“[It] Changed Everything”: The Effect of Shifting Social Structures on Queer L2 Learners’ Identity Management

Despite a growing body of knowledge regarding the relevance of queer people and their lives to language education, we still know little about the power of classrooms, institutions, and larger macro structural forces to shape—and be shaped by—the identity experiences of queer L2 learners. This article presents a comparative analysis of the identity dilemmas and decisions of two queer learners as they studied Japanese in their home countries (the...