Queer Women in the East Midlands c.1967-2000: Experience, Space and Identity.

东米德兰兹的酷儿女性 c.1967-2000：经验、空间和身份。

• 批准号: 2738431
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2738431
• 关键词: Queer; Women; East; Midlands; c.1967

This project examines queer women's experiences and spaces in the East Midlands from c.1967-2000. It is a much-needed addition to an established body of work on British queer women's history (Jennings, 2006; Doan, 2001; Oram, 2007) and will be a significant departure from an overwhelming focus on London and the first half of the twentieth century. There are three interlinking objectives motivating the research, which will be investigated using a mix of archival and oral history sources. The research will focus on women who are attracted to women. The first objective is to illuminate the experiences of queer women in the East Midlands. This encompasses a goal to discover the ways in which queer women's experiences of work, relationships, politics, leisure and pleasure have changed in the last decades of the twentieth century. The second objective is to analyse queer women's connections to the spaces they occupied or were excluded from. There is a need to examine what spaces existed to serve queer women, who created them and why. It is also necessary to evaluate how geographical location affected queer women's experiences of same-sex desire. There were many spaces and organisations in the East Midlands that were for all LGBTQ+ people, but it has been acknowledged that women experienced sexism in these spaces (Edgley, 2006). This begs the question of how women navigated their marginalisation within these spaces. The third objective is to interrogate Jennings' assertion that 1971 was a 'turning point in British lesbian history' and the extent to which a 'culture of ambiguity and silence' continued to exist in the following decades (Jennings, 2006). This involves examining the discursive narratives constructed by queer women, exploring the stories that are being told by queer women across the East Midlands about their lives, experiences, spaces and identities.To date work has been focused on conducting a literature review, establishing connections and preparing to conduct oral history interviews. Connections have been made with Notts LGBT+ Network, Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage and the Sparrow's Nest Library and Archive who have allowed access to a collection of relevant and practically unused archival material and oral histories. I have also made contacts within various groups including Leicester LGBT Centre and their oral history project, Nottingham Women's Centre and their archive project, UoN Women's Staff Network and Nottingham BiTopia. The next stage of the project will continue with this as well as further exploring archival material and existing oral histories which record LGBTQ+ women recounting their experiences in the East Midlands. I intend to add to the records by conducting ten interviews in Summer 2022, I already have seven respondents and more advertisements to go out in early 2022. In year 2 oral history interviews will be transcribed and analysed using a grounded theory approach and follow-up interviews conducted as necessary. Writing the thesis will be an ongoing process, I expect to have completed the first draft by the Summer of 2023. The remaining time will be dedicated to redrafting, editing and finalising the thesis.

该项目考察了 1967 年至 2000 年东米德兰兹地区酷儿女性的经历和空间。这是对英国酷儿女性历史的既定著作的急需补充（Jennings，2006；Doan，2001；Oram，2007），并且将与对伦敦和二十世纪上半叶的压倒性关注截然不同。世纪。这项研究有三个相互关联的目标，将结合档案和口述历史来源进行调查。该研究将重点关注那些被女性吸引的女性。第一个目标是阐明东米德兰兹郡酷儿女性的经历。其目标是发现二十世纪最后几十年中酷儿女性的工作、人际关系、政治、休闲和娱乐经历发生了怎样的变化。第二个目标是分析酷儿女性与她们所占据或被排除在外的空间的联系。有必要研究一下存在哪些空间来为酷儿女性提供服务，是谁创造了这些空间以及为什么。还有必要评估地理位置如何影响酷儿女性的同性欲望经历。东米德兰兹有许多面向所有 LGBTQ+ 人群的空间和组织，但人们承认，女性在这些空间中经历了性别歧视（Edgley，2006）。这就引出了一个问题：女性如何在这些空间中应对边缘化。第三个目标是质疑詹宁斯的主张，即 1971 年是“英国女同性恋历史的转折点”，以及“模糊和沉默的文化”在接下来的几十年中继续存在的程度（詹宁斯，2006）。这包括审视酷儿女性构建的话语叙事，探索东米德兰兹郡酷儿女性讲述的关于她们的生活、经历、空间和身份的故事。迄今为止，工作重点是进行文献综述、建立联系和准备进行口述历史访谈。我们与诺丁汉 LGBT+ 网络、诺丁汉郡彩虹遗产和麻雀巢图书馆和档案馆建立了联系，允许访问一系列相关且实际上未使用的档案材料和口述历史。我还与多个团体建立了联系，包括莱斯特 LGBT 中心及其口述历史项目、诺丁汉妇女中心及其档案项目、UoN 妇女员工网络和诺丁汉 BiTopia。该项目的下一阶段将继续下去，并进一步探索档案材料和现有的口述历史，记录 LGBTQ+ 女性讲述她们在东米德兰兹郡的经历。我打算在 2022 年夏季进行 10 次采访，以增加记录，我已经有 7 名受访者，并且将在 2022 年初发布更多广告。在第 2 年，将使用扎根理论方法和后续行动对口述历史采访进行转录和分析必要时进行访谈。撰写论文将是一个持续的过程，我预计在 2023 年夏天之前完成初稿。剩下的时间将用于重新起草、编辑和定稿。