issues: g/s/i 12 (2026)

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~.gender/sexuality/italy Continuing Discussions – Early View Volume 12 (2026)

Nicoletta Marini-Maio Issue: Category: Contents, Editorials, Continuing Discussions

Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Journal Editor – Continuing Discussions Editor
Guido Capaccioli and Samantha Gillen – Managing Editors
Deion Dresser, Matthew Guyton-Docherty, Mattia Mossali, Samuel Sylvester – Assistant Editors

Early View Volume 12 (2026)

Articles for the Continuing Discussions section are published on a rolling basis. The following articles have been peer-reviewed and accepted for the Continuing Discussions section of Volume 12 (2026).  They are in conversation with previous articles,

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~“Eh, no! La storia non è ancora finita”: AFAB-to-M Cross-Dressing and Gender Performativity in La bambina col falcone by Bianca Pitzorno

Anna Finozzi, Dalila Forni Issue: Category: Continuing Discussions

by Anna Finozzi, Dalila Forni

Given the scarcity of LGBTQ-inclusive children’s literature in Italy (Forni, Venzo, Biemmi), we propose examining established literary topoi that, when read through a queer, feminist, and intersectional lens, challenge traditional gender binaries. One of them is the assigned female at birth-to-male (AFAB-to-M) cross-dressing, a recurring motif in children’s fiction across cultural and historical contexts that “has … never been questioned or censured” but rather “simply been accepted” (Flanagan).

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~“The Kind of Girl Everyone Would Like to Be”: Neoliberalism and the Making of Successful Femininities in Upper-Secondary Italian Education

Maria Taddia Issue: Category: Continuing Discussions

by Maria Taddia

In supposedly post-feminist times, where high-achieving girlhood entails high expectations but is riddled with contradiction, this multiple site case study explores how Italian upper-secondary school female students construct their identities as high achievers. Fifteen semi-structured interviews with students from three Northern Italian upper-secondary institutions were carried out and analyzed. Research findings illustrate the prevalence of narratives constructing success as a multidimensional and contradicting position to occupy, thus emphasizing the influence of deceitful notions around neoliberal individualism and post-feminism.

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~Making an Italian Non-Binary Language: Understanding Speakers’ Motives and Behaviors

Ade Grossi Issue: Category: Continuing Discussions

by Ade Grossi

Institutionally approved Italian mandates binary gender inflectional markers, precluding speakers from communicating in a non-gendered manner. For many non-binary users this means not being able to adequately refer to themselves and their experiences. In the past few decades, both activists and scholars have been working on and promoting different grammatical strategies to move beyond binary gender communication. Nonetheless, the vast majority of Italian speakers are either unaware of or opposed to these advancements,

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~“Chillo è nu buono guaglione” di Pino Daniele: Verso un Sud intersezionale e queer

Frances Clemente Issue: Category: Continuing Discussions

by Frances Clemente

In his eponymous second album, released in 1979, Neapolitan musician and singer-songwriter Pino Daniele brought the femminiello to the forefront of the modern music scene for the first time with the track “Chillo è nu buono guaglione.” Inspired by a real-life figure from Naples’ historic centre, the song recounts the daily life of a femminiello, an individual deeply rooted in the Neapolitan territory who is biologically male but exhibits behaviors traditionally associated with the female gender,

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