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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"heteronormativity"”.
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Straight allies: Combating homophobia and interrogating heteronormativity 'straight' on
This thesis investigates the experiences of five allies and their involvement in Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) in secondary schools in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Drawing on both queer theoretical perspectives and Kumashiro’s (2002) framework of anti-oppressive education, I investigate what …
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Interactions between Female Impersonators and Tipping Audience Members: Heteronormativity and Techniques
… as well as the maintenance of the illusion of heteronormativity. Entertainers reported using several rational techniques to engage the audience, which included performing popular songs, wearing interesting outfits, and interacting with the crowd. These rational strategies were based upon the …
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Transgression in the closet: Gay academics’ experiences of heteronormativity in China
… explores gay academics’ lived experiences of heteronormativity (Warner, 1993) in Chinese universities. The central research question is: How do gay academics navigate heteronormativity on campus in Chinese universities? Drawing on interview data from 40 gay academics in China, this research …
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Economic Consequences on Gays and Lesbians of Heteronormativity in the Workplace
Feminist scholars have theorized that the workplace is gendered and heteronormative1, but little research quantifies the economic consequences of those organizations. This study investigates income discrepancies between gay men and straight men and between lesbians and straight women, to quantify …
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EXILES OF HETERONORMATIVITY: QUEER REPRODUCTION AND FEMALE SAME-SEX FAMILIES IN SINGAPORE
In Singapore, same-sex desires and practices are treated as antithetical to the Family. This dissertation challenges the rhetorical monolith of the traditional family by documenting intimate stories of alternative reproduction from the experiences of female citizens who have been treated as exiles …
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Reporting for the general population : heteronormativity in HIV/AIDS coverage of two city newspapers, 1981-2023
Assuming a heteronormative framework as the guiding foundation of any mainstream news organization, this study analyzes HIV/AIDS coverage published by The Chicago Tribune and The Houston Chronicle from 1981-2023. The coverage was reviewed in the context of treatment as coordinated by each city's …
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Navigating heteronormativity in K-12 schools: challenges and opportunities for school leaders in supporting LGBTQ students
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Self-Representation of Black Queer Athletes in the WNBA: Resistance to Misogynoir and Heteronormativity in Women's Basketball
… response to continuous misogynoir, colorism, and heteronormativity that pervades sports and sports media. Specifically, this work highlights how WNBA players craft a counter-discourse about themselves, their media representations, and their treatment through their use of social media. By examining …
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"The more you stretch them, the more they grow": same-sex marriage and the wrestle with heteronormativity
… in many respects continues to be) underpinned by heteronormativity, in this doctoral thesis I engage the ways that same-sex couples wrestle with heteronormativity in marriage. I move beyond the assimilationist vs. radicalisation debate that was central in same-sex marriage conversations …
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Straight Teachers' Perception of Queer Pedagogy: Saskatchewan High School Educators' Respond to Inclusive Pedagogy & Curriculum for Gender and Sexually Diverse Youth
Institutionalized heteronormativity continues to be maintained in school settings, which impedes the learning environment for many youths. Research suggests many Canadian schools continue to perpetuate heteronormativity and contribute to the marginalization of gender and sexually diverse (GSD) …
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I've been dressing up like a man: An ideological criticism of "Transparent"
… gender as culturally constructed, and queers heteronormativity with its focus on LGBTQ+ issues. However, Transparent frequently relies on underdeveloped and often stereotypical depictions of LGBTQ+ characters, does not display LGBTQ+ actors in major roles, and often reinforces dominant …
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Breaking heterosoc, making a queerworld: using a queer directorial aesthetic to re-envision Hedda Gabler
… the nuclear family are posited as the crux of heteronormativity, which is the assumption and expectation that subjects are heterosexual.
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Diasporic connectivity and patriarchal formations in the sex trafficking of women
… of women in the United Kingdom. The function of heteronormativity in the trafficking process is also a key concern. This is a multi-methods study, drawing on interviews with experts in the field of trafficking, and on data extracted from completed Crown Prosecution Service trafficking case files. …
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Decolonial Interstice in Carnaval Montevideano: Murga as Hegemonic Dissent at the Tablado de Barrio
… convey dissent towards quotidian occurrences of heteronormativity. Numerous communities outside of Montevideo express dissent through satire, but these expressions are usually not part of mainstream culture. In Montevideo, murga’s satirical dissent informs popular culture and identity; what this …
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An exploration of the experiences of LGBTQ+ womxn in competitive club level sport in the United Kingdom
… approach using Judith Butler’s work on heteronormativity and Erving Goffman’s work on presentation of self in everyday life and stigma.<br/><br/>Ten interviews were conducted with LGBTQ+ womxn, aged 16–25-year-old, who have competed in competitive club level sport in the UK. A reflexive …
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‘One thing I’d never stand for in a relationship is violence, so when she tried to kill me, that was it’: The impact of heteronormativity and assimilation on Domestic Violence and Abuse in same sex women’s relationships
… through the exploration of the impact of heteronormativity on domestic violence and abuse in relationships between women in a specific age cohort (of one generation) who identify as gay. The results are presented in a narrative ethnographic thematic form, providing three women’s in-depth …
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‘I used to be subversive, but now I’m gay’: representations of queer identities on the American stage from the postwar to the 1990s
… these masculinities present to hegemonic ‘heteronormativity.’ To identify the historical, social and cultural constraints that shaped the manifestations of ‘gay’ male identities on the American stage from the postwar to the 1990s, I will offer extended analysis and close reading of selected …
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