In this very moment, many people in the world are disclosing to themselves, to a friend, to a parent or also to strangers their sexual or gender identity. Coming out is one of the most theorised and discussed feature of LGBTQ life; in particular, in western society- a solid heteronormative and cisgender context- disclosing a stigmatised identity, is perceived as a crucial step. The coming out is profoundly embedded within the social and cultural context, producing different narratives in different parts of the world. It can be analysed as strong political action, as well as a performative speech act, or also a relational phenomenon in which both the producer and the receiver are equally accountable. In coming out narrative we can see how gay, lesbian, transgender and queer subjectivities are formed through self-narrative, an alternative tool used as a venue for making sense of marginalized identities. In other words, coming out narratives are the voice of disregarded social groups which create a new language to narrate a story about the self. This lingo may contribute to shape a new society. Despite rapidly shifting social dynamics, which led, in the words of some scholars, to the emergence of a post-closet era, still scarce attention has been paid to the different subjectivities in the LGBTQ community. The erroneous overlapping of gay/lesbian/bi and trans experiences may lead us to miss the processual nature of coming out, for LGB people, and the double nature of coming out, for transgender ones. In light of such arguments, this dissertation research was constructed to explore coming out narrative revealing that there isn’t a universal mode to come out, every story is unique and carries multiple narrations, which describe the uniqueness of every experience and identity in the LGBTQ community.

In questo preciso istante molte persone nel mondo stanno dichiarando a se stessi, a un amico, ai genitori, o a degli estranei la propria identità sessuale o di genere. Il coming out è uno degli aspetti della vita LGBTQ maggiormente discussi e teorizzati; in particolare, nella società occidentale, in un contesto fortemente etero-normativo e cisgender, rivelare un’identità prevalentemente stigmatizzata viene percepita come una tappa cruciale. Il coming out è profondamente immerso nel contesto socioculturale, producendo narrazioni differenti in diverse parti del mondo. Possiamo analizzarlo come una azione dalla forte carica politica, ma anche come un atto linguistico performativo e un fenomeno relazionale nel quale entrambi gli interlocutori sono equamente responsabili. Nelle narrazioni di coming out possiamo osservare come le soggettività gay, lesbiche, transgender e queer si formano attraverso una self narrative, uno strumento alternativo usato per dare senso alle identità marginalizzate. In altre parole, le narrazioni di coming out costituiscono la voce dei gruppi sociali emarginati che contribuiscono a creare un nuovo linguaggio per narrare una storia riguardo al self, la quale potrebbe contribuire a produrre una nuova società. Nonostante i repentini cambiamenti nelle dinamiche sociali che hanno portato, come affermano alcuni accademici, all'emergenza di un’era post-closet, poca attenzione è stata dedicata alle diverse soggettività presenti nella comunità LGBTQ. L’erronea sovrapposizione delle esperienze gay/ bi/lesbiche e transgender potrebbe farci trascurare la natura processuale del coming out per le persone LGB e la natura doppia del coming out per quelle trans. Alla luce di quanto appena detto, la tesi è stata impostata per esplorare le coming out narrative, rivelando come non ci sia un modo universale per farlo, ogni storia è diversa e porta con sé narrazioni multiple, che esprimono l’unicità di ogni esperienza e identità LGBTQ.

Storie LGBTQ. Un’analisi narratologica / Bianca Di Prazza , 2020 Mar 06. 32. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2018/2019.

Storie LGBTQ. Un’analisi narratologica.

DI PRAZZA, BIANCA
2020

Abstract

In this very moment, many people in the world are disclosing to themselves, to a friend, to a parent or also to strangers their sexual or gender identity. Coming out is one of the most theorised and discussed feature of LGBTQ life; in particular, in western society- a solid heteronormative and cisgender context- disclosing a stigmatised identity, is perceived as a crucial step. The coming out is profoundly embedded within the social and cultural context, producing different narratives in different parts of the world. It can be analysed as strong political action, as well as a performative speech act, or also a relational phenomenon in which both the producer and the receiver are equally accountable. In coming out narrative we can see how gay, lesbian, transgender and queer subjectivities are formed through self-narrative, an alternative tool used as a venue for making sense of marginalized identities. In other words, coming out narratives are the voice of disregarded social groups which create a new language to narrate a story about the self. This lingo may contribute to shape a new society. Despite rapidly shifting social dynamics, which led, in the words of some scholars, to the emergence of a post-closet era, still scarce attention has been paid to the different subjectivities in the LGBTQ community. The erroneous overlapping of gay/lesbian/bi and trans experiences may lead us to miss the processual nature of coming out, for LGB people, and the double nature of coming out, for transgender ones. In light of such arguments, this dissertation research was constructed to explore coming out narrative revealing that there isn’t a universal mode to come out, every story is unique and carries multiple narrations, which describe the uniqueness of every experience and identity in the LGBTQ community.
LGBTQ stories. A narratological analysis.
6-mar-2020
CALABRESE, Stefano
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