Navigating Queer Realities: Insights from Diverse Experiences

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This panel explores the diverse realm of queer existence through a criminological and cultural lens, discussing challenges and opportunities faced by queer individuals and communities worldwide. Topics span from an analysis of anti-queer moral panics to exploring queer anti-fascism within a queered cultural criminology framework. Additionally, the panel examines the impact of digital technology on tongzhi experiences in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing diverse methodologies and theoretical frameworks, the panel sheds light on the complexities of queer identities, resistance, and resilience. By addressing the intersections of queerness, criminology, and culture, the papers presented herein enrich our understandings of the social, political, and technological influences shaping queer realities globally.

Sub Unit

• Area X. Critical Criminology / 70. Queer Criminology

Individual Presentations

• Criminology's Role in Addressing the Anti-Queer Moral Panic - Max Osborn, Villanova University

• Queer Anti-Fascism: A Queered Cultural Criminological Approach - Brian Jay Frederick, SUNY Empire State University; Paula Gil Larruscahim, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

• Digital and Technology-Facilitated Voyeurism (DTFV) among Chinese Tongzhi During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Yang Vincent Liu, Michigan State University

• Protective Factors for Violent Victimization of Queer High School Students - Valerie G. Womack, University of Texas at Dallas

Chair

• Max Osborn, Villanova University

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Queer Criminology