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We're back with part 2 of our interview with Mark Wilkinson, a PhD candidate at
Lancaster University studying media representation of the LGBT+ community, and
we pick right up where we left off, analyzing the use of the word "bisexual" in
the British press during the 80s, 90s, and through 2017. Mark discusses how the
term became much more widely used during the AIDS/HIV crisis and the
implications of that association, as well as how it shifted to becoming more of
an identity in the 2000s as opposed to a word describing behavior or sexual
activity.
We also chatted about changes happening just in the last few years, like the
rise of the term "pansexual" and a push for more "queer" spaces. Then we talked
about challenging basic assumptions about sexuality, like the fact that gender
is the basis for most labels, as opposed to, for example, what sexual acts turn
you on or your preferred relationship structure. Finally we touched on queer
politics and the power of linguistics to both divide and unite.
 
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Reframing Sexuality and Identity Politics with Mark Wilkinson

A podcast about fluid sexuality, gender, masculinity and femininity, intimacy,
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