Caucus on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Concerns

Negative Communicative Behaviors in Coming Out Conversations

This essay employs data from 130 ethnographic coming out narratives to determine communicative behaviors considered as negative in coming out conversations. Through sophisticated...

PISSAR's Critically Queer and Disabled Politics

This essay examines the rhetorical possibilities of queerly-inflected coalitional politics. More specifically, I analyze the actions of PISSAR (People in Search of Safe and Accessible Restrooms)...

Focus on the Past: Nostalgia in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

This paper explores how activists in the same-sex marriage debate utilize and challenge the rhetorical tactic of nostalgia. It documents how conservative activists use nostalgia to focus public...