Rosenberg Shoshana
a Department of Sexology, School of Public Health , Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia.
J Homosex. 2018;65(13):1788-1816. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1390811. Epub 2017 Nov 2.
Many models of queer sexuality continue to depict a linear narrative of sexual development, beginning in repression/concealment and eventuating in coming out. The present study sought to challenge this by engaging in a hermeneutically informed thematic analysis of interviews with eight queer people living in Western Australia. Four themes were identified: "searching for identity," "society, stigma, and self," "sexual self-discovery," and "coming in." Interviewees discussed internalized homophobia and its impact on their life; experiences and implications of finding a community and achieving a sense of belonging; the concept of sexual self-discovery being a lifelong process; and sexuality as fluid, dynamic, and situational rather than static. The article concludes by suggesting that the idea of "coming in"-arriving at a place of acceptance of one's sexuality, regardless of its fluidity or how it is viewed by society-offers considerable analytic leverage for understanding the journeys of sexual self-discovery of queer-identified people.
许多关于酷儿性取向的模型仍在描绘一种线性的性发展叙事，始于压抑/隐瞒，最终以出柜告终。本研究试图通过对居住在西澳大利亚的八名酷儿进行访谈，并开展基于诠释学的主题分析来挑战这一观点。研究确定了四个主题：“寻找身份认同”“社会、污名与自我”“性自我发现”以及“融入”。受访者讨论了内化的恐同心理及其对他们生活的影响；找到社群并获得归属感的经历及意义；性自我发现是一个终身过程的概念；以及性取向是流动的、动态的和情境化的，而非固定不变的。文章最后指出，“融入”这一概念——即到达一个接受自己性取向的状态，无论其是否流动或社会如何看待——为理解酷儿身份认同者的性自我发现之旅提供了相当大的分析助力。
