How do bisexual men across the UK embody bisexual identities in changing social settings?

英国各地的双性恋男性如何在不断变化的社会环境中体现双性恋身份？

• 批准号: 2883474
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2883474
• 关键词: How; do; bisexual; men; across

Bisexual men have been largely under-researched in bisexual scholarship. Bisexual peopleoften struggle to feel validated in a society that favours the sexual binaries - homosexualityand heterosexuality - and bisexual men must contend with this and expectations ofmasculinity too. While there are (often inaccurate) representations of gay, lesbian andheterosexual appearances, the same cannot be said for bisexual people. Being visible is vitalto forming communities, sharing experiences, and existing away from oppression. Newforms of bisexual community-led representations are beginning to surface such as BiTok onTikTok, but these are not/cannot be widely representative. As new forms of bisexualexpression become more visible, how do bisexual men across the UK understand andembody bisexual identities? Through the micro-ethnographic method of mobile interviews,this study will be done in collaboration with thirty-five bisexual men from a variety oflocations across the UK to understand how they shape their visual expressions of whatbisexuality is, what it feels like, and what it looks like. It will analyse how bisexuality isbrought into being by bisexual men, how they dress and what accessories they wear toembody their idea of bisexuality, how changing social settings force bisexual visualisationsto be (re)negotiated, and the affectual responses being (in)validated produces. In doing so, Iwill seek to collaboratively inquire with these men about new possibilities of shapingbisexual visibility outside of stereotypes and essentialist categories. Ultimately, it willunderstand how bisexual men are forced to be the makers of their own sexual identities, ina culture where to be bisexual is to be invisible.This research will explore bisexual men's experiences as they embody their bisexualitythrough changing social settings. The central aim is to understand how they embody theirsexual identity visually and the affectual, emotional response this creates. Therefore,questions that will guide this research are:- How do self-identifying bisexual men from different locations in the UK express theirbisexuality visually?- How have self-identifying bisexual men from different locations in the UK previouslynegotiated and renegotiated their bisexual embodiment in the process ofunderstanding their sexual identity?- What accessories or visual cues are self-identifying bisexual men from differentlocations in the UK using to bring their bisexuality into being?

双性恋学术界对双性恋男性的研究基本上还不够。双性恋者常常很难在一个偏爱二元性别（同性恋和异性恋）的社会中感到被认可，而双性恋男性也必须应对这一点以及对男子气概的期望。虽然存在对男同性恋、女同性恋和异性恋外表的描述（通常是不准确的），但对于双性恋者却并非如此。保持可见对于形成社区、分享经验和远离压迫至关重要。双性恋社区主导的新形式开始出现，例如 TikTok 上的 BiTok，但这些并没有/不可能具有广泛的代表性。随着新的双性恋表达形式变得越来越明显，英国各地的双性恋男性如何理解和体现双性恋身份？通过移动访谈的微观人种学方法，这项研究将与来自英国各地的 35 名双性恋男性合作完成，以了解他们如何塑造双性恋的视觉表达，了解双性恋是什么、感觉如何以及它是什么。看起来像。它将分析双性恋男性如何形成双性恋，他们如何着装以及佩戴哪些配饰来体现他们的双性恋观念，不断变化的社会环境如何迫使双性恋形象进行（重新）协商，以及（验证）产生的情感反应。在此过程中，我将寻求与这些人合作，探讨在刻板印象和本质主义类别之外塑造双性恋知名度的新可能性。最终，它将了解双性恋男性如何被迫成为自己性身份的创造者，在一个双性恋是隐形的文化中。这项研究将探讨双性恋男性通过改变社会环境体现双性恋的经历。中心目标是了解他们如何在视觉上体现自己的性身份以及由此产生的情感和情感反应。因此，指导这项研究的问题是： - 来自英国不同地点的自我认同的双性恋男性如何在视觉上表达他们的双性恋？ - 来自英国不同地点的自我认同的双性恋男性如何在之前和重新谈判中他们的双性恋体现了解他们的性身份的过程？ - 来自英国不同地点的自我认同的双性恋男性使用哪些配件或视觉线索来实现他们的双性恋？