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Tijdens mijn stage heb ik me verdiept in de vroegmoderne sodomievervolgingen in de Noordelijke Nederlanden (1230–1729). Dat is een periode waarover wél bronnen bestaan, maar die vaak lastig te interpreteren zijn: ze zijn juridisch, fragmentarisch, soms cryptisch en vragen veel context om verantwoord te kunnen gebruiken. Juist daarom heb ik een onderzoeksgids ontwikkeld die uitlegt hoe… Lees meer: Blog #24 Onderzoeksgids sodomievervolgingen 1230-1729 – door oud-IHLIA-stagiaire Nadine Gerwen

My name is Isa Misset, and I did my third year internship for the course Literature and Society at IHLIA. Here, I conducted literary research, in which I applied multiple theories on transgender literature to the novel Tour de Trans by Eus van der Grift, a trans autobiographical travelogue, which I sourced from IHLIA’s catalogue.… Lees meer: Blog #23 Literary research of the novel ‘Tour de Trans’ by Eus van der Grift – by Isa Misset

On May 11, 1985, Pope John Paul II kissed the ground of Welschap Airport near Eindhoven. It was the start of a “disastrous pope’s visit” (H). Demonstrations, protests, empty streets, and newspapers full of criticism. In IHLIA’s archives, there are six posters and a button related to this pope’s visit that make one thing very… Lees meer: Blog #22 The pope’s visit to The Netherlands in 1985: gays, lesbians, and the Catholic Church. A blog on the research process – by Iris Broekmann

Hoewel iedereen een andere ervaring heeft met zijn/haar/hun seksualiteit, is het principe van uit de kast komen (‘coming-out’) en het identificeren van wat jou ‘anders’ maakt voor velen een belangrijk moment. Ikzelf werd geconfronteerd met wat mij ‘anders’ maakte rond de periode dat de filmadaptatie van het al bekende boek Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens… Lees meer: Blog #21 De politiek van de ‘coming-out’ als een westers fenomeen – by Yeliz Demir (in Dutch)

Op de website IHLIA Research schrijven wetenschappers en studenten regelmatig over lhbtiq+-onderzoek. Lees hun bijdragen op ons blog. Deze keer een bijdrage van Vera Sluijs. Tegenwoordig zijn er steeds meer homoseksuele personages te vinden in televisieseries. Inmiddels zijn diversiteit en inclusiviteit bijna een checkbox om af te tikken wanneer er een nieuwe serie wordt gemaakt.… Lees meer: Blog #20 De Nederlandse televisiegeschiedenis van lesbische personages – by Vera Sluijs (in Dutch)

My name is Ninnoc, I am a history student at Utrecht University, specialising in the cultural history of queer and feminist movements. I completed my bachelor’s with a thesis on the emancipatory power of cultural expression within the Ballroom scene in New York. During my master’s, I have focused on feminist and queer communities in… Lees meer: Blog #19 Solidarity and Separatism in the Lesbian Feminist Movement– by Ninnoc Jikke

Mijn naam is Rozemond Natter (2002, zij/haar) en ik ben derdejaarsstudent Fashion Design aan de Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht. Mijn interessegebied is het breukvlak van beeldende kunst, mode, literatuur en gender. De rol van genderidentiteit en genderstereotypen in de mode fascineren mij, vooral aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw. Voor mijn creatieve… Lees meer: Blog #18 Til Brugman en Hannah Höch, 1926-1936 – by Rozemond Natter (in Dutch)

This analysis looks at the representation and visibility of bisexual women in Dutch magazines aimed at women who love women during 1980-1999. In the United States, the debate about bisexual women in the lesbian community was widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. These tensions were also addressed in the lesbian press. A number of scholars… Lees meer: Blog #17 The representation of bisexual women in Dutch lesbian periodicals 1980-1999 – by Mo Cramer

The Later-in-Life Intimacy project focuses on older women’s later in life experiences with regard to sexuality and intimacy. After (roughly) the age of 50, women are desexualized and seen as less sexually desirable than their younger counterparts. In media, older women are either absent or their sexuality is depicted as inappropriate. In academic research, we… Lees meer: Blog #16 Queering the narrative of ageing – by Nika Looman

In the humanities, queer theory scholars are currently engaged in an emerging discourse of “queer temporality”, their dialogue concerns the many ways in which the heterosexual (and thus, “hegemonic”) worldview has shaped the experiences and expectations of time. In attempting to imagine the queer temporal experience, this criticism explores and interprets alternative temporal orientations and… Lees meer: IHLIA Research blog #15 Queer Lifestyles; Queer Temporalities – by Andrés Ibarra Cordero

Why are LGBTQ+ people more likely to be sexually assaulted, harassed, and abused then cisgender and heterosexual people (Florez)? During this blogpost series, the ways in which LGBTQ+ people are vulnerable to sexual abuse and the impact it has on their general wellbeing will be uncovered. This is the last post in a series of… Lees meer: Blog #14 Queering Sexual Abuse (III): The Impact on T+ Survivors – by Lindsay Sayer

