Citation

Teman ED. Qual. Inq. 2016; 22(4): 274-279.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077800415615601

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

These interpretive autoethnographic tales are about my life experiences, growing up in rural Ohio as a queer male. I relive several of the innumerable unfortunate encounters with bullies who have haunted me over the years, partly as a therapeutic means to cope with the lasting effects of those torturous years and partly to potentially reach and touch the lives of others similarly affected. I use performative texts as a powerful means of portraying and articulating my message and persuasively voicing the emotion experienced. I also reflect on the queer predicament and how it has shaped my life. © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.

Language: en

Keywords

suicide; bullying; narrative; LGBT; autoethnography; queer