Essays about: "Queer Activism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Queer Activism.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Transmedicalism : A critical discourse analysis on transnormativity in online discussion websites and publishing platforms

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Kim Cannerstad; [2021]
    Keywords : Biological essentialism; Colonialism; Conservative; Critical discourse analysis; DSM-5; ICD-10; ICD-11; Gatekeeping; Gender binary; Gender binarism; Gender dysphoria; Gender incongruence; Nonbinary; Trans activism; Trans studies; Transfeminism; Transmedicalism; Transmedicalist; Transmed; Transnormativity; Transsexual; Transsexualism; Transphobia; Truscum; Tucute; Republican; White supremacy; Willpower; Xenophobia; Queer theory;

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  4. 3. Feminist and Queer Noisemaking: An Exploration of Gender and Sexuality in Electronic Art Music

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Mollie Ruck; [2020-11-24]
    Keywords : Gender; art music; queerness; queer theory; music; composition; musicology; sound studies;

    Abstract : Men can be said to dominate the music industry, especially when it comes to composers and musicians who create experimental music and sounds which fall outside of mainstream music. Women and members of the LGBTQ+ community remain minorities within these genres, with little research being done on queer and feminist perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 4. Love at the Heart of Feminist Epistemology: On the Interconnectedness between Love and Gender

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Veronica Grönlund; [2020]
    Keywords : epistemology; ontology; feminism; love; materialism; realism; queer theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the concept of love in relation to feminist epistemology. Through a theoretical analysis and assessment, the aim has been to first of all examine ontological tensions between feminist works theorizing on love; secondly, to analyse which role the concept of love has in the works; and thirdly to contextualize the different ontological assumptions made within the basic tension in feminist epistemology, i. READ MORE

  6. 5. Difficulties of Coming Out Amoung Japanese Elite Athletes : A media-studies inquiry into the case of soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

    Author : Anni-Ruffina Ström; [2020]
    Keywords : LGBT athletes; Olympic Games; media representation; self-promotion; Nadeshiko Japan;

    Abstract : The 2020 Summer Olympicsand the Paralympic Games were scheduledto take placein Tokyo. This sporting mega-event has affected change in the public and social spheres of the host country, Japan, but with regard to athletes’ gender and sexual orientation Japan’s mainstream media seem still considerably biased. READ MORE