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Queering Marriage: The Homoradical and Anti-Normativity

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  • Alexander Maine

    (Leicester Law School, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK)

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This article explores ‘bad’ sex in an age of same-sex marriage, through an analysis of the ‘homoradical’ as a rejection of both hetero and homo-normativities. Drawing on qualitative data from 29 LGBTQ interviewees, the article considers resistance to the discursive privileging of same-sex marriage in the context of Gayle Rubin’s theories of respectability and sexual hierarchies. These hierarchies constitute a ‘charmed circle’ of accepted sexual practices which are traditionally justified by marriage, procreation and/or love. It examines non-normative sexuality through the example of the lived experiences of non-normative, anti-assimilationist identities, particularly non-monogamy, public sex, and kink sex, showing how the ‘homoradical’ deviates from the normative practices that same-sex marriage reinforces.

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  • Alexander Maine, 2021. "Queering Marriage: The Homoradical and Anti-Normativity," Laws, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-20, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlawss:v:11:y:2021:i:1:p:1-:d:707233
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