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Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities

Young adults in Kuching, Sarawak presently live in a society wherein heteronormativity, under the heterosexual matrix, remains prevalent and this inevitably influences their acceptance or rejection towards the development of various queer identities. Hence, this study intends to examine the heterono...

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Main Author: Lauren Brodie Tsen
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Published: 2022
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spelling my.ums.eprints.352632023-03-28T06:29:21Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35263/ Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities Lauren Brodie Tsen HQ12-449 Sexual life Young adults in Kuching, Sarawak presently live in a society wherein heteronormativity, under the heterosexual matrix, remains prevalent and this inevitably influences their acceptance or rejection towards the development of various queer identities. Hence, this study intends to examine the heteronormative experiences of Kuching’s young adults in the home and how these experiences go on to influence their perceptions towards LGBT identities. With that said, this study utilized snowball sampling to identify 15 participants made up of various sexual and gender backgrounds who were then interviewed utilizing semi-structured interviews. The Life Course Theory guided the subsequent thematic analyses of this study’s results and found that participants experienced the pervasiveness of heteronormative culture growing up in the home. While this may have caused them to initially reject LGBT identities, various life trajectories enabled them to dismantle and rid themselves of the heteronormative ideals which were instilled deeply within them. Conclusively, this study aims to broaden our understanding of heteronormative culture and how it subsequently impacts people by factoring social, cultural, historical, and political contexts throughout the life course. This is done in the hopes that sexual and gender diversity can not only be normalized and accepted but celebrated in the long run. 2022 Academic Exercise NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35263/1/24%20pages.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35263/2/FULLTEXT.pdf Lauren Brodie Tsen (2022) Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities. Universiti Malaysia Sabah. (Unpublished)
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Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities
description Young adults in Kuching, Sarawak presently live in a society wherein heteronormativity, under the heterosexual matrix, remains prevalent and this inevitably influences their acceptance or rejection towards the development of various queer identities. Hence, this study intends to examine the heteronormative experiences of Kuching’s young adults in the home and how these experiences go on to influence their perceptions towards LGBT identities. With that said, this study utilized snowball sampling to identify 15 participants made up of various sexual and gender backgrounds who were then interviewed utilizing semi-structured interviews. The Life Course Theory guided the subsequent thematic analyses of this study’s results and found that participants experienced the pervasiveness of heteronormative culture growing up in the home. While this may have caused them to initially reject LGBT identities, various life trajectories enabled them to dismantle and rid themselves of the heteronormative ideals which were instilled deeply within them. Conclusively, this study aims to broaden our understanding of heteronormative culture and how it subsequently impacts people by factoring social, cultural, historical, and political contexts throughout the life course. This is done in the hopes that sexual and gender diversity can not only be normalized and accepted but celebrated in the long run.
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title Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities
title_short Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities
title_full Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities
title_fullStr Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities
title_full_unstemmed Bindings of the heterosexual matrix: Kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards LGBT identities
title_sort bindings of the heterosexual matrix: kuching young adults' experiences with heteronormativity in the home and its influence on perceptions towards lgbt identities
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