13 years of Psychology & Sexuality: taking stock & outlining a new vision

At the start of the twenty-first century, psychologists who studied sexuality (particularly sexual diversity) had few outlets for their work that were clearly positioned within the discipline, took a more critical and contextual perspective, and supported qualitative methods. Scholarly work on psychology and sexuality was relatively scattered across journals. While some sex-focused outlets were available, they tended to privilege quantitative or biological research or to explore sexuality in heteronormative populations, typically through the epistemological prism of a postpositivist universalism. As such, a journal that recognised the importance of lived experience, could provide a voice to marginalised sexualities, and welcomed more critical perspectives within psychology was needed. Enter Psychology & Sexuality, whose founding editorial team centred international voices and encouraged engagement with allied fields such as sociology and queer studies in the humanities, with the first volume of the journal published in 2010....