Expanding the Rainbow : Exploring the Relationships of Bi+, Polyamorous, Kinky, Ace, Intersex, and Trans People

Expanding the Rainbow is the first comprehensive collection of research on the relationships of people who identify as bi+, poly, kinky, asexual, intersex, and/or trans that is written to be accessible to an undergraduate audience. The volume highlights a diverse range of identities, relationship structures, and understandings of bodies, sexualities, and interpersonal relationships. Contributions to the volume include original empirical research, personal narratives and reflections, and theoretical pieces that center the experiences of members of these communities, as well as teaching resources. Collectively, the chapters present a diverse, nuanced, and empirically rich picture of the variety of relationships and identities that individuals are creating in the twenty-first century.

Brandy L. Simula, PhD (she/her/hers), is a Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow at Emory University. She has published on gender, sexuality, and identity in Sexualities, the Journal of Homosexuality, the Journal of Bisexuality, Sociology Compass, and a number of edited volumes.
J.E. Sumerau, PhD (she/they), is an assistant professor and the director of applied sociology at the University of Tampa. They are the author of over 70 articles, chapters, and monographs at the intersection of sexualities, gender, religion, and health related to societal patterns of violence and inequality.
Andrea Miller, PhD (she/her/hers), is a Full Adjunct Professor of Sociology and a Fellow for the Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Webster University. She has published in the area of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her most recent article is “The Mis-education of Lady Gaga: Confronting Essentialist Claims in the Sex and Gender Classroom” which she considers a primer for teaching the social construction of sexualities.