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Forever Coming Out - Maureen C. Outlaw

Forever Coming Out

The ‘Safety Dance’ of LGBTQIA+ Disclosure
Buch | Hardcover
176 Seiten
2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-03505-3 (ISBN)
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This book challenges the persistent myth of a singular coming out experience and introduces the concept of the “safety dance”, a recurring and complex set of assessments and adjustments LGBTQIA+ individuals engage in when determining whether and when to disclose their identity. The notion of the safety dance is based on data and insights from interviews with 69 LGBTQ+ adults lived experience of identity disclosure and exposure (“coming out”) in various regions throughout the US.

Presenting first-hand experiences of LGBTQIA+ people as they navigate US society, it highlights the interaction of social forces (region, generation, politics) and social institutions (family, work, religion) as critical variables impacting decisions. Ultimately, it provides a way of understanding this ever-present feature in the lives of LGBTQIA+ people through examining their approaches, awareness, assessments, and adjustments to the social scenarios they encounter.

Broad in its approach and subjective in its understanding, Forever Coming Out will appeal to scholars and students in Sociology, American Studies, Political Science, Cultural Studies, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. A valuable insight with compelling narratives illustrating the lives of LGBTQIA+ individuals, this book invites anyone seeking to understand the complexities and nuances of navigating the world as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Maureen C. Outlaw is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She earned her Ph.D. in Crime, Law, and Justice from The Pennsylvania State University in 2001. Her scholarly interests lie at the intersections of social context, gender/sexuality, and victimization and harm. She has published work on intimate partner violence both within and outside of the LGBTQIA+ community and is particularly interested in the ways in which contextual factors impact the experiences of stigma and marginalization in everyday life.

1. The Myth of Coming Out; 2. Disclosure and Exposure in Context; 3. Context matters: Societal Forces Impacting LGBTQIA+ Experience; 4. Social and Individual-Level Forces Impacting LGBTQIA+ Experience; 5. Safe Spaces, Hostile Spaces: “Gay-ging” for Safety; 6. The Price of Negotiation: Cumulative Exposure Risk; 7. Conclusion: The Safety Dance

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.2.2026
Reihe/Serie Sexualities in Society
Zusatzinfo 2 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-041-03505-5 / 1041035055
ISBN-13 978-1-041-03505-3 / 9781041035053
Zustand Neuware
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