All rooms are equipped with an overhead projector
Rooms C, D, E, F, G and H (H only on Saturday): slide projector (framed slides, carrousel. There are extra carrousels available to set up your presentation in advance)
Rooms C, D, M, N, O, U and Committee Room 2: beamer to connect your laptop. You have to bring you own laptop. (If you want to use your Apple notebook, please contact us, as it may be incompatible.)
Rooms C, T and U: VCR
Programme
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Count me in too!: The margins of Brighton and Hove's "gay capital"
| Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) individuals and communities have long been regarded as ‘sexual dissidents’, resulting in their marginalisation and exclusion. However, with the advent of equality legislation, large (often commericalised) gay villages and culturally 'accepted' gay figures, there is a need to explore the question of homonormativity and the margins of this 'acceptance'. Thus, alongside the affluent and seemingly ‘accepted’ Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) individuals and communities have long been regarded as ‘sexual dissidents’, resulting in their marginalisation and exclusion. However, with the advent of equality legislation, large (often commericalised) gay villages and culturally 'accepted' gay figures, there is a need to explore the question of homonormativity and the margins of this 'acceptance’. Thus, alongside the affluent and seemingly ‘accepted’ LGBT populations within the city, there are those who are excluded potentially suffering multiple forms of marginalisation. This study will focus on the sexuality aspect of these exclusions, recognising the importance of the multiple discriminations that differentiate the LGBT ‘community’. In this way, the research will examine how sexuality is played out through multiple axis of difference, including race/ethnicity, gender, class and disability. The paper will argue that (re)constituting cities as ‘gay’ (re)creates specific identities and the commericalisation of ‘gay cities’ needs critical attention beyond hetero/homo dichotomies.
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