Derek Ruez joins the show to talk about tensions and politics within the rainbow. Whilst Pride is a moment where many communities under the LGBTQ+ come together to make collective demands, it is also a space where multiple tensions emerge and conflicting politics are enacted. Derek shares his research into the multiple Pride-spaces of Copenhagen, in which the politics of migration and racialisation affect LGBTQ+ mobilisations across the city. Our conversation also considers the value of place-specificity as a core component of queer and geographic scholarship. Context, it turns out, is always key for both researching, and making demands of, our personal and political worlds!
Shownotes: - Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times (Puar, 2007) - Nordic Exceptionalism - “A global sense of place” in Marxism Today (Doreen Massey, 1991) - “How do you critique activists? Some reflections on doing environmentalism badly” in Social and Cultural Geography (Amy Robson, 2026) - “Placing LGBTQ+ Urban Activisms” in Urban Studies (Alison Bain and Julie Podmore, 2021)
Podcast e-mail: spaceandsexuality@proton.me
Podcast visuals by Chan Arun-Pina (theworkroomofchan)
Podcast intro and outro based on 'Peridot' - Gunnar Olsen [CC]
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