New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

Poet and scholar Jack Parlett discusses the cultural significance of Fire Island, exploring its rich LGBTQ+ history, the literary connections to figures like James Baldwin and Frank O'Hara and the evolving dynamics of gender expression and body image in the gay community on the island.

Author Sita Balani discusses how race intertwines with sexuality to create social constructs, highlighting its impact on modern political subjects. Topics include colonial governance in British India, LGBTQ+ policies under Blairism, and the intersections of race and sexuality in South Asian literature.

Edgar Gomez, author of 'High-Risk Homosexual,' discusses machismo, cockfighting, Pulse nightclub shooting, bilingualism in literature, and the 'messiness' of latinidad. His memoir is praised and recognized for its authenticity and impact. Gomez reflects on challenging societal norms, navigating queer healthcare and trauma, processing grief, and preserving bilingualism in storytelling.

Art historian Elizabeth Otto discusses the occult spirituality, gender fluidity, and queer identity within the Bauhaus movement, revealing marginalized histories. Topics include haunting, fascism, gender fluidity, queer identities, and radical politics at the Bauhaus. The podcast sheds light on the diverse and experimental nature of Bauhaus, exploring rational and irrational modernism, women's representation, and queer culture in the art movement.

Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston discuss 'The Transgender Studies Reader Remix', showcasing 50 articles spanning transgender studies' evolution and intersection with feminist and queer theories. They highlight non-binary thinking, black feminist traditions, emotional depth, and speculate on the future of transgender studies amidst political challenges.

Author Simon(e) van Saarloos discusses 'Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto,' challenging ageism in a unique queer perspective. Topics include critiques of societal norms, intersections of age with various aspects of society, navigating misinterpretations and power dynamics, exploring infidelity in non-monogamous relationships, and embracing intergenerational intimacy.

Sociologist Jonathan Coley discusses student activists mobilizing for LGBT inclusion at Christian colleges, highlighting their direct action groups, campus dialogue initiatives, and personal growth facilitation. The podcast explores the challenges of proving discrimination in educational institutions and showcases the transformative journeys of students evolving into confident LGBTQ advocates at religious universities.

Greta LaFleur and colleagues discuss 'Trans Historical: Gender Plurality Before the Modern,' exploring gender diversity before the 18th century. They challenge historical perceptions of transness, discuss language complexities, and emphasize the importance of ethical research practices.

Political Scientist Susan Burgess discusses the transformation of LGBT inclusion in American life through shifting cultural and political narratives. She highlights the influence of pop culture on societal acceptance, the role of political imagination in shaping new ideas, and the impact of mainstream culture on political theories. The podcast delves into gender fluidity, queer theory, and the case of Burgafell versus Hodges, emphasizing personal stories and political shifts. The conversation also includes book recommendations related to LGBT inclusion in Chicago.

Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West (U California Press, 2022) deepens the analysis of settler colonialism's endurance in the North American West and how infrastructures that ground sexual modernity are both reproduced and challenged by publics who have inherited them. E Cram redefines sexual modernity through extractivism, wherein sexuality functions to extract value from life including land, air, minerals, and bodies. Analyzing struggles over memory cultures through the region's land use controversies at the turn of and well into the twentieth century, Cram unpacks the consequences of western settlement and the energy regimes that fueled it. Transfusing queer eco-criticism with archival and ethnographic research, Cram reconstructs the linkages—"land lines"—between infrastructure, violence, sexuality, and energy and shows how racialized sexual knowledges cultivated settler colonial cultures of both innervation and enervation. From the residential school system to elite health seekers desiring the "electric" climates of the Rocky Mountains to the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, Cram demonstrates how the environment promised to some individuals access to vital energy and to others the exhaustion of populations through state violence and racial capitalism. Grappling with these land lines, Cram insists, helps interrogate regimes of value and build otherwise unrealized connections between queer studies and the environmental and energy humanities.Clayton Jarrard is a Research Project Coordinator at the University of Kansas Center for Research, contributing to initiatives at the nexus of research, policy, and community efforts. His scholarly engagement spans the subject areas of cultural anthropology, queer studies, disability and mad studies, and religious studies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies