I will have to start with the nitty gritty, mandatory, messy housekeeping stuff before we crack on to the cool and exciting bits later (I will get to them I promise!). Right. Basics. To begin with my name is Ross Robinson, I am currently an undergraduate of University of Sussex and am going into my third year of reading Media and Cultural Studies. Extra to my degree I have been given an incredible opportunity to take part in some very interesting research based on learning how individuals from the LBGTIQ(etc.) community have been affected by their queer kinship networks(for example: gay uncles/transgender step-mums/lesbian or gay parents/intersex godparents/ family friends/ families of choice or any others!). I will divulge into that later.
The purpose of this blog is to create a space where people can input their ideas, share their experiences online and hopefully contribute to particularly interesting research project which aims to help contribute to the growing works dedicated towards the queer community. A more comprehensive post on the details of the investigation and just exactly how you can get involved will come up very soon (hopefully within the next 24 hours *fingers crossed*).
My particular involvement with this subject started when I first came out just before coming to university, for 17 years this aspect of my identity was by and large untended and covered in weeds. Once I started investigating how my own personal involvement with this community I took to books, journals, blogs and what have you, to see how much has been covered about 'the queer identity'. I had absolutely know idea how vast this particular field had become in a relatively small amount of time, especially since the stonewall riots was only several decades ago. To avoid any accusatory claims narcism and self-importance I will curtail any more longwinded anecdotes and just emphasise how excited I am for this project and I hope that you guys will show some interest and give feedback, ideas, critiques, contributions, and share this with your friends.
More coming later!
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