| Format | Hardcover |
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Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion
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| Print length: | 248 pages |
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| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 15.6 x 2.54 x 23.39 cm |
| ISBN-10: | 1350429686 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1350429680 |
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Description
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. —- ISBN: 9781350429680 | ISBN10: 1350429686 | ISBN-13: 978-1350429680






