Who Adopts Queer and Pansexual Sexual Identities?
@article{Morandini2017WhoAQ, title={Who Adopts Queer and Pansexual Sexual Identities?}, author={James S. Morandini and Alexander Blaszczynski and Ilan Dar-Nimrod}, journal={The Journal of Sex Research}, year={2017}, volume={54}, pages={911 - 922} }
Some nonheterosexual individuals are eschewing lesbian/gay and bisexual identities for queer and pansexual identities. The present study aimed to examine the sexual and demographic characteristics of nonheterosexual individuals who adopt these labels. A convenience sample of 2,220 nonheterosexual (1,459 lesbian/gay, 413 bisexual, 168 queer, 146 pansexual, and 34 other “write-in”) individuals were recruited for a cross-sectional online survey. In support of our hypotheses, those adopting…
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