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"A community… sounds like communism": notions of gay community and "community belonging contradiction" among Bulgarian non-heterosexual males
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Author
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Abstract
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| The term "gay community" has been criticized for its inability to explain the pluralities in a specific cultural and political context. Based on in-depth interviews with 63 non-heterosexual males in Bulgaria, this study aims to revisit the theories of gay communities in a non-Western, post-communist context. The data from this study suggest that (1) the idea of a "gay community" is often rejected due to anti-communist notions and explicit engagement with individualism as anti-communitarianism; (2) belonging to a gay community is subjective, and initial verbal detachment from gay communities does not indicate a lack of factual belonging to such communities; (3) the concepts of "personal communities" and "family of choice" remain relatively irrelevant in the Bulgarian context; (4) the most significant factor for attachment to a gay community is the notion of "gay culture" and "gay scene"; (5) recent forms of "sexual attachments" have led to a certain political involvement; and (6) the "anti-gender campaigns" have revitalized the importance of gay communities and have brought an increasing number of respondents to certain involvement in gay communities and networks, challenging the theories of "post-gay" societies. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of homosexuality. - New York, N.Y., 1974, currens
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Publication
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Abingdon
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Routledge journals, taylor & francis ltd
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2024
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ISSN
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0091-8369
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1540-3602
[online]
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DOI
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10.1080/00918369.2023.2275302
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Volume/pages
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71
:13
(2024)
, p. 3052-3077
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ISI
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001095012100001
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Pubmed ID
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37921787
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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