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Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma

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Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma

Meredith G. F. Worthen, "Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma"
English | ISBN: 1138241458 | 2020 | 448 pages | PDF | 10 MB

Though there have been great advances for LGBTQ people in recent years, stigma, intolerance, and prejudice remain. Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma offers an in-depth exploration of LGBTQ negativity through its ground-breaking use of Norm-Centered Stigma Theory (NCST), the first ever theory about stigma that is both testable and well-positioned in existing stigma scholarship.
Based on research with more than 3,000 respondents, hetero-cis-normativity and intersectionality are highlighted as fundamental in understanding separate but interconnected discussions about LGBTQ individuals’ experiences with discrimination, harassment, and violence. With chapters dedicated to lesbian women, gay men, bisexual women, bisexual men, trans women, trans men, non-binary/genderqueer people, queer women, and queer men,brings together empirically-driven findings that work toward dismantling "straight lies" in an innovative and impactful manner.
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