Brussells, Belgium
What we now recognise as the sub-disciplines of sexual and queer geography largely emerged out of the study of predominantly white gay male (and later, lesbian) spaces in the major urban centres of North America and north-western Europe. The range of work undertaken by geographers of sexualities has proliferated and diversified in the last two decades - it now addresses the lived experiences of trans people, queers of colour and working class LGBT people; and has expanded its geographical scope to study suburban and rural spaces, as well as countries beyond the West. And yet, perhaps because of its origins, there is still a tendency (held by many geographers who do not position themselves as working in the field of ‘sexual geography') to conflate the field of geographies of sexualities with research on homosexuality and to assume such work has not addressed lives lived in other geographical contexts. This conference seeks to challenge and rectify those assumptions by providing an overview of the range of studies that have theorized the spatiality of sexualities, gender, sexual identities and sexual practices in (and beyond) European contexts. This conference will, for the first time, bring together researchers from across Europe who study the spatial aspects of human sexuality. We expect participation from human geographers, as well as anthropologists, sociologists, planners, architects, political scientists, legal theorists and others. We welcome participation from non-academic researchers working for social movements, non-governmental organisations and in the policy community. We encourage contributions in a diverse range of formats. Alongside traditional academic conference papers, we welcome panel discussions, open space discussions, film showings, installations and other contributions. We seek to foster networking, debate and discussions across national borders, across language communities, and across academic disciplines.
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