Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)

Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities; Copyright; Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Looking Queer; Section A: Women, Wimmin, Womyn; Part 1: Constructing Ourselves; Beauty Is a Beast; Living into My Body; Beauty Mandates and the Appearance Obsession: Are Lesbians Any Better Off?; Resistance and Reinscription: Sexual Identity and Body Image Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women; Contradictions of the Spirit: Theories and Realities of Lesbian Body Image.;Looking Queer: Body Image in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities contains research, firsthand accounts, poetry, theory, and journalistic essays that address and outline the special needs of sexual minorities when dealing with eating disorders and appearance obsession. Looking Queer will give members of these communities hope, insight, and information into body image issues, helping you to accept and to love your body. In addition, scholars, health care professionals, and body image activists will not only learn about queer experiences and identity and how they affect individual. Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities Copyright Contents About the Editor Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Looking Queer Section A: Women, Wimmin, Womyn Part 1: Constructing Ourselves Beauty Is a Beast Living into My Body Beauty Mandates and the Appearance Obsession: Are Lesbians Any Better Off? Resistance and Reinscription: Sexual Identity and Body Image Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women Contradictions of the Spirit: Theories and Realities of Lesbian Body Image. Lesbians and the (Re/De)Construction of the Female BodyPart 2: Looking Dyke The Ugly Dyke Woman Eats Brownies, Gets Laid Professionally Q: A Day in the Life of a Career Counselor The Beauty Norm: A Femme Strikes Back It's Not What You Wear: Fashioning a Queer Identity Hair Piece Out-of-Body Experiences Movement Part 3: Searching a Way Out Vanishing Point Autobiographical Slices: Life in the Queer Kitchen That Other Girl Who Is Not Me Moving Like a Dyke Tattoo Me Part 4: A Woman's Love Heals Mirror Big Grrl Ode to My Vibrator Dressing Room Blues My Ideal Becoming Real. Part 5: Coming Out, Leaving BehindComing Out Power, Beauty, and Dykes My Big Fat Body My Mother's Journals Be, Being, Becoming Boogeywoman Section B: One, Both, Neither Part 6: Crossing the Divide The Razor's Edge: Walking the Fine Line of the Self My Life As an Erroneous Sonogram Holding My Breath Underwater Part 7: Square Pegs Affronting Reason In(to)Visibility: Intersexuality in the Field of Queer Agdistis' Children: Living Bi-Gendered in a Single-Gendered World Part 8: Boyz, Grrls, Queers Flunking Basic Gender Training: Butches and Butch Style Today. Frankly Feminine: Rejecting and Embracing Standards for BeautyFaggot Rant Beautiful Boy: A Girl's Own Story Section C: Beyond the Pale Part 9: Color Vision "I" is for Intersection: At the Crux of Black and White and Gay and Straight Piece of Man: Redefining the Myths Around the Black Male Phallus Mapping My Desire: Hunting Down the Male Erotic in India and America "Undressing the Oriental Boy": The Gay Asian in the Social Imaginary of the Gay White Male I Like My Chi-i-sa-i Body Now Part 10: Access to the Look When Pigs Have Wings Inside/Outside Body Language. The Imperfections of Beauty: On Being Gay and DisabledLove Poem Section D: Men, Boys, and Trolls Part 11: The Uniform Doesn't Fit Queer Crash Test Dummies: Theory, Aging, and Embodied Problematics Laws of Desire: Has Our Imagery Become Overidealized? A Matter of Size Justify My Love Handles: How the Queer Community Trims the Fat Fatness and the Feminized Man Part 12: Feeling the Burn But to Hear THEM Tell It ... Or: Looksism, Beauty's Evil Stepsister Reps Your Dreamworld Is Just About to End Learning the F Words Part 13: Reenvisioning Men Why I Hate The Beatles and The Supremes. Looking Queer: Body Image In Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, And Transgender Communities Contains Research, Firsthand Accounts, Poetry, Theory, And Journalistic Essays That Address And Outline The Special Needs Of Sexual Minorities When Dealing With Eating Disorders And Appearance Obsession. Looking Queer Will Give Members Of These Communities Hope, Insight, And Information Into Body Image Issues, Helping You To Accept And To Love Your Body. In Addition, Scholars, Health Care Professionals, And Body Image Activists Will Not Only Learn About Queer Experiences And Identity And How They Affect Individuals, But Will Also Understand How Some Of The Issues Involved Affect Society As A Whole. Dismantling The Myth That Body Image Issues Affect Only Heterosexual Women, Looking Queer Explores Body Issues Based On Gender, Race, Class, Age, And Disability. Furthermore, This Groundbreaking Book Attests To The Struggles, Pain, And Triumph Of Queer People In An Open And Comprehensive Manner. More Than 60 Contributors Provide Their Knowledge And Personal Experiences In Dealing With Body Image Issues Exclusive To The Gay And Transgender Communities, Including: Exploring And Breaking Down The Categories Of Gender And Sexuality That Are Found In Many Body Image Issues Finding Ways To Heal Yourself And Your Community Discovering What It Means To “look Like A Dyke” Or To “look Gay” Fearing Fat As A Sign Of Femininity Determining What Race Has To Do With The Gay Ideal Discussing The Stereotyped ”double Negative”--being A Fat Lesbian Learning Strategies Of Resistance To Societal Ideals Critiquing ”the Culture Of Desire” Within Gay Men’s Communities That Emphasizes Looks Above Everything Else Revealing New And Complex Dimensions To Body Image Issues, Looking Queer Not Only Discusses The Struggles And Hardships Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgendered Persons, But Looks At The Processes That Can Lead To Acceptance Of Oneself. Written By Both Men And Women, The Topics And Research In Looking Queer Offer Insight Into The Lives Of People You Can Relate To, Enabling You To Learn From Their Experiences So You, Too, Can Find Joy And Happiness In Accepting Your Body. Visit Dawn Atkin’s Website At: Http://home.earthlink.net/~dawn_atkins/