The queer researcher: challenging homonormativity in research and educational settings

The chapter discusses the positive public role of gay and queer masculinities in their intersection with other identity configurations (class, race, and able-bodiedness). Their contribution, titled “The queer researcher: challenging homonormativity in research and educational settings,” presents an overview of the main perspectives on social construction and representation of homosexual masculinities within educational and academic settings using critical masculinities theory. While challenging homonormativity in research and education representations of the “rational man” and “macho ethics” of male researchers who “discover,” “conquer,” and investigate “systematically” or “rigorously” are …