Queering the midwest : forging LGBTQ community /

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Author / Creator:Forstie, Clare, author.
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Description:223 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12770248
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ISBN:9781479801862
1479801860
9781479801879
1479801879
9781479801886
9781479801893
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Drag shows that test the capacity of bars persist alongside wishes for stronger community among River City's LGBTQ population. In this examination of LGBTQ community in a small, Midwestern city, Clare Forstie highlights the ambivalence of LGBTQ lives in the rural Midwest. Drawing on in-depth interviews, ethnographic research, and friendship mapping, Forstie reveals the ways that community spaces are disappearing and emerging, LGBTQ people feel safe and unrecognized, and friendships do and don't matter. In this community, non-LGBTQ allies are essential support for their LGBTQ friends and organizations, but, sometimes, their support comes at a cost. Those who find they feel most comfortable and safe also align with community norms, forming with and connecting to families and identities that are the majority in River City. Forstie offers the story of a community that does not fit neatly into a narrative of progress or decline. Rather, it's a little bit of both. Forstie's ambivalent community framework reveals the ways we might think about our communities and relationships more authentically, embracing the contradictions that inform the possibilities for change"--

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505 0 |a River City: LGBTQ life in a small city -- Should I stay or should I go? Social contexts of ambivalent experiences -- Out, but not too out: the line between inclusion and invisibility -- What do you mean your gay friend? LGBTQ friendships -- Straight woman in a gay man's world: allyship and diversity resources -- "There's varying degrees of friendship in here": creating ambivalent community -- "We haven't jumped over the need for one": inclusive, progressive, and exclusive. 
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