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‘Just stupid drama queens’ : how police constrain, regulate, and punish the public visibilities of sexual/gender diversity as out of place
Using interview data on LGBT young peoples’ policing experiences, I argue policing practices work to constrain public visibilities of sexual and gender diversity in public spaces. Police actions recounted by LGBT young people suggest the workings of a certain kind of visuality (Mason, 2002) and evidenced more subtle actions that sought to constrain, regulate, and punish public visibilities of sexual and gender diversity. Aligning with the work of sexualities academics and theorists, this paper suggests that, like violence is itself a bodily spectacle from which onlookers come to know things, policing works to subtly constrain public visibilities of “queerness”. Policing interactions with LGBT young people serves the purpose of visibly yet unverifiably (Mason, 2002) regulating displays of sexual and gender diversity in public spaces. The paper concludes noting how police actions are nonetheless visible and therefore make knowable to the public the importance of keeping same sex intimacy invisible in public spaces.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of Crime, Justice and Social DemocracyEditors
Tauri, JuanPagination
319-336ISBN
978-0-9871533-2-6Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Queensland University of TechnologyPlace of publication
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLDEvent title
Crime, Justice and Social DemocracyEvent Venue
School of Justice, QUT, Brisbane, QLDDate of Event (Start Date)
2011-09-26Date of Event (End Date)
2011-09-28Rights statement
Copyright 2011 The AuthorRepository Status
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