016 - Thematic Session. Sexual Fluidity

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

For a sizable number of people love, desire, and sexual behavior are not rigidly homosexual or heterosexual but fluid, changing as they move through different stages of life, various social groups, and, most important, intimate relationships. Panelists will discuss gendered and racialized forms of sexual fluidity and the relationship between sexual fluidity and non-binary sexual identities, such as bisexual, bi-curious, heteroflexible, and queer.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Verta A. Taylor, University of California-Santa Barbara

Presider

• Beth E. Schneider, University of California-Santa Barbara

Panelists

• Lisa Diamond, University of Utah

• E. Patrick Johnson, Northwestern University

• Jane Ward, University of California-Riverside