursive strategies: the appropriation of the “coming out” narrative to validate the #GaysForTrump victimization experience; the construction of conservative gay masculinity as desirable; and the articulation of a sexual geopolitics that legitimates the extreme xenophobia of Trumpism.
{"title":"#GaysForTrump","authors":"Marina Bergozza, Francesca Coco, Scott L. Burnett","doi":"10.1075/jls.22010.ber","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.22010.ber","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article presents a multimodal critical discourse analysis of #GaysForTrump on Twitter as a discursive\u0000 formation within Trumpism with distinct subject positions connected to specific acts of identification, libidinal investments, and\u0000 a homonationalist allegiance to the United States, constructed as a homotopia for cisgender, white gay men. Trumpism is a\u0000 political formation with its own discursive and structural dynamics that we argue have bred a specific strain of homonationalism\u0000 worth unpacking in its specificity. Our main objective was to understand how identifying as gay was articulated as commensurate\u0000 with Donald Trump’s particular brand of transgressive and masculinist white nationalism. We identified three overarching\u0000 discursive strategies: the appropriation of the “coming out” narrative to validate the #GaysForTrump victimization experience; the\u0000 construction of conservative gay masculinity as desirable; and the articulation of a sexual geopolitics that legitimates the\u0000 extreme xenophobia of Trumpism.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140484078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Banegas & Govender (2022): Gender Diversity and Sexuality in English Language Education: New Transnational Voices","authors":"Jay Chester","doi":"10.1075/jls.00033.che","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00033.che","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140482463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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