This article advances literature on reflexive habitus in relation to LGB people by demonstrating empirically that habitus and reflexivity can coexist, albeit in very complex ways. The analysis offered relies on interview data with self-identified lesbian women, gay men and bisexual people in Cyprus – a context that is undergoing social change while however preserving its core heteronormative and conservative values. Drawing on LGB people’s experiences, perceptions and practices in this context, the article demonstrates how socio-cultural ideologies and discourses that stigmatise and Other LGB people constrain what they may do while at the same time making them increasingly reflexive. Their reflexive habitus generates constant reflection, self-awareness and reflexive practices, but these practices tend to mainly reproduce existing social structures. And yet, when LGB people find themselves in empowering interactions and relations, they may engage in acts of resistance that challenge and stretch structural boundaries and are often liberating in their ways, portraying thus the complexity of navigating LGB lives in this context. As such, the analysis shows how habitus and reflexivity may coexist and generate post-reflexive practices that are contextually bound and vary in their capacity towards social change.

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固有的反射习惯：塞浦路斯女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋的生活


本文通过实证证明习惯和反身性可以共存，尽管以非常复杂的方式共存，从而推进了与 LGB 人群相关的反身习惯的文献。所提供的分析依赖于对塞浦路斯自我认定的女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋者的采访数据——塞浦路斯的环境正在经历社会变革，但仍保留其核心异性恋和保守价值观。本文借鉴 LGB 人士在此背景下的经验、看法和实践，展示了污蔑 LGB 人士和其他 LGB 人士的社会文化意识形态和话语如何限制他们的行为，同时使他们越来越具有反身性。他们的反身习性产生了不断的反思、自我意识和反身实践，但这些实践往往主要是再现现有的社会结构。然而，当 LGB 人发现自己在增强互动和关系时，他们可能会参与挑战和延伸结构边界的抵抗行为，并且常常以自己的方式进行解放，从而描绘了在这种背景下驾驭 LGB 生活的复杂性。因此，分析表明惯习和反身性如何共存，并产生后反身性实践，这些实践受到情境的限制，并且在社会变革的能力上有所不同。