Rainbow Trap - Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion
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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Auflage | 2025 |
| Seiten | 248 |
| Format | 16,4 x 2,9 x 23,6 cm |
| Hardback | |
| Gewicht | 530 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781350429680 |
| Bestell-Nr | 35042968UA |
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 p rocesses that determine what LGBTQ lives are valued and what queer futures are possible.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: Queer Cogs in a Broken System
1. Hate Crimes: Safety, Protection and the Police
2. Dating Apps: Technology and the Curation of Desire
3. Culture: Outness in the Film and Television Industry
4. Borders: Truth, Sameness and the Politics of Evidence
5. Health and Fitness: Markers of Difference and the Body
6. Business: Queer Workers and Money Matters
Conclusion: After Inclusion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Rezension:
A nuanced and detailed examination of the efficacy of equality metrics on job application forms and other mechanisms of officialdom . Fascinating. Morning Star
