Citation

Hester M, Donovan C. J. Lesbian Stud. 2009; 13(2): 161-173.

Affiliation

School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol, United Kingdom. marianne.hester@bristol.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10894160802695346

PMID

19363762

Abstract

The article draws on recently completed research by the authors, involving a detailed study of love and intimate partner violence in same-sex and heterosexual relationships (funded by the ESRC, award RES-000-23-0650). The research, hitherto the most detailed study of its kind in the United Kingdom, included a national same-sex community survey (n = 800) plus four focus groups and interviews with 67 individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, queer, bisexual, transgender, or heterosexual. The article discusses in particular the development of the same-sex community survey, focusing on the epistemological and methodological implications of using a feminist approach.

Language: en