Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
The research paper aims to explain the stages of lesbian identitydevelopment process and its aftermath experienced by Holland Jaeger, the protagonist of Julie Anne Peters’sKeeping You a Secret (2003).The researcher uses lesbian feminism and somesupporting theories to support his research paper. The lesbian identity formation theory of Vivienne C. Cass is taken into consider for analyze the research question. Lesbian feminism theory is also applied for the analytical study of lesbians’ sexuality, identity and community. The accrual of the research show the process of becoming a lesbian and the consequences of it experienced by Holland.The aftermath of becoming alesbian compass from being the victim of rejection, homophobic exploitation, violence and alienation.Those consequences explains the story of the rejection of the society of her becoming a lesbiandue to the patriarchal structure of the society.