Tyler Everett Kibbey (ed.), Linguistics out of the closet: The interdisciplinarity of gender and sexuality in language science. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023. Pp. 279. Hb. €124.95.

Tyler Kibbey's cutting-edge collection, a sui generis contribution, provides a breath of fresh air into the nascent field of queer linguistics.The tome is composed of eleven contributions divided into three sections.Accompanied by an introduction from the editor that contextualises the volume and an index of terms, this collection progresses the study of language's role within the queer community.The 'Intersection' section of the book examines the intersection of the concepts of 'identity', 'sexuality' and 'language' within specific cultural and religious settings through three distinct narratives.It outlines the complex interplay between personal belief systems and societal norms.Chris VanderStouwe's 'Theoretically queer, practically straight' explores the lives of Mormon men who experience 'same-sex attraction' (SSA), but choose to live within the confines of heterosexual marriages.This chapter goes through the linguistic strategies these men employ to navigate their identities within both their religious community and broader societal expectations, questioning traditional notions of sexual orientation and identity.Dominique Canning's 'Unbreakable' offers a sociolinguistic portrayal of the character Titus Andromedon from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.Canning explores how Titus's language use, both in the series and as depicted by the actor Tituss Burgess, reflects and constructs racial and sexual identities in order to underscore the impact of media representations on Black gay identity perception.Ping-Hsuan Wang's 'Identity and desire in gay Indian immigrants' definition of coming out in the U.S.' researches the coming-out narratives of gay Indian immigrants in the United States.Through narrative analysis techniques, Wang reveals how these men articulate their sexual, cultural and immigrant identities, apropos of the critical