title: Narrating sexual identities in Kenya: "Choice," value, and visibility.
abstract: This article examines the discursive construction of female same-sex sexual identities in Nairobi. We identify the discursive forces of "choice," devaluation, and invisibility as influential within Kenyan media representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex citizens. Using creative focus groups and participant observation, we demonstrate how same-sex attracted women in Nairobi resist and rearticulate these discursive forces to assert their identity and agency as individuals and as a queer community.
authors.affiliation: a Communication Studies , College of Arts and Sciences, Governors State University , University Park , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zingsheim
authors.affiliation: b College of Communication , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Dustin Bradley
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Goltz
authors.affiliation: b College of Communication , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: c Feinberg School of Medicine , Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mastin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000208:ethnology; D033262:Narration; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012919:Social Behavior; D012945:Social Values
keywords: Agency; Kenya; WSW; discursive identities; lesbian