Turning to global LGBTQ+ media to explore selfhood and gender expressions
When art relies on a process of discovery
A sobering account of the strategic leveraging of women for counterinsurgency and impossible promises of inclusion
Interrogating the plate, palate, and African literary imagination of food and eating
How femme activists transform folk dance to a potent form of resistance in Turkey
Renegotiating Black femininities through Drum magazine
An exploration of queer feminist soundwork, connecting historical lesbian radio with modern podcasting
A meditation on queer and trans persistence in global Hong Kong
How artists used metaphors of non-heteronormative bodies and sexualities to resist authoritative dicta
Reexamining how East Germans constructed their present and future subjectivities
How drag performance transforms the social landscape of Cuba and illuminates the island’s racial, sexual, and economic inequalities
Revealing the LGBTQ+ lives of Flamenco artists
Examining the impacts of global development processes and HIV response on queer politics and activism in Ghana
Disabled girls’ complex roles in contemporary media culture
An interdisciplinary look at gender and sexuality in contemporary South Korea
Performances as feminist, queer, and trans activism, from theater and flash mobs to street protests and online manifestos
The role of literature and popular songs in the cultural politics of Hausa society
Recovers the life and art of Bradford Ropes, author of 42nd Street and chronicler of gay lives in early show business
How opera practitioners represent sexual violence on today’s opera stages
Examines how women in higher office must balance feminine stereotypes with exercising their power
Reveals how queer and trans life writers use narrative strategies to create the possibility for a livable queer life