{"title":"Examining gay male discursive practices in hook-up apps","authors":"Antonio García-Gómez","doi":"10.1075/jls.00035.gar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00035.gar","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Whilst there is a growing body of literature on the normalisation of abuse in youth digital sexual image exchange (Ringrose, Regehr & Whitehead 2021), mediated intimacies and sexual harms among men who have sex with men (MSM) in online contexts still remain largely neglected (Dietzel 2021). The present study builds on Russell’s (2021) study on male discursive practices and investigates sexual and gendered ideologies in 600 online dating profiles gathered from Grindr and Wapo. The discourse analysis of these profiles, on the one hand, sheds light on the existing violent nature of gay Alpha imaginaries in the short-term sexual encounters that these dating apps facilitate and, on the other hand, gives evidence of how discourses of hegemonic heteronormativity, and rape culture, seem to inform MSMs dating app profiles.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Same-sex marriage, gay marriage, or equal marriage?","authors":"Laura L. Paterson, M. McGlashan","doi":"10.1075/jls.00034.pat","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00034.pat","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Changes to marriage legislation across the globe have received\u0000 much academic and public attention. However, the labels used to categorise\u0000 different marital configurations are somewhat under researched. In this paper we\u0000 analyse the premodification of marriage in a corpus of UK\u0000 newspaper articles (2000–2018) to establish which labels are most commonly used\u0000 in reference to same-sex marriage. These are gay marriage, same-sex\u0000 marriage, homosexual marriage, and equal marriage.\u0000 Drawing on the notion of category construction, we emphasise the fact that these\u0000 labels are not neutral synonyms, as each encodes a particular understanding\u0000 of same-sex marriage. Some labels even linguistically exclude certain groups,\u0000 such as those who are bisexual or transgender. We use the tools of corpus-based\u0000 discourse analysis to consider the nuanced differences between the category\u0000 labels and consider whether the limitations of the labels are ever directly\u0000 challenged.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141654264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Motschenbacher (2022): Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity: Corpus-Based Evidence","authors":"C. S. Santonocito","doi":"10.1075/jls.00038.san","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00038.san","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141655658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating ‘safe’ and ‘non-safe’ queer spaces","authors":"Jill Khoo, Christian Ilbury","doi":"10.1075/jls.00036.kho","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00036.kho","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 It is well documented that gay people adopt behavioural\u0000 strategies to navigate the heteronormative expectations and norms of social\u0000 space. These practices are likely to be particularly pronounced in socially\u0000 conservative countries which have seen less progress for LGBTQ+ rights. This\u0000 study examines how two gay men (Rui and Kenni) stylistically negotiate their\u0000 sexual identities in a socially conservative country – Singapore – by analyzing\u0000 the variation in two phonetic variables that have been linked to gender and\u0000 sexuality: Pitch and /s/. We show that both speakers style-shift across\u0000 queer-friendly and heteronormative environments though the rate and degree of\u0000 shifting is influenced both by the situated social meanings of the features and\u0000 the interactional context. Concluding, we argue that research should consider\u0000 how minoritised individuals are required to style-shift in\u0000 order to adhere to the hegemonic norms and expectations of society.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Queer immigrants’ performative identity and cultural marginality in\u0000 the context of queering ESL education","authors":"Yih Ren","doi":"10.1075/jls.00037.ren","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00037.ren","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This qualitative study analyzes three gay Chinese immigrants’\u0000 experiences and perspectives regarding English hegemony, internalized\u0000 oppression, and sexual identity using language ideology, social positioning, and\u0000 performativity. The findings show that speaking English still determines one’s\u0000 proximity to American culture, and language ideology affects attitudes towards\u0000 one’s own culture and language. In particular, the study demonstrates a\u0000 triple marginalization in which participants are more or\u0000 less marginalized because their inherited American values clash with their\u0000 marginality, and at the same time, because of their negative experiences with\u0000 local gay communities and rejection from their own culture, they feel alienated,\u0000 displaced, and immobile as a result. Additionally, English learning and\u0000 interacting with LGBTQ content contribute to their language acquisition, sexual\u0000 identity transformation, and activism development. Queering ESL education is\u0000 needed because English learners inherit oppressive English ideologies and show\u0000 discrimination towards other marginalized groups. As a gateway\u0000 to American society and cultures, ESL classes present opportunities to raise\u0000 awareness and challenge hegemonic discourse. Furthermore, ESL classrooms can\u0000 also be powerful places for queer students whose cultures provide little or no\u0000 validation of their sexuality to cultivate their cultural competence and affirm\u0000 their place within society.","PeriodicalId":36680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Sexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141652442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}