‘An abundance of cakes’: assigned female at birth queer joy and queer ethics across generations

Lucy Nicholas; Corrinne T. Sullivan; Sarah Callahan

doi:10.1177/13634607241245945

‘An abundance of cakes’: assigned female at birth queer joy and queer ethics across generations

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Australian Institute of Family Studies

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Abstract

This paper charts how, in interviewing across generations of assigned female at birth (AFAB) queers in ‘Australia’ about their experiences of lateral violence in LGBTQ+ communities, we found dominant narratives of joy, solidarity and empathy across differences, generations and intersections that demonstrate the ongoing world-making inherent to queer communities. We chart the future-oriented, more utopian themes that came out, in particular around queer (as opposed to LGB) communities and the positive ethics and politics that emerge from and are forged in them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	830-846
Number of pages	17
Journal	Sexualities
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607241245945 https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607241245945
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

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conflict
generation
Joy
lesbian

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