@inbook{da941fcffbc24d7d90695b6c24d75ccd,
title = "Understanding Generation Gaps in LGBTQ+ Communities: Perspectives About Gay Neighborhoods Among Heteronormative and Homonormative Generational Cohorts",
abstract = "Using Strauss-Howe generational theory as a guiding structure, this chapter examines differences between generational identity for LGBTQ+ individuals compared to heteronormative generational identity. We theorize that LGBTQ+ individuals may identify with two generational cohorts—one defined by birth year and a second related to “coming of age” as a sexual minority. A case study examining the lifespan of four LGBTQ+ celebrity personalities demonstrates the concept of generational layering. We argue “generational layering” affects various aspects of LGBTQ+ life, including connection to place as reflected in attitudes of LGBTQ+ people regarding gay neighborhoods. The chapter concludes with five takeaway messages that clarify the relationship between LGTBQ+ people, the generational cohorts to which they belong and with which they identify, and the attitudes of various LGBTQ+ generational cohorts toward gay neighborhoods.",
keywords = "Baby boomers, Gay neighborhoods, Gay studies, Gayborhoods, Generation X, Generation Z, Generational theory, Generations, Greatest Generation, LGBTQ+, Millennials",
author = "Alex Bitterman and Hess, \{Daniel Baldwin\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s).",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-66073-4\_14",
language = "English",
series = "Urban Book Series",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "307--338",
booktitle = "Urban Book Series",
address = "Germany",
}