Kevin Guyan: Rainbow Trap, Gebunden
Rainbow Trap
- Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion
- Verlag:
- Bloomsbury Academic, 06/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781350429680
- Artikelnummer:
- 11974058
- Gewicht:
- 500 g
- Maße:
- 234 x 156 mm
- Stärke:
- 30 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 12.6.2025
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Rainbow Trapreveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK is shaped - and constrained - by the classifications we encounter every day.
Looking across six systems - the police and the recording of hate crimes; dating apps and digital desire; outness in the film and television industry; borders and LGBTQ asylum seekers; health and fitness activities; and DEI initiatives in the workplace -Rainbow Trap documents how inclusive interventions - such as new legislation, revamped diversity policies and tech fixes - have attempted to bring historically marginalized communities out of the shadows.
Yet, as part of the bargain, LGBTQ people need to locate themselves in an ever-growing list of classifications, categories and labels to 'make sense' to the very systems they are seeking to access. This requirement to be classified catches LGBTQ communities in a rainbow trap. Because when we look beyond the welcoming veneer of inclusive interventions, we uncover sorting processes that determine what LGBTQ lives are valued and what queer futures are possible.
