Essays about: "LGBTQ studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words LGBTQ studies.

  1. 1. Legal rights for queer people in Japan: How the LGBT Understanding Promotion Bill was shelved in 2021

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för japanska

    Author : Irma Fogelberg; [2023]
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    Abstract : The fight for equal rights for LGBTQ+ people in Japan has in recent years led to efforts to enact a law to promote understanding. After intense debates and revisions in the spring of 2021, the bill was shelved just before the Olympics, despite pressure from national and international organizations such as the International Olympic Committee. READ MORE

  3. 2. Goncharov and Collaborative Storytelling : How Tumblr Invented a Fake Martin Scorsese Movie

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anna Birna Turner; [2023]
    Keywords : goncharov; tumblr; transmedia; storytelling; ARG; social media; fandom;

    Abstract : Online fandoms are capable of various feats; from influencing the TV shows they watch to funding half-baked convention scams, Tumblr fandoms in particular are infamous across the internet. Their chaotic and intense nature simultaneously leads to intense bouts of creative activity, pumping hundreds of thousands of fan works into the Tumblr ecosystem every year. READ MORE

  4. 3. Won’t Somebody Think of the (Queer) Children?! : Changing Representations of and Media Reactions to Same-Sex Attraction and Queer Relationships in British Teen Television, 1994 and 2019

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Louise Hallman; [2023]
    Keywords : Queer studies; TV studies; LGBTQ ; media representation; media reaction;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on queer theory, media representation, intersectionality and news values to conduct a combined queerfeminist visual and critical discourse analysis examining how representation of same-sex attraction and queer relationships in British teen television—and the media’s reaction to them—has changed between 1994 and 2019.  The queerfeminist visual analysis compares two scenes featuring same-sex attraction between male teenagers in two TV shows: Byker Grove (1989-2006), which featured a chaste but angrily rejected kiss in 1994 and Sex Education (2019-2023), which featured an unseen but implicitly enjoyed blow job in 2019. READ MORE

  5. 4. Surveying the thoughts of Japanese people on its LGBT people

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Vaila Venla Kullberg; [2023]
    Keywords : LGBTQ; lesbian; gay; bisexual; transgender; rural and urban; case study; Japan;

    Abstract : Japan is known for being one of the most urbanized countries in the world, with bustling urbancities, with high rates of education and economic development, as stated in reports showcased by international organizations such as the OECD. Despite these indicators for high development, Japan has been reported to be lacking in the legal rights and treatment of sexual and gender minorities, this may be suprising for some as urban environments are often thought of as safe spaces for these groups of people. READ MORE

  6. 5. Being queer means being political. A Qualitative study of Queer Activists Lived Experiences and the Silent Support in Contemporary Poland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Patrycja Natoloczna; [2023]
    Keywords : Eastern European studies; Polish studies; Gender Studies; Queer Activism; LGBTQ rights; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : For the fourth year in a row, Poland continues to rank as the lowest country of the European Union on the yearly report on the legal and political situation of queer people in Europe. With constant negative media portrayal of queer communities and homophobic remarks from politicians, Polish queer individuals become antagonized and stigmatized by the society. READ MORE