Identifications,communities and connections: intersections of ethnicity and sexuality among diasporic gay men |
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Authors: | Alexander Dhoest |
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Institution: | 1. Media, Policy &2. Culture, Department of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobsstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium |
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Abstract: | This paper explores sexual and ethnic-cultural identifications among first- and second-generation gay migrants in Belgium. Based on a theoretical framework highlighting the multiple, fluid and intersectional nature of identifications, 29 in-depth interviews are used to study self-identifications and connections to different communities. Drawing on a diverse sample, three clusters of participants can be distinguished: second-generation migrants, who were born in Belgium; sexual refugees, who escaped to Belgium; and voluntary migrants, who chose to move to Belgium. Ethnic-cultural and sexual identifications interact and vary between these groups of participants, but also within them as they intersect with other social positionings such as class, gender and race. |
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Keywords: | sexual identity ethnic-cultural identity intersectionality queer diaspora |
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