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Queer theory is the lens used to explore and challenge how scholars, activists, artistic texts, and the media perpetrate gender- and sex-based binaries, and its goal is to undo hierarchies and fight against social inequalities. [30]
Queering (also called queer reading [1]) is a technique used to challenge heteronormativity by analyzing places in a text that use heterosexuality or identity binaries. [2] [3] Coming out of queer theory in the late 1980s through the 1990s, [4] queering is a method that can be applied to literature, film, and other media.
The Cass identity model is one of the fundamental theories of LGBT identity development, developed in 1979 by Vivienne Cass. [1] This model was one of the first to treat LGBTQIA+ people as normal in a heterosexist society and in a climate of homophobia and biphobia instead of treating homosexuality and bisexuality themselves as a problem.
David M. Halperin (born April 2, 1952) is an American theorist in the fields of gender studies, queer theory, critical theory, material culture and visual culture.He is the cofounder of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, and author of several books including Before Pastoral (1983) and One Hundred Years of Homosexuality (1990).
Articles relating to queer theory, the perspective that questions the perception that cisgender and heterosexual identities are in any sense standard. It revisits such fields as literary analysis , philosophy , and politics with a " queer " approach.
LGBTQ linguistics is the study of language as used by members of LGBTQ communities. Related or synonymous terms include lavender linguistics, advanced by William Leap in the 1990s, which "encompass[es] a wide range of everyday language practices" in LGBTQ communities, [1] and queer linguistics, which refers to the linguistic analysis concerning the effect of heteronormativity on expressing ...
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Robert McRuer (born 1966) is an American theorist who has contributed to fields in transnational queer and disability studies.McRuer is known as being one of the founding scholars involved in forming the field of queer disability studies, particularly for a theoretical outlook known as crip theory.