Leela Bakshi
Biographic Data
| ID | 242156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leela Bakshi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leela |
| FAMILY NAME | Bakshi |
| SIGNATURE | BAKSHI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Activist Researcher on the Count Me In Too Research Project |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
More than happiness: Aliveness and struggle in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer lives
Happiness is often seen as the product of a good life, and can be attached to normative institutions such as marriage. The pursuit of happiness has been critically scrutinised, including by queer theorists and particularly Sara Ahmed who proposes a concept of aliveness. This article explores what it means to put liveability into conversation with critical engagements with happiness. Using transnational empirical material regarding what makes live…
Survival and liveability in #Covidtimes: Queer women’s transnational witnessing of Covid-19
Exploring liveabilities as more than survival, this commentary underscores how survival remains important in these #COVIDtimes. Discussing our privileges and resistances as queer women with various intersectionalities, we offer transnational notes on negotiating, surviving, and living in these non-normative times
The limits of legislative change: Moving beyond inclusion/exclusion to create ‘a life worth living’
While the spatializations of social exclusion have long been critically assessed, legislative responses to these exclusions have also been found to be limited. Addressing the exclusions of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans* and Queer people, social inclusions in the form of equalities legislations have been used as a marker of ‘progress’ and development, creating neo-colonial geographic comparisons between the legal and policy regimes of different contexts…
Towards transnational feminist queer methodologies
This article introduces the possibilities of transnational feminist queer research as seeking to conceptualise the transnational as a methodology composed of a series of flows that can augment feminist and queer research. Transnational feminist queer methodologies can contest long-standing configurations of power between researcher and researched, subject and object, academics and activists across places, typically those which are embedded in the…
Insider activists: The fraught possibilities of LGBT activisms from within
We are here to party? Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans leisurescapes beyond commercial gay scenes
Gay spaces in particular cities have been the focus of studies of sexualities in leisure studies and geographies. However, with the British cultural development toward increasing acceptance of particular gay (and lesbian) lives, lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) leisurescapes can no longer be confined to gay space/times or discussed solely in terms of exclusion. Conversely, the view that all other spaces are heterosexualised and therefore d…
It's Something You Just Have to Ignore: Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Safety Beyond Hate Crime Paradigms
In common with the experiences of many other groups - and despite changing legal landscapes and increasing recognition within social policy of different groups' needs - LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) people continue to face discrimination and abuse, and improving safety continues to be a key touchstone for policy makers and practitioners engaging with LGBT lives. Based on evidence from Count Me In Too, an LGBT participatory research proj…
We are here to party? Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans leisurescapes beyond commercial gay scenes
Gay spaces in particular cities have been the focus of studies of sexualities in leisure studies and geographies. However, with the British cultural development toward increasing acceptance of particular gay (and lesbian) lives, lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) leisurescapes can no longer be confined to gay space/times or discussed solely in terms of exclusion. Conversely, the view that all other spaces are heterosexualised and therefore d…
Towards transnational feminist queer methodologies
This article introduces the possibilities of transnational feminist queer research as seeking to conceptualise the transnational as a methodology composed of a series of flows that can augment feminist and queer research. Transnational feminist queer methodologies can contest long-standing configurations of power between researcher and researched, subject and object, academics and activists across places, typically those which are embedded in the…
It's Something You Just Have to Ignore: Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Safety Beyond Hate Crime Paradigms
In common with the experiences of many other groups - and despite changing legal landscapes and increasing recognition within social policy of different groups' needs - LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) people continue to face discrimination and abuse, and improving safety continues to be a key touchstone for policy makers and practitioners engaging with LGBT lives. Based on evidence from Count Me In Too, an LGBT participatory research proj…
Insider activists: The fraught possibilities of LGBT activisms from within
The limits of legislative change: Moving beyond inclusion/exclusion to create ‘a life worth living’
While the spatializations of social exclusion have long been critically assessed, legislative responses to these exclusions have also been found to be limited. Addressing the exclusions of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans* and Queer people, social inclusions in the form of equalities legislations have been used as a marker of ‘progress’ and development, creating neo-colonial geographic comparisons between the legal and policy regimes of different contexts…
Survival and liveability in #Covidtimes: Queer women’s transnational witnessing of Covid-19
Exploring liveabilities as more than survival, this commentary underscores how survival remains important in these #COVIDtimes. Discussing our privileges and resistances as queer women with various intersectionalities, we offer transnational notes on negotiating, surviving, and living in these non-normative times
We are here to party? Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans leisurescapes beyond commercial gay scenes
Gay spaces in particular cities have been the focus of studies of sexualities in leisure studies and geographies. However, with the British cultural development toward increasing acceptance of particular gay (and lesbian) lives, lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) leisurescapes can no longer be confined to gay space/times or discussed solely in terms of exclusion. Conversely, the view that all other spaces are heterosexualised and therefore d…
It's Something You Just Have to Ignore: Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Safety Beyond Hate Crime Paradigms
In common with the experiences of many other groups - and despite changing legal landscapes and increasing recognition within social policy of different groups' needs - LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) people continue to face discrimination and abuse, and improving safety continues to be a key touchstone for policy makers and practitioners engaging with LGBT lives. Based on evidence from Count Me In Too, an LGBT participatory research proj…
Insider activists: The fraught possibilities of LGBT activisms from within
Towards transnational feminist queer methodologies
This article introduces the possibilities of transnational feminist queer research as seeking to conceptualise the transnational as a methodology composed of a series of flows that can augment feminist and queer research. Transnational feminist queer methodologies can contest long-standing configurations of power between researcher and researched, subject and object, academics and activists across places, typically those which are embedded in the…
The limits of legislative change: Moving beyond inclusion/exclusion to create ‘a life worth living’
While the spatializations of social exclusion have long been critically assessed, legislative responses to these exclusions have also been found to be limited. Addressing the exclusions of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans* and Queer people, social inclusions in the form of equalities legislations have been used as a marker of ‘progress’ and development, creating neo-colonial geographic comparisons between the legal and policy regimes of different contexts…
More than happiness: Aliveness and struggle in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer lives
Happiness is often seen as the product of a good life, and can be attached to normative institutions such as marriage. The pursuit of happiness has been critically scrutinised, including by queer theorists and particularly Sara Ahmed who proposes a concept of aliveness. This article explores what it means to put liveability into conversation with critical engagements with happiness. Using transnational empirical material regarding what makes live…
Survival and liveability in #Covidtimes: Queer women’s transnational witnessing of Covid-19
Exploring liveabilities as more than survival, this commentary underscores how survival remains important in these #COVIDtimes. Discussing our privileges and resistances as queer women with various intersectionalities, we offer transnational notes on negotiating, surviving, and living in these non-normative times
Gender Studies (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (5 works) · Queer (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Lesbian (4 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works)