Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion - Hardcover
by Kevin Guyan
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350429680ISBN-10:1350429686UPC:9781350429680Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Human Rights, Minority StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCMNSWV26K
Rainbow Trap reveals 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.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350429680ISBN-10:1350429686UPC:9781350429680Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Human Rights, Minority StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCMNSWV26K
Kevin Guyan is a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK and Director of the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab. He is the author of Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).
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