Intimate Lovers, Legal Strangers —The Politics of Dissident Relationality in Portugal
The purpose of this article is to understand how state recognition contributes to the un/doing of the abject culturally attached to LGBTQ+ intimacies; and to examine personal, sociocultural, and legal traits that shape biographies turning intimate citizens into intimate lovers and/or legal strangers.
Ageing with a twist: Intimacy and care amongst LGB older adults in Portugal
This article addresses issues of care and intimacy experienced by self-identified lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people over the age of 60 both before and during the COVID-19 outbreak in Portugal.
Embodied Queer Epistemologies: A New Approach to (a Monstrous) Citizenship
In this chapter meanings attached to monstrosity are explored in light of queer critiques of the concept of citizenship. The first part of the chapter explores the notion of the monster, with a particular interest in queer readings of monstrosity. In that section, monsters will be unpacked against the backdrop of the archetype of the […]
