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Midlife Sapphic Revelation in the Digital Age: How Digital Media Support Coming Out Later

Midlife Sapphic Revelation in the Digital Age: How Digital Media Support Coming Out Later

Masullo, Gina M.

Hardcover

General Gender StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3031962575
ISBN13: 9783031962578
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jul 23 2025
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.21 Depth: 8.37
Language: English

This book documents the lived experiences of women and nonbinary people who came out as queer in middle age, often after long heterosexual marriages. Using a survey and in-depth interviews, it documents the experiences of way-later-in-life sapphics as they come out, navigate dating apps, and join LGBTQIA+ communities on social media. The author complements this analysis by exploring their own experience coming out as queer and nonbinary in my 50s after a 22-year relationship with their ex-husband. They explore the role digital media--social media, online communities, and dating apps--played in supporting and complicating the process of self-discovery and coming out. This volume stands as a subversive statement--We're here, we're queer, get used to it--against the threats on LGBTQIA+ rights in the United States.

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