Covid19 geographies

Activities and Activisms of Those Opposed to or Concerned About Changes to Sexual and Gendered Legislation and Cultures

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ID3978059
AutoresK Browne (0000-0002-5816-226X, University College Dublin, autor correspondente), Catherine Jean Nash (0000-0003-1215-7200, Professor Emertia, Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario, Canada)
Ano2023
Volume24
Fascículo3-4
Páginas524-541
Data de publicação2023-03-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2022.2110932
OpenAlexW4292952085
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas34

COVID19 is inherently geographical in its impact on society. Not only has it deepened pre-existing inequalities and further isolated groups that rely on physical spaces, such as LGBTQ people, the pandemic required a restructuring of multiple forms of time–space relations including activism. Using interview and questionnaires responses from early 2021, we explore the impact of COVID19 on the activities of those expressing concerns about, and opposition to, socio-legal changes related to sexualities and genders in Canada, Great Britian and Ireland. Participants’ perceptions of the effects of COVID19 regimes (lockdowns and restrictions) highlight four key trends. First, the biggest group of questionnaire respondents understood their views/activities as unchanging. Second, some participants noted a disengagement with sexual and gender politics. Third, those who were activists before/during COVID19 noted challenges in continuing their activities online with the loss of face-to-face interactions, and how they negotiated new spatialities. Finally, for some participants COVID19 regimes meant either newly engaging in, or increasing their pre-pandemic, activism with time to ‘research’ and to develop their activities. Further work is needed to investigate if our findings are similar to other groups engaged in other forms of activism and the longitudinal effects and implications of COVID19 geographies on activism

Disengagement theory · Human sexuality · Legislation · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology