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Rainbow trap : queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion

ISBN: 9781350429680
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UBD)
Origin: GB
Release Date: July, 2025

Book Details

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.