In this article, we explore lesbian lives" beyond the closet"(Seidman, Meeks, & Traschen,
2002) through an empirical analysis of conversational data in which lesbian speakers make …

Conversation analysis–the study of talk‐in‐interaction–is proving a valuable tool for
politically engaged inquiry and social critique. This article illustrates the use of conversation …

Gay men's health typically relies on traditional forms of qualitative analysis, such as thematic
analysis, and would benefit from a diversity of analytic approaches. Such diversity offers …

This paper responds to Maria Wowk's (Human Studies, 30, 131–155, 2007) critique of
“Kitzinger's feminist conversation analysis”, corrects her misrepresentation of it, and rebuts …

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) service members have made profound
contributions to the US military despite serving under anti-LGBT military policies. Little is …

This study seeks to shed light on the discursive effects of a public sexual identity declaration
as they surface in the language used to construct the social actor in question. Subscribing to …

Latterly the psychology of sexualities has diversified. There has been increased
engagement with queer theory and a heightened focus on sexual practices alongside …

Recent legal developments in the UK have reasserted the traditional nuclear family as the
normative model and defined marriage as between one man and one woman. This article …

This book advances the theorization of normativity as a key concept in language and
sexuality studies, bringing together some of the author's previous work with new material for …

Conversation analysis (CA) is a theoretically and methodologically distinctive approach to
the study of social life, developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by Harvey Sacks …