Introduction: Queering Communication: Starting the Conversation

This project probably started when the three of us had our first conversation over dinner in January 2000. Although we have known each other on campus, the dinner was our first attempt to get together and talk about our common research and teaching interests. All three of us come from interdisciplin...

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Published in:Journal of homosexuality 2003-01, Vol.45 (1), p.1
Main Authors: Yep, Gust A, Lovaas, Karen E, Elia, John P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Gays & lesbians
Human relations
Interpersonal communication
Personal relationships
Sexuality
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Summary:This project probably started when the three of us had our first conversation over dinner in January 2000. Although we have known each other on campus, the dinner was our first attempt to get together and talk about our common research and teaching interests. All three of us come from interdisciplinary backgrounds and our work has appeared in interdisciplinary publications. In that first conversation, we discovered that we have much in common. We share a strong interest in theoretical discourses about sexuality and our dissatisfaction with the way sexuality has been theorized, researched, and taught in our disciplines. We felt, and still feel, that much of the scholarly work on sexuality, either consciously or unconsciously, participates in, contributes to, and affirms the normalization of hegemonic heterosexuality as invisible, natural, given, and taken for granted. We also concur that we, as scholars and teachers, do not wish to participate in the reification of current sexual hierarchies and the oppression of sexual others. We come together with a commitment to positive social change by imagining different social realities and sharing ideas, passions, and lived experiences.
ISSN:0091-8369
1540-3602