A Q‐methodological study of lesbian identities

Abstract

Abstract A Q‐methodological study of lesbian identities is reported, which reveals substantive factors representing identity account clusters explicated as the ‘Personal Fulfilment’ identity, the ‘Special Person’ identity, the ‘Individualistic’ identity, the ‘Radical Feminist’ identity, and the ‘Traditional’ identity. These identities are supported and illuminated by the use of accounts given by the same respondents in tape‐recorded interviews and are related to the rather limited previous literature in the field. Further developments in the investigation of accounts of identity are proposed.