"Gee, I didn't get that vibe from you": Articulating my own version of a femme lesbian existence

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 73-85

  VanNewkirk, Robbin ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butch lesbians; Chela Sandoval; Coming out; Differential consciousness; Femininity; Femme lesbians; Gay vibe; Gaydar; Judith Butler; Myth; Queer identity; Realness; Roland Barthes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84906397788     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v10n01_04     Document Type: Article

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