Expanding the rainbow : exploring the relationships of bi+, polyamorous, kinky, ace, intersex, and trans people / Brandy L. Simula & J. E. Sumerau & Andrea Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simula, Brandy L., author.

Contributor:

Sumerau, J. E., editor.

Miller, Andrea D., editor.

Series:

Teaching Gender ; 12.

Teaching Gender ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2019.

Summary:

Expanding the Rainbow is the first comprehensive collection of research on the relationships of people who identify as bi+, poly, kinky, asexual, intersex, and/or trans that is written to be accessible to an undergraduate audience. The volume highlights a diverse range of identities, relationship structures, and understandings of bodies, sexualities, and interpersonal relationships. Contributions to the volume include original empirical research, personal narratives and reflections, and theoretical pieces that center the experiences of members of these communities, as well as teaching resources. Collectively, the chapters present a diverse, nuanced, and empirically rich picture of the variety of relationships and identities that individuals are creating in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Advance Praise for Expanding The Rainbow

Foreword / R. F. Plante

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction / Brandy L. Simula , Andrea Miller and J. E. Sumerau

Bi+ and Plurisexual Relationships

“By Definition They’re Not the Same Thing” / Ashley Green

You Cared before You Knew / Nik Lampe

Sibling Relationships and the Bi+ Coming out Process / Lain A. B. Mathers

Autoethnographic Insights on Media Representations of Bi Narratives / Brittany M. Harder

Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships

Polyamory and a Queer Orientation to the World / Mimi Schippers

Monogamy vs. Polyamory / Michelle Wolkomir

Margins of Identity / Krista L. Benson

Race, Class, Gender, and Relationship Power in Queer Polyamory / Emily Pain

Relational Fluidity / J. E. Sumerau and Alexandra “Xan” C. H. Nowakowski

Kinky/BDSM Relationships

BDSM Relationships / Robin Bauer

Kink Work Online / Angela Jones

BDSM Disclosures and the Circle of Intimates / Katherine Martinez

Finding Yourself in the Dark / Mar Middlebrooks

Asexual Relationships

Asexualities, Intimacies and Relationality / Tiina Vares

At the Intersection of Polyamory and Asexuality / Daniel Copulsky

Asexuality and the Re/Construction of Sexual Orientation / C. J. Chasin

Queering the Nuclear Family / Katie Linder

Intersex Relationships

Understanding Intersex Relationship Issues / Cary Gabriel Costello

Not Going to the Chapel? / Georgiann Davis and Jonathan Jimenez

Shifting Medical Paradigms / Sarah S. Topp

Transgender Relationships

Trans Relationships and the Trans Partnership Narrative / Carey Jean Sojka

“I Try Not to Push It Too Far” / alithia zamantakis

Generational Gaps or Othering the Other? / stef m. shuster

Research on Gender Identity & Youth / Griffin Lacy

Symbiotic Love / Shalen Lowell

Back Matter

For Use in the Classroom / Andrea Miller

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-41410-X

OCLC:

1110679828

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004414105 DOI