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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword The Butch Anthropologist Out in the Field -- Foreword On Being Different: An Appreciation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I : DRAG AND CAMP -- From the Appendix to Mother Camp, Field Methods (1972) -- Role Models (1972) -- Preface to the Phoenix Edition of Mother Camp (1979) -- Theater: Gay Anti-Church—More Notes on Camp (1992/1999) -- Dick(less) Tracy and the Homecoming Queen: Lesbian Power and Representation in Gay Male Cherry Grove (1996) -- PART II : LESBIAN-FEMINISM -- High School Crack-up (1973) -- Marginal Woman/Marginal Academic (1973) -- The Personal Is Political: Consciousness Raising and Personal Change in the Women's Liberation Movement (with Shirley Walton; 1971) -- Excerpt from Womenfriends (with Shirley Walton; 1976) -- Will the Real Lesbian Community Please Stand Up? (1982/1998) -- PART III : BUTCH -- The Misunderstanding: Toward a More Precise Sexual Vocabulary (with Shirley Walton; 1984), -- The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman (1984) -- Beyond Freud, Ken, and Barbie (1986) -- My Butch Career: A Memoir (1996) -- PART IV: QUEER ANTHROPOLOGY -- DMS: The Outsider's Insider (1995) -- Too Queer for College: Notes on Homophobia (1987) -- An Open Letter to ''Manda Cesara'' (1984) -- Of Yams, Grinders, and Gays: The Anthropology of Homosexuality (1988) -- Lesbian and Gay Issues in Anthropology: Some Remarks to the Chairs of Anthropology Departments (1993) -- My Best Informant's Dress: The Erotic Equation in Fieldwork (1992) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

"LGBTQ Politics in Media and Culture" published on by Oxford University Press.

Does sexual orientation and gender identity matter at election time? While previous literature has explored the effect of candidate gender and ethnicity on electoral results, this is the first study to quantitatively investigate the impact of sexual orientation. We build an original dataset combining individual-level data on more than 3,000 candidates in the 2015 UK election with sociodemographic indicators at the constituency level. In addition to sexual orientation and other demographic characteristics, we include candidate education, political experience, and campaign spending. We find that LGBT candidates generally do not have a negative impact on party vote share. Even in more conservative environments, LGBT candidates perform at least as well as their straight counterparts. This work is important to understand the consequences of descriptive representation and, relatedly, how rapid social change happens.

The legacy of a colonial past marked by violence and oppression still inluences sexual politics on the Caribbean Islands. he absence of laws to protect lgbt citizens together with irmly rooted heteronormative structures make the islands an inhospitable place for those who do not comply with the rules, reinforcing the idea of Caribbean lgbts as virtually inexistent. In Valmiki's Daughter shani mootoo uses literary representation to break "the silence about sexuality and nonnormalizing desire". he novel underscores the sexual diversity of individuals situated inside a region that has been perceived as primarily heterosexual, a perception that needs to be deconstructed. however, mootoo implicitly acknowledges the constricted space for individuals that do not abide by compulsory heterosexuality, attesting the power of discursive processes and practices that still regulate bodies, genders and desires.

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Reference -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for LGBQ Legislators in Canadian Politics -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Main Argument and Theoretical Foundations -- LGBTQ Advocacy Work in Institutional Politics -- Literature Review -- Methodological and Terminological Clarifications -- Methodological Details -- Terminological Clarifications -- Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 Some Theoretical Insights for Thinking About LGBTQ Political Representation -- Formalistic Views of Representation -- "Standing for" and "Acting for" Perspectives -- "Standing for" Representation -- Symbolic Representation -- Descriptive Representation -- "Acting for" Representation -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Formalistic Representation -- On the Institutional Context: Some Features -- Conceptions of Political Representation -- "What Does Political Representation Mean to You?" -- Constituency Work -- Legislative Work -- "Do Openly Lesbian and Gay Representatives Have a Particular Responsibility to Represent LGBT People and Communities in Canada?" -- Arguments Opposing LGBTQ Representation -- Arguments Supporting LGBTQ Representation -- Can Allies Contribute to LGBTQ Representation? -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 "Standing for" Representation: LGBQ Politicians as Symbolic Agents -- Symbolic Representation: Some Theoretical Insights -- Coming Out -- Role Model -- Out LGBQ MLAs and MPs as Role Models -- How Do LGBQ MLAs and MPs Perform Their Role-Model Functions? -- What Emotions Do Out LGBQ MLAs and MPs Arouse? -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 "Standing for" Representation: LGBQ Politicians and Descriptive Representation -- The Proportion of Out LGBQ Parliamentarians -- Legislative Recruitment Process -- Eligibility -- Recruitment -- Selection -- Election -- The Profile of Out LGBQ MLAs and MPs in Canada -- Conclusion.

