Chinese gay mens coming out narratives: Connecting social relationship to co-cultural theory Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2016 National Communication Association. Theorizing the intersection of queer identity and culture values, this study examines Chinese gay mens coming-out experiences through a narrative analysis of 60 self-reported stories online. It finds that Chinese gay mens decision to come out, their communication orientations, and the outcomes of their coming out are influenced by traditional Chinese cultural values such as family, marriage, and duty. Assertive assimilation, assertive accommodation, and nonassertive accommodation are the most used communication orientations. The study adds to co-cultural theory by demonstrating that types of social relationships affect the communication orientations adopted, at least in the context of China.

published proceedings

  • Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

author list (cited authors)

  • Bie, B., & Tang, L. u.

citation count

  • 20

complete list of authors

  • Bie, Bijie||Tang, Lu

publication date

  • October 2016