a School of Psychology , The University of Sydney.
J Sex Res. 2017 Sep;54(7):911-922. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1249332. Epub 2016 Dec 2.
Some nonheterosexual individuals are eschewing lesbian/gay and bisexual identities for queer and pansexual identities. The present study aimed to examine the sexual and demographic characteristics of nonheterosexual individuals who adopt these labels. A convenience sample of 2,220 nonheterosexual (1,459 lesbian/gay, 413 bisexual, 168 queer, 146 pansexual, and 34 other "write-in") individuals were recruited for a cross-sectional online survey. In support of our hypotheses, those adopting pansexual identities were younger than those adopting lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities, and those adopting queer and pansexual identities were more likely to be noncisgender than cisgender, and more likely to be cisgender women than men. The majority of pansexual individuals demonstrated sexual orientation indices within the bisexual range, and showed equivalent patterns of sexual attraction, romantic attraction, sexual behavior, and partner gender as bisexual-identified men and women. In contrast, three-quarters of queer men, and more than half of queer women, reported sexual attraction in the homosexual range. This study found that rather than a general movement toward nontraditional sexual identities, queer and pansexual identities appear most appealing to nonheterosexual women and noncisgender individuals. These findings contribute important information regarding who adopts queer and pansexual identities in contemporary sexual minority populations.
一些非同性恋者正在回避同性恋/同性恋和双性恋身份，而采用酷儿和泛性恋身份。本研究旨在探讨采用这些标签的非同性恋者的性和人口统计学特征。通过便利抽样，招募了 2220 名非同性恋者（1459 名同性恋/同性恋，413 名双性恋，168 名酷儿，146 名泛性恋和 34 名其他“写入”）进行横断面在线调查。支持我们的假设，采用泛性恋身份的人比采用同性恋、双性恋身份的人年轻，采用酷儿和泛性恋身份的人比顺性别更有可能是非顺性别，而且更有可能是顺性别女性而不是男性。大多数泛性恋者表现出的性取向指数处于双性恋范围内，并且与双性恋男性和女性表现出相同的性吸引力、浪漫吸引力、性行为和伴侣性别模式。相比之下，四分之三的酷儿男性和一半以上的酷儿女性报告说他们的性吸引力在同性恋范围内。本研究发现，酷儿和泛性恋身份似乎最吸引非同性恋女性和非顺性别个体，而不是普遍向非传统性身份转变。这些发现为当代性少数群体中谁采用酷儿和泛性恋身份提供了重要信息。