Porn is so safe; everything is inscribed in a master plan. Like a drug designed to consume entertainment and to be back to work in time, pornography allows you to be at ease in the corner of your world. Through masturbatory micro-rituals, it reaffirms all Western societies values. Back when Pluto was a planet, pushed by the advent of digital technology, a lightning ripped through the grey sky of this boredom valley. In the historical period between the nineties and the two-thousands, pushed by the possibilities of digital communication, a new body front emerged as theoretical and activist battleground, deconstructing the dogmatic anti-sexwork positions of historical feminism and LGBT-identities. "Porn Studies" came out as an open, multidisciplinary field, mixing Queer Theory, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Cinema History and Performance Art. One of the main goals stands in the use of pornography as text, in which to read and to deconstruct identity boundaries where either heteronormative or LGBT-gentrifying politics produce a flat market space. The application of D.I.Y.-ethics to "Porn Studies" moved the thought to a political and activist level through the practices of self- representation and cultural individualization.

Resumen. Este artículo realiza un análisis histórico de la producción intelectual chilena en torno a la homosexualidad y constata una permanencia del paradigma medicalizador, verificable hasta la actualidad. Tal paradigma, su conceptualización y representación, además de influenciar imaginarios sociales, dan lugar a la homofobia y a las dificultades para introducir reformas pro derechos de la comunidad LGBT. Sus antecedentes inmediatos se encuentran en el higienismo y en intentos modernizadores acaecidos en Chile durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX. Dicho paradigma habría transitado en Chile por cuatro momentos: un período de instalación; otro de predominio de la interpretación psicoanalítica; un tercero de hegemonía del método fenomenológico; y finalmente un período de apologética medicalizadora, años, coincidente con la vuelta a la democracia, la irrupción de los movimientos LGBT organizados y las reivindicaciones de derechos para las personas LGBT.Palabras clave: Chile; homosexualidad; medicalizaciónConfiguração da homossexualidade medicalizada no ChileResumo. Este artigo realiza uma análise histórica da produção intelectual chilena em torno da homossexualidade e constata uma permanência do paradigma medicalizador, que se verifica até a atualidade. Tal paradigma, sua conceitualização e representação, além de influenciarem imaginários sociais, dão lugar à homofobia e às dificuldades para introduzir reformas pelos direitos da comunidade LGBT. Seus antecedentes imediatos encontram-se no higienismo e em intentos modernizadores acontecidos no Chile durante as primeiras décadas do século XX. Tal paradigma teria transitado no Chile em quatro ocasiões: um período de instalação; outro de predomínio da interpretação psicoanalítica; um terceiro de hegemonia do método fenomenológico; e, finalmente, um período de apologética medicalizadora, coincidindo com a volta à democracia, a irrupção dos movimentos LGBT organizados e as reivindicações por direitos para as pessoas LGBT.Palavras-chave: Chile; homossexualidade; medicalizaçãoMedicalizing homosexuality in ChileAbstract. In this article, a historical analysis of Chilean intellectual production about homosexuality indicates the permanence of a medicalized paradigm, verifiable up to the present. The conceptualization and representation of such paradigm influences the collective imagination, explaining and legitimizing homophobia and difficulties in introducing reforms to grant rights to the LGBT community. Its immediate background is found in hygienist, modernizing programs in the early 20th Century. The medicalization of homosexuality in Chile can be divided in four periods: its implantation; the predominance of a psychoanalytic interpretation; hegemony of the phenomenological method; and, finally, medicalized apologetics. The latter coincides with the period of re-democratization, and the emergence of LGBT organized movements and LGBT rights.Keywords: Chile; medicalization; homosexuality

This book explores, through specific analysis of media representations, personal interviews, and historical research, how the digital environment perpetuates harmful and limiting stereotypes of queerness. Siebler argues that heteronormativity has co-opted queer representations, largely in order to sell goods, surgeries, and lifestyles, reinforcing instead of disrupting the masculine and feminine heterosexual binaries through capitalist consumption. Learning Queer Identity in the Digital Age focuses on different identity populations (gay, lesbian, transgender) and examines the theories (queer, feminist, and media theories) in conjunction with contemporary representations of each identity group. In the twenty-first century, social media, dating sites, social activist sites, and videos/films, are primary educators of social identity. For gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and transsexual peoples, these digital interactions help shape queer identities and communities

