Abstract
I analyze the ways in which trans/nonbinary participants queered gender labor and emotion work in intimate relationships by negotiating expectations to feel “proper” ways for intimates and to educate intimates about cis-ness/whiteness. Based on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 15 trans/nonbinary individuals utilizing photo elicitation methods, participants queered intimate emotions by negotiating, reconfiguring, and resisting emotional expectations. They did this through selectively dating trans/nonbinary people and/or queer/trans people of color. Queering intimate emotions functioned to mitigate the effects of whiteness and cis-ness within intimate relationships. I build upon literature on gender labor, emotion work, and trans emotionalities.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 581-597 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Sexualities |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2022 |
Keywords
- emotion work
- gender labor
- queer relationships
- trans emotionality
- Trans studies
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Anthropology