The word lesbian is being reclaimed by two standout stars among a new generation of queer pop stars.
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Queer joy is a powerful emotion. It sustains the fight for recognition and equality for LGBTQ+ people, especially in the face of challenges like discrimination.
Members of fan communities in China participate in online activities under Chinese surveillance, but some group members are able to leverage censorship to their own ends.
The ‘queer gaze’ is presenting a new and alternative reading for art of the past and of the present.
Comics have always had queer elements; and Superman has always been on the edge of social justice. This new comic book, featuring a bisexual Jonathan Kent, brings those factors together.
It wasn’t just the film Rafiki - a joyful lesbian love story - but also the experience of going to watch it after it was unbanned that created a new kind of freedom.
How Ru Paul’s Drag Race turned an underground anti-capitalist art form into a lucrative multifaceted mainstream industry
Little Richard honed his craft as a teenage drag queen. In everything from his hairstyle to his lyrics, we see the influence of gay contemporaries like Esquerita and Billy Wright.
At the National Gallery of Victoria’s summer blockbuster, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines, Haring’s sexuality is obscured.
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Honorary Professor, DVCE Portfolio, Deakin University
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Research associate, University of Bristol
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Professor of English, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, York University, Canada
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Media Studies, University of East Anglia
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Research fellow, Royal Holloway University of London
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Assistant professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University
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Lecturer in Digital Culture, King's College London
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Independent Scholar, University of York
