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Centaur
Definition: A gay man who lives openly in a predominantly heterosexual suburb.
Wayne Brekhus in Peacocks, Chameleons, Centaurs: Gay Suburbia and the Grammar of Social Identity studies three identity management types: lifestylers, commuters, and integrators. Being gay is a central to the identity of a lifestyler, or peacock, who lives openly in gay-specific ghettos in urban areas. Centaurs on the other hand are integrators who live openly in the heterosexual space of the suburbs and “integrate their gay identity into living in a heterosexualized world.” They see their gay identity as an adjective that describes part of their life all of the time. Brekhus sees the open integration of gay men into suburban spaces is a relatively recent phenomenon that coincides with the social acceptance of gay identity in the culture at large. (design.walkerart.org)
Lexicon
Centaur
Definition: A gay man who lives openly in a predominantly heterosexual suburb.
Wayne Brekhus in Peacocks, Chameleons, Centaurs: Gay Suburbia and the Grammar of Social Identity studies three identity management types: lifestylers, commuters, and integrators. Being gay is a central to the identity of a lifestyler, or peacock, who lives openly in gay-specific ghettos in urban areas. Centaurs on the other hand are integrators who live openly in the heterosexual space of the suburbs and “integrate their gay identity into living in a heterosexualized world.” They see their gay identity as an adjective that describes part of their life all of the time. Brekhus sees the open integration of gay men into suburban spaces is a relatively recent phenomenon that coincides with the social acceptance of gay identity in the culture at large. (design.walkerart.org)
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