Identity/Time

Nancy J. Knauer
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Nancy J. Knauer: Temple University, Beasley School of Law, Klein Hall, 1719 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

Laws, 2013, vol. 2, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: This paper engages the unspoken fourth dimension of intersectionality—time. Using the construction of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) identities as an example, it establishes that identity, as it is lived and experienced, is not only multivalent, but also historically contingent. It then raises a number of points regarding the temporal locality of identity—the influence of time on issues of identity and understanding, its implications for legal interventions, social movement building, and paradigms of progressive change. As the title suggests, the paper asks us to consider the frame of identity over time.

Keywords: LGBT; identity; intersectionality; historical contingency; homosexuality; gay; lesbian; transgender; gender variance; identity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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