The Sex that God Can’t See: Heteronormativity, Whiteness, and the Erasure of Queer Desire in Popular Media

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Research Article| June 01 2017 The Sex that God Can’t See: Heteronormativity, Whiteness, and the Erasure of Queer Desire in Popular Media Elizabeth Whitney Elizabeth Whitney Elizabeth Whitney is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech, Communications, and Theatre Arts at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in the City University of New York. During the 2015–2016 academic year she was a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Turku, Finland, researching arts funding and freedom of expression in a Nordic context. Her research interests include performance, gender, and popular culture media. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2017) 4 (2): 143–149. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.4.2.0143 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Elizabeth Whitney; The Sex that God Can’t See: Heteronormativity, Whiteness, and the Erasure of Queer Desire in Popular Media. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1 June 2017; 4 (2): 143–149. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.4.2.0143 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressQED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.