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Gay Identity Formation: An (Auto)Ethnographic Look At Gay Volleyball, G. Keilan Rickard
Gay Identity Formation: An (Auto)Ethnographic Look At Gay Volleyball, G. Keilan Rickard
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From September of 2004 until May of 2010, I was part of the SCVL, a gay volleyball league in Pittsburgh, PA. At the same time, I was a graduate student, working to advance my status within the Academy. In this study, I use autoethnography to talk about my experiences at the nexus of these two institutions: the SCVL and the Academy. I take the reader through a year in the life of the SCVL (2008-2009) and discuss ways in which its perennial practices contributed to my gay identity development. Well, sort of. It hasn't always been clear to me the …