LIPSTICKS, TWINKS, AND BEARS, OH MY!: AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER ROLE VARIABILITY IN HOMOSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS, WHO HOLD QUEER IDENTITIES, WHICH HAVE SEX INVERTING GENDER ROLE ASSOCIATIONS.

abstract: This study looked at the gender roles of individuals in the LGBT community, who hold gender-inverting and gender-conforming queer identities. The specific identities looked at were twinks (gender-inverted) and bears (gender-conforming) for men, and lipsticks (gender-conforming) and butches (gender-inverting) for women. The hypothesis was that individuals with gender-inverting identities would react effectively to a masculine gender role selecting prime, as well as a feminine gender role selecting prime