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Queer theoretical perspectives are employed to investigate the limits and possibilities ofpostgay as it relates to queer/trans folks living in the twenty-first century. Throughout this chapter, the analytic and explanatory potential ofpostgay is explored through examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media coverage and advancements in gender, sexual, and romantic minority human rights,postgay utopian assumptions, contemporary youth’s identification choices, LGBT assimilation and diversity, and student-led club names and identities (Lapointe, Sex Educ: Sex Soc Learn 14(6):707–717, 2014; J LGBT Youth, 12(20):144–169, 2015). The author’s research as it relates to the insights of Ghaziani (Soc Probl, 58(1):99–125, 2011; There goes the gayborhood?. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2014) and Walling (J LGBT Youth, 5(2):109–118, 2008) is also reflected on to further illuminate the productive aspects ofpostgay in the lives of GSRM youth.
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Alicia Lapointe
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Lapointe, A. (2016). Postgay. In: Rodriguez, N., Martino, W., Ingrey, J., Brockenbrough, E. (eds) Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education. Queer Studies and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55425-3_21
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