Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens

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Lucy Jones (University of Nottingham, UK)

Language and LGBTQ+ Youth

Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens

Lucy Jones (University of Nottingham, UK)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
27 November 2025

Sociolinguistics; Gender studies, gender groups; Gay & Lesbian studies; Age groups: adolescents

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Queer Linguistics

This book takes a queer linguistic and intersectional approach to the analysis of young LGBTQ+ people's identity constructions, showing how their language use reveals their marginalisation in society.

The author develops a framework for an intersectional sociocultural linguistics (ISL) and applies it to linguistic ethnography with members of four LGBTQ+ youth groups in the UK. She shows how the young people’s identities are informed by different intersecting categories (including race, class, and family situation) which influence their unique life experiences. She uses discourse analysis to explore the links between such intersections and the ways in which the young people position themselves in relation to each other, their youth group, and the wider world.

In focusing on these individual, varied identity constructions, the book provides a unique, in-depth insight into the reality of being young and LGBTQ+ today. It also reveals the need for an intersectional approach when analysing marginalised groups.

By: Lucy Jones (University of Nottingham UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781350469495
ISBN 10: 1350469491
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Queer Linguistics
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 27 November 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Transcription Conventions 1. Introduction 2. Queer Linguistics and LGBTQ+ Youth 3. Intersectionality 4. Doing Research with the Youth Groups 5. Solidarity and Community: A View across the Four Groups 6. Affective Practice and Multiple Marginalisation: The Oakborough Group 7. Homonormativity and Whiteness: The Riverton Group 8. Navigating LGBTQ-Phobia Through Distinction: The Brookley Group 9. Being White and LGBTQ+ in School: The Woodham Group 10. Intersectionality and LGBTQ+ Youth Identity Construction References Index

Lucy Jones is Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Reviews for Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens

Jones offers a meticulously conducted, careful and caring look into the world of LGBTQ+ youth. Through ten chapters, we see how young languagers construct their own and others’ identities – not only sexual and gender, but socioeconomic, racial and otherwise – and how they tackle burning issues in their worlds. * Eric Louis Russell, Professor of French & Italian, University of California, USA * This is an excellent book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Thereotical concepts, such as intersectionality, are addressed and there is detailed discussion about language. The research studies are interesting, the findings from these are raw, rich and important and the writing style is accesible. A book that simply must be read. * Jonathan Glazzard, Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice, University of Hull, UK *