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Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion

Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion

Guyan, Kevin

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGLBTQIA StudiesSocial Movements

Publisher Price: $27.00

ISBN10: 1350429686
ISBN13: 9781350429680
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jun 12 2025
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Rainbow Trap reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK is shaped - and constrained - by the classifications we encounter every day.

Looking across six systems - the police and the recording of hate crimes; dating apps and digital desire; outness in the film and television industry; borders and LGBTQ asylum seekers; health and fitness activities; and DEI initiatives in the workplace - Rainbow Trap documents how inclusive interventions - such as new legislation, revamped diversity policies and tech fixes - have attempted to bring historically marginalized communities out of the shadows.

Yet, as part of the bargain, LGBTQ people need to locate themselves in an ever-growing list of classifications, categories and labels to 'make sense' to the very systems they are seeking to access. This requirement to be classified catches LGBTQ communities in a rainbow trap. Because when we look beyond the welcoming veneer of inclusive interventions, we uncover sorting processes that determine what LGBTQ lives are valued and what queer futures are possible.

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