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This paper attends to the 35 years of learning From Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Questionnaire, interview and focus group data from the 2006 festival are used to examine: the physical and social creation of feminist separatism at the site of the festival; lesbian cultures, and the lessons and learning of Michfest, all of which create contemporary womyn's space. The paper thus offers insights into some of the positive contemporary manifestations of lesbian feminist separatisms 'on the land' and concludes by contesting oppositional positioning of lesbian feminisms and post-feminism.

Sexualities research is increasingly gaining prominence within, and outside, of academia. This paper will use queer understandings to explore the contingent (re)formation of quantitative data, particularly those that seek to gain insights into Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans populations and lifestyles. I use queer critiques to explore the creation and normalising impulses of quantitative sexualities research and argue that research that addresses 'deviant'/other/(homo)sexualities brings categories (mainly lesbian and gay) into being. Using three key research events from a large scale quantitative research study of 7,212 respondents, 'Do it with Pride', the paper examines the (re)formation of quantitative research between researchers, respondents and the questionnaire. In particular the paper: reveals the contingency of research design by discussing the exclusion of the term 'queer' from the research design, and then questions categories of sexualities as fixed variables by examining; the piloting of a non-normative gender question, and the re-coding of sexuality categories in the analysis phase. This points to the (re)creation of research categories that are not simply instruments of measurements but are actively engaged in the (re)construction of sexualities (including but not limited to sexualities research) within normative frames. The paper finishes by taking this queer critique in a different direction juxtaposing the apparently stable products of quantitative research (questionnaires and reports) with an examination of the transgressive potentials of queer moments in (re)making such research.

In this paper I develop conceptions of sexualised space as continually becoming by exploring the (re)creation of heterosexual spaces through the processes of power that hierarchise sexualities and how they are narrated. I seek to gain insights into the subtle operations of power between momentary enactments and stabilised manifestations of power. Central to this are the (invisiblised and unnamed) microlevel processes and the 'common sense' assumptions. In the empirical research I interrogate how twenty-eight nonheterosexual women discuss their experiences of eating in restaurant spaces to examine othering processes, rather than solely relying on categories of difference or named discriminations in theorising the (re)formation of spaces. From this it is possible to render the contingency of heterosexualised spaces visible, if reiterated and congealed in part (and para-doxically) through an absence of naming. I conclude by contending that focusing on (re)productive practices could expand our understandings of the hierarchical (re)construction of space.

Liveable Lives examines what makes life liveable for LGBTQ+ people beyond equality reforms. It refuses the colonizing narrative of surviving in a 'regressive' Global South and thriving in a 'progressive' Global North. By linking the concept of liveability with the decolonial literature on sexualities, this open access book draws on individual's stories, art and writing to examine how lives become liveable across India and the UK, providing a multifaceted investigation of two divergent contexts where activists refuse local framings of exclusion/inclusion and LGBTQ+ lives are continually re-envisioned. Embracing diverse methodologies, including workshops, in-depth interviews, street theatres, and web surveys, the book stands as an example of a queer collaborative praxis that refuses the familiar Global North / Global South practices of theorizing and data gathering. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Introduction, Sydney Calkin and Kath Browne -- Part I: The Politics of Repeal -- 1. The 2018 abortion referendum: over before it began! Theresa Reidy -- 2. Explaining repeal: a long-term view, Linda Connolly -- 3. "The only lawyer on the panel": anti-choice lawfare in the battle for abortion law reform, Fiona de Londras and Mìrǎd Enright -- 4. Abortion pills in Ireland and beyond: what can the 8th Amendment referendum tell us about the future of self-managed abortion? Sydney Calkin -- 5. Of trust and mistrust: the politics of repeal, Elzbieta Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka and Mìre Ní Mhórdha -- Part II: Campaigns and Campaigning -- 6. "Enough judgement": reflections on campaigning for repeal in rural Ireland, Mary McGill -- 7. Campaigning for choice: canvassing as feminist pedagogy in Dublin Bay North, Niamh McDonald, Kate Antosik-Parsons, Karen E. Till, Jack Callan and Gerry Kearns -- 8. #T:̀ pro-choice activism in the Irish language community, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh -- 9. Maser's 'Repeal the 8th' mural: the power of public art in the age of social media, Lorna O'Hara -- 10. Repealing a 'legacy of shame': press coverage of emotional geographies of secrecy and shame in Ireland's abortion debate, Eric Olund -- Part III: Futures: Ireland and Beyond -- 11. Placing the Catholic Church: the moral landscape of repealing the 8th, Richard Scriven -- 12. Losing Ireland: heteroactivist responses to the 8th Amendment in Canada and the UK, Kath Browne and Catherine Jean Nash -- 13. The primacy of place: in vitro 'unborn' and the 8th Amendment, Nol︠le Cotter -- 14. Northern Ireland after repealing the 8th: democratic challenges, Lisa Smyth -- 15. Reflections after the Irish referendum: abortion, the Catholic Church and pro-choice mobilization in Poland, Dorota Szelewa.

Section 1. Urban sexualities / Gavin Brown, Tiffany Muller Myrdahl and Paulo Jorge Viera (editors) -- Section2. Sexual politics / Kath Browne and Gavin Brown (editors) -- Section 3. Decolonizing sexualities / Robert Kulpa and Joseli Maria Silva (editors) -- Section 4. Mobile sexualities / Andrew Gorman-Murray and Catherine J. Nash (editors) -- Section 5. Sexual health / Andrew Tucker (editor) -- Section 6. Commercial sexualities / Maarten Loopmans (editor) -- Section 7. Digital sexualities / Catherine J. Nash and Andrew Gorman-Murray (editors)

1. Equalities, cities and ordinariness : introduction -- 2. Contextualising research and researching contexts : situating participatory projects -- 3. The promise of ordinary lives in a city paved with 'gay gold' -- 4. The gay scene : having it all? -- 5. Bi people and trans people under our umbrella? Contesting and recreating ordinariness -- 6. Ordinary activisms : possibilities beyond the dichotomies of radicalism/assimilation -- 7. Resistant ordinary activisms : safe in the 'gay city'? -- 8. Is pride political? Beyond (oppositional) politics in lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans festivals -- 9. Ordinary in brighton? Conclusion.

Intersections between religion and sexuality are coming onto social science agendas. However, this has predominantly been in terms of its treatment by mainstream religions, particularly Christianity and Islam, and thus in contexts traditionally hostile to lesbian, gay and bi sexualities (LGB). This article extends this by exploring identities and contestations of sexuality within activities that have variously been described as 'New Age' or 'spiritual'. Considering the experiences and interactions of spiritual seekers avoids a non-social conceptualisation of 'New Age' which views spirituality primarily as an individualistic experience. The specific focus here is the Findhorn Community, a spiritual community and demonstration eco-village in Scotland. We find that seekers' attempt to resist labelling and categorisation through creating and using individualised sexual (as well as spiritual) expressions. However, tensions stemming from (heteronormative) interactions within the Findhorn community show that sexual diversity and labelling continues to matter. The research demonstrates that sexual fluidity is a privileged position to occupy, but that it is also ultimately unsustainable in that fluid identity becomes re-subsumed in heteronormativity and, eventually, individuals have to come out and identify all over again. The continuing imperative for some LGB people to define themselves as/with 'something', is thus apparent even within supposedly individualized settings and belief systems. Such positioning questions the individuality that is presumed to define New Age spiritualities, and shows how categories of lesbian, gay and bisexual also continue to be deployed at the same time as they are resisted and reinterpreted.