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lesbian communities (Whisman 28).
4 For example, consider these remarks about elective lesbianism from ethnographic
respondents:
I should probably tell you that I’m not one o f those people who knew
they were gay from when they were very little. I’m probably not a
very good example o f a gay person, and I don’t want to mess up your
study or anything, so it’s okay if you don’t want to interview me
(Diamond and Savin-Williams 300).
The people who come out later, are kind of, I don’t want to say dumb, but they were just
sort o f people who were always doing what people told them to do (Whisman 111).
5 For an insightful analysis o f the problematic politics o f new-style talk shows, see
Gamson.
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Burch, Beverly. On Intimate Terms: The Psychology o f Difference in Lesbian
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