"This book surveys the explosive youth culture in twenty-first century China, an active and powerful force catalysing cultural innovations, social changes, and collective efforts, re-inventing a pluralistic and multivalent youth (qingnian) in an age of enormous change, division and uncertainty. Providing a comprehensive analysis of literary, cinematic, musical, televisual, and social media representations about, for and by disparate youth groups, this book seeks to offer a systematic investigation of a trans-medial and multi-locale youth culture. In so doing, it examines contributions from high school dropouts, industrial migrant workers and "leftover women", as well as best-selling writers and filmmakers, cultural entrepreneurs and young feminist activists. Observing the Chinese youths' deployment of "small" genres, such as light novels and short videos, in addition to digital media, this book ultimately demonstrates the renewal of cultural forms and the transformative power of "small" atomized individuals in reinventing a youthful coalition of silenced, belittled, and marginalized groups. A thoroughly interdisciplinary study, Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Century China will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese culture and society, as well as Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies and Media Studies"--

"This intellectually vibrant volume is the first collection to deal with Australian celebrity in ways that account for both cultural and gendered specificities, demonstrating how gendered ways of imagining Australia are reinforced and contested in celebrity representations and self-presentations. Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture engages with celebrities across a diverse range of fields - actors, journalists, athletes, comedians, writers, and television personalities - and in doing so critically reflects upon different forms of Australian fame and the media platforms and practices that sustain them. Authors in this volume engage directly with pertinent issues relating to gender and sexuality, including celebrity feminism and the generative capacity of feminist rage; normative femininity and its instability; hegemonic masculinities; and queerness and its (in)visibility. Contributors also intervene in a number of ongoing debates in media and cultural studies more broadly, including those around the politics and affordances of digital media; whiteness and Australia's colonial histories; celebrity labour; and methodologies for celebrity studies. This timely collection urges scholars of celebrity to attend further both to the gendered nature of celebrity culture and to local conditions of production and consumption. This book will be of key interest to researchers and graduate students in cultural studies, television and film studies, digital media studies, critical race and whiteness studies, gender and sexuality studies, and literary studies"--

Schutzräume (Safer Spaces) gehen auf eine historische Tradition der fremdbestimmten Zwangsisolierungen ausgewählter Subjekte zurück. Ausschlaggebend für die Konstruktion von Devianz sind heteronormative Gesellschaftsordnungen, die sich besonders auf Frauen, Queers und Crips auswirken, und sie zur Anpassung drängen. Im Rahmen dieser Masterarbeit werden verschiedenste Safer Spaces hinsichtlich ihrer identitätskonstruierenden Macht dargestellt und jeweils zwischen selbst- und fremdbestimmten Räumen unterschieden, die jedoch nicht wertend gegenübergestellt, sondern vielmehr als widersprüchliche und brüchige Ordnungsstrukturen gefasst werden. Mithilfe theoretischer Fundamente der Queer Studies und Disability Studies werden historische Diskurse rund um Safer Spaces in ihren unerwarteten Verschmelzungen analysiert, die nicht als entweder "gut" oder "schlecht" gelesen werden können: Wann bieten Safer Spaces Schutz, wie werden sie zum Zwang und was passiert dazwischen? Wie wirken sich aktuell stark präsente Self-Care Strategien auf Diskurse zu Schutzräumen aus? Warum stehen Frauen, Queers und Crips seit jeher im Fokus von Schutzraumkonstruktionen? Und wie wirkt sich dieser Umstand auf Identitätspolitiken aus? Mithilfe interdisziplinärer Zugänge wird ein Überblick zu Safer Spaces mit Rücksicht auf Heteronormativitäten gegeben, der mit einer queercrip Perspektive mit dem vermeintlich "Anderen" als Ausgangspunkt auftritt und damit ein politischer Beitrag zur Sichtbarkeit von Minderheiten und wenig etablierten Theorien darlegt. ; Safer Spaces are part of a historical tradition of nonautonomous forced isolation of selected subjects. Heteronormative social orders are the main reason behind the construction of deviance, which has a particularly strong impact on women, queers and crips. Especially people with these backgrounds are expected and forced to adjust.In this master thesis, Safer Spaces are presented as an identity constructing power. It distinguishes between autonomous and nonautonomous spaces, which are not compared to be judged but to highlight their contradictory and fragile nature as social structures. With a theoretical basis consisting of queer studies and disability studies, historical discourses surrounding Safer Spaces are analyzed, but rated neither "good" nor "bad".When do Safer Spaces offer protection, when do they become compulsory and what happens between the two extremes? What impact does the current trend of self-care have on discourses on Safer Spaces? Why is the construction of Safer Spaces mostly focusing on women, queers and crips? Also, how does all of this affect identity politics?This thesis provides an overview on the topic of Safer Spaces, using interdisciplinary approaches and considering heteronormativities. By using a queercrip perspective and the socially considered "other" as a vantage point, it contributes to the representation of minority groups and highlights lesser known theories. ; Karina Stefan MA ; Abweichender Titel laut Übersetzung des Verfassers/der Verfasserin ; Text teilweise in englisch ; Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Masterarbeit, 2020 ; (VLID)5574918

Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgements --1 INTRODUCTION --1.1 What to Expect in this Book: A Very Brief Overview --1.2 A Few Words on Formal Decisions --1.3 How I Came to Write this Book --2 THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS --2.1 Why Comics? --2.2 Unequal Distributions of Power, Rights, and Resources --2.3 A Brief History of Intersectional LGBTIQ Politics in the U.S. --3 ALISON BECHDEL'S DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR: A WHITE FANTASY OF A POST-RACIAL LESBIAN COMMUNITY --3.1 A "Chronicle of Lesbian Culture and History" --3.2 A Multicultural Universe with Whiteness at Its Center --3.3 Armchair Anti-Racism: A Post-Racial Lesbian Community in a Racist Society --3.4 White Lesbians as a Better Kind of White --3.5 Political Consequences of Dykes' Armchair Anti-Racism --3.6 Conclusion: When Fantasy Is Read as Fact --4 HOWARD CRUSE'S STUCK RUBBER BABY: HOW 'GAY IS THE NEW BLACK' DISCOURSES SHAPE THE WHITE GAY IMAGINARY --4.1 A Groundbreaking Work --4.2 A Window Seat to History? --4.3 'Gay Is the New Black:' A Dominant Discourse --4.4 Conservative Critiques --4.5 Common Intersectional Critiques --4.6 Further Intersectional Critiques --4.7 Conclusion: Stuck in a White Fantasy --5 JAIME CORTEZ'S SEXILE/SEXILIO: UNLEARNING HOMONATIONALISM AND DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE DISCOURSES --5.1 "Decentering Whiteness" --5.2 Disidentifications with Homonationalist Discourses --5.3 Centering Resilience --5.4 By Way of Conclusion: Reading Sexile/Sexilio from a Place of (Relative) Privilege --6 CONCLUSION: THE LIMITS OF WHITE LGBTIQ SELF-REPRESENTATIONS --List of Works Cited

According to the 2000 census, Latinos/as have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. Images of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture suggest a Latin Explosion at center stage, yet the topic of queer identity in relation to Latino/a America remains under examined. Juana María Rodríguez attempts to rectify this dearth of scholarship in Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces, by documenting the ways in which identities are transformed by encounters with language, the law, culture, and public policy. She identifies three key areas as the project's case studies: activism, primarily HIV prevention; immigration law; and cyberspace. In each, Rodríguez theorizes the ways queer Latino/a identities are enabled or constrained, melding several theoretical and methodological approaches to argue that these sites are complex and dynamic social fields.As she moves the reader from one disciplinary location to the other, Rodríguez reveals the seams of her own academic engagement with queer latinidad. This deftly crafted work represents a dynamic and innovative approach to the study of identity formation and representation, making a vital contribution to a new reformulation of gender and sexuality studies

Intro -- Hopeless Aromantic -- Cover -- of related interest -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Understanding Aromanticism -- To Be Aromantic -- by Ezra John, LGBT+ writer, author of To Be a Trans Man: Our Stories of Transition, Acceptance and Joy -- 2. Could I Be Aro? -- 3. Aromantic Relationships -- The Need to Feel Wanted -- by C.D. -- 4. Aromantic Representation -- 5. How to Tackle Arophobia -- Misunderstood -- A Reddit Submission -- 6. Aromanticism and Mental Health -- 7. How to Be an Ally -- 8. The Last Bit -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Influencers, Sources and Helplines -- Index.

Digital technology already has permeated the physical world. Devices such as smartphones, tablets or wearables and online venues like virtual worlds and social networks have penetrated every part of our lives. The contributions to this volume apply innovative forms of ethnographic research to the digital realm. They examine the emergence of new online communities around Greenlandic news blogs or Malaysian LGBT Facebook groups, the rise of transnational migrant networks facilitated by social media, or the representation of conflicts and the proliferation of ideologies within online spaces