Queer in a Wee Place

Yvette Taylor is a Sociologist and Professor of Education, Strathclyde Institute of Education, University of Strathclyde, UK.

Fresh, insightful, thought-provoking - Queer in a Wee Place takes us on a journey across a wide terrain. Scotland in all its multiplicity. Scotland anew!

• Introduction1.Big Conversations in Queer Wee Places: Small, Nations, Sexuality and Scotland Yvette Taylor, University of Strathclyde, UKSection 1: Queer Counts! Categories, Legalities and Challenges 2.YesRobyn O’Donnell 3.Hate Crime in Scotland and the Classification of Queer Lives: Doors, Data and Definitions Kevin Guyan, University of Edinburgh, UK4.Queer Hope of LGBTQ+ Rights in a Wee Place Sharon Cowan, University of Edinburgh, UK5.The Construction of Scotland’s LGBTQ+ Population in the CensusKirstie Ken English, University of Glasgow, UK6.The Revolt and Revolting, Jj FadakaSection 2 Queer States: Legacies and Transformations 7.Queer Provincialisms in (Post-)Brexit BritainYvette Taylor, Strathclyde Institute of Education, UK 8.Scotland’s Menstrual Landscape, a Red Flag? Kate Molyneaux, University of Strathclyde, UK9.Queer in Scotland: A Wives’ Tale in ConversationAoife Christoffersen, and Ashlee Christoffersen, York University, Canada10.Being Queer in Scotland: Conversational SnapshotsDario Luis Banegas, University of Edinburgh, UK, and Drew Bain 11.Queer New Scots? On Migration, Queerness and Scottish ExceptionalismFrancesca Stella, University of Glasgow, UK12.AssemblagesMae DiansanguSection 3: Queer Homelands: Myths, Migrations and Movements13.Leaving is Queer: Loving and leaving a Wee PlaceFinn Mackay, University of the West of England, UK14.The Aul’ Days: Ewan Forbes and the Ghost in the MachineZoe Playdon, University of London, UK15. A Queer Poetics of Belonging: From Dui Bangla to GlasgowTanvir Alim, University of Glasgow, UK and Rohit K Dasgupta, LSE, UK16.Lessons in Geography: Learning from Maud SulterNatasha Thembiso Ruwona 17.Unintended PoiesisSindhu Rajasekaran Section 4: Queer Creations: Vibrations, Glitches and Curiosities 18.Queer Wee Filmic Places: Creating a Utopic Gaze Through Queer Film Exhibition in Scotland, Leanne Dawson, University of Edinburgh, UK 19.Queer Curiosities: LGBTQ+ Equity in Scotland’s Museums Joe Setch20.After Morgan: On Legacy and Queer Elders in Poetry Andrés N. Ordorica 21.Brilliant Vibrating Interface: Queering the Post-Internet through Poetry and Practice Kirsty Dunlop, University of Glasgow, UK and Maria Sledmere, University of Strathclyde, UK22.International Stories on a Scottish Stage: A Conversation on Representation, Recognition and Activism through the As Is Ethnodrama Harvey Humphrey, University of Glasgow, UK, Slater Clain, Gina Gwenffrewi, University of Edinburgh, UK, Leni Daly, Odhran Thomson and Mathew WilkieSection 5: Queer Education: (Post-)Compulsory Classroom Contexts 23. Black Scottish Writing and the Fiction of Diversity Churnjeet Mahn, University of Strathclyde, UK24. Welcome Home? Finding your (Queer) Place in Scotland and in STEM Marco Reggiani, University of Strathclyde, UK and Jessica Gagnon, University of Manchester, UK25. Disabled Queer Student Experiences of Scottish Higher Education Jack McKinlay, University of Strathclyde, UK26. NOHOMO in the Classroom: Queer Ideas Through and Beyond Scottish Classrooms” Dan Brown