Work in queer linguistics addresses diverse themes, but finds common interest in critical studies of homonormativity. As the articles in this special issue suggest, such studies connect social experience with normative practice and its regulatory constraints, recognizing that language, along with desire and other components of sexuality, are primary sites through which normativity and regulatory control unfold in everyday life.
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