Before I get into the third installment of this series, I’d like to do a brief recap. So far, we’ve spoken (I’ve written, you’ve read) about international human rights law (IHRL) with specific focus on the right to freedom of expression, the right to manifest religion, and their potential overlap with hate speech regulation. In… Lees meer: Blog #13 Religiously motivated hate speech against LGBTIQ+ people (III) – by Tegan Snyman

Why are LGBTQ+ people more likely to be sexually assaulted, harassed, and abused then cisgender and heterosexual people (Florez)? During this blogpost series, the ways in which LGBTQ+ people are vulnerable to sexual abuse and the impact it has on their general wellbeing will be uncovered. This post will be focusing on the impacts and… Lees meer: IHLIA Research blog #12 Queering Sexual Abuse (II): The Impact on on Bi+ Survivors – by Lindsay Sayer

Why are LGBTQ+ people more likely to be sexually assaulted, harassed, and abused then cisgender and heterosexual people (Florez)? During this blogpost series, the ways in which LGBTQ+ people are vulnerable to sexual abuse and the impact it has on their general wellbeing will be uncovered. This first post focuses on the impacts and vulnerabilities… Lees meer: IHLIA Research blog #11 Queering Sexual Abuse: The Impact on Lesbian and Gay Survivors – by Lindsay Sayer

Last time I wrote about how “hate speech” is nowhere found in international human rights law (“IHRL”). I did that in order to clarify that when one considers how IHRL may regulate hate speech, it will have to be done through an interpretation of what is found in human rights treaties, rather than a specific… Lees meer: IHLIA Research Blog #10 Religiously motivated hate speech against LGBTIQ+ people (II) – by Tegan Snyman

How often have you heard something described as “hate speech”? Be it in a viral online article, in a conversation amongst friends, or yelled, during news coverage, by someone describing what another person – often their polar opposite – had said. There are a multitude of definitions, and factors related to those definitions, for hate… Lees meer: Blog #9 Religiously motivated hate speech against LGBTIQ+ people – by Tegan Snyman

IHLIA Research heeft weer een (aankomend) wetenschapper gevonden die de komende tijd blogs gaat schrijven over lhbti-onderzoek. Deze keer is het Jang Kapgen, een student Media & Cultuur aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en bezig met een minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Zijn blogs zullen gaan over wetenschappelijke termen en onderzoeksgebieden die hij voor een breder (algemeen)… Lees meer: IHLIA Research blog #8: An Academic Review – but from a student: Feminist Epistemologies

In the blogpost series “Banning LGBTQ+ Content in the Russian Media”, the censorship of LGBTQ-related media content in Russia and its implications are studied. The blogposts are based on this thesis (in Dutch), in which more extensive research on this topic can be found. In this third blogpost, a microlevel approach is taken to explore… Lees meer: Blog #7 | Banning LGBTQ+ Content in the Russian Media: Fear and Concealment in an Anti-Queer Society – by Jasmijn ter Haar

In the blogpost series “Banning LGBTQ+ Content in the Russian Media”, the censorship of LGBTQ-related media content in Russia and its implications are studied. The blogposts are based on this thesis (in Dutch), in which more extensive research on this topic can be found. In this second blogpost, a mesolevel approach is taken to explore… Lees meer: Blog #6 | Banning LGBTQ+ Content in the Russian Media: Delimiting the Mediated Space of Appearance – by Jasmijn ter Haar

In the blogpost series “Banning LGBTQ+ Content in the Russian Media”, the censorship of LGBTQ-related media content in Russia and its implications are studied. The blogposts are based on this thesis (in Dutch), in which more extensive research on this topic can be found. In this first blogpost, a macrolevel approach is taken to explore… Lees meer: Blog #5 | Banning LGBTQ+ Content in the Russian Media: The Anti-Gay Propaganda Law – by Jasmijn ter Haar

After Tinder was introduced in 2012, (online) dating has changed drastically. Because of the widespread availability of dating apps, going on dates or seeking hookups is just one swipe away. Some dating apps specifically target the LGBTQ+ community, with the most (in)famous gay dating app being Grindr. Other LGBTQ+ dating apps have emerged over the… Lees meer: IHLIA Research blog #4: When LGBTQ+ Adolescents Date – by Wouter Kiekens

Dear students, Bet you didn’t think about Corona when you bought that ‘The future is queer’ t-shirt. You imagined a 2020 of Marches and Milkshakes, not a digital mint tea in old sweatpants. But here you are, queerantining with housemates, lover(s), or alone. Counting the centimeters every time you run into another human in the… Lees meer: Blog #3 | On LGBTIQA+-inclusive higher education in times of COVID-19 – by Maaike Muntinga

The power of the mainstream Regardless whether we think acceptance by the mainstream is something desirable or not, mainstream society’s view on sexual and gender diversity make a difference for LGBTQI* people’s daily lived experience. In my work, I show that the level of tolerance – that is, not even an embracing of sexual diversity… Lees meer: Blog #2 | Not on Each Other’s Backs – by Mirjam M. Fischer

“We have to challenge ourselves to think of how to support people in environments where they feel unsafe”1 These are challenging times for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) community. LGBTQ youth experience more depression, more anxiety, and more suicidality than their heterosexual, cisgender peers.2 And it is not surprising that this… Lees meer: NEW | Research blog #1 – first contribution by Laura Baams: LGBTQ Youth in Quarantine