Plummer completed their studies on homosexuality & identity in 1996
Plummer (1996) partially supports McIntosh's (1996) ideas of homosexuality as a process & discussing the 'homosexual career'
Plummer (1996) coined the term 'homosexual career' - where a male who has accepted the label of homosexual will seek out others & join a subculture in which the stereotypical homosexual characteristics become the norm