You argue that queer identities are “achieved, not discovered.” What do you see as the process by which youth outside the metropolitan areas “achieve” a sexual orientation? I think that what makes queer youth identities organized outside metropolitan areas so different is that they must be negotiated in communities where […]
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You pose some critiques of the way national gay rights organizations are structured based on an assumption of large urban bases of supporters. How has this limited their ability to serve the needs of the kind of communities you discuss in your book? The limits of current national organizing models […]
Mary L. Gray’s Out in The Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America is an extraordinary book — accessible, engaging and engaged, combining vivid storytelling and sophisticated theory-building. Gray captures the powerful stories of young people of varied sexuality as they construct and defend their identities in parts […]
On August 10th and 11th, 2010, the Department of Play (DoP) hosted its first Summer Institute, a workshop for practitioners and researchers, all with one thing in common: a commitment to improving the lives of youth through technology. The purpose of the Summer Institute was to bring together people from […]
From the Center Our Nitin Sawhney’s “Re-imagining Gaza” project hits MIT’s “Slice of MIT” blog http://cot.ag/cYLJee Hacks/Hackers Keep your ears open: we’re trying to bring a Hacks/Hackers event to MIT this fall. More details next week likely… Hacks/Hackers meetup hits Chicago, Sept. 15. Sign up today http://meetup.com/u/Zs2 via @michelemclellan Future […]