From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures by Rusty Barrett

From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures

Rusty Barrett

272 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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This book examines gendered language use in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. Within each subculture, unique patterns of language use challenge normative assumptions about gen...

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