Abstract In this article, I want to illuminate a more diverse image of lesbian lives in the Nordic region than what is often assumed through Western-centric notions of the global queer community and of “out and proud” visibility. Moving beyond dichotomous divisions between visibility and invisibility, I approach in/visibility as an ambivalent, ambiguous, and performative concept. My fieldwork data illuminate that non-heterosexual migrant women in this context do not primarily subscribe to a so-called “Western” visibility paradigm. I analyze how non-heterosexual migrant women, primarily Muslim, exercise ownership of their sexual identities and how they negotiate the degree to which their romantic and sexual relations become—or do not—points of discussion. As these women were involved in multi-layered negotiations in relation to their families, queer communities, and nations, their positionings in relation to the visibility paradigm differed. However, on a general level, their positionings could be interpreted as simultaneously in and out of the closet, or neither in nor out. These ambivalences and ambiguities, I suggest, illuminate the need to challenge the visibility/invisibility divide, and highlight the importance of paying attention to multiple, context-specific, and intersecting forms of power. Drawing on these discussions, I propose the need to rethink notions of community, family, and home within a framework of queer livability.

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挑战可见性范式：在女同性恋移民妇女的性认同谈判中追踪矛盾之处

摘要在本文中，我想阐明北欧地区女同性恋者的生活，其形象要比以西方为中心的全球酷儿社区和“出类拔萃的”知名度所能想象的更为多样化。超越可见性和隐性之间的二分法，我将可见性/可见性视为一个矛盾，模棱两可和高效的概念。我的实地调查数据表明，在这种情况下，非异性恋移民妇女并不主要认同所谓的“西方”能见度范式。我分析了非异性恋移民妇女（主要是穆斯林）如何行使其性身份的所有权，以及她们如何协商其浪漫和性关系成为（或不成为）讨论点的程度。由于这些妇女参与了与其家庭有关的多层谈判，酷儿社区和国家，它们相对于可见度范式的定位是不同的。但是，从总体上讲，它们的位置可以解释为同时进入和退出壁橱，或者既不进入也不进入。我建议，这些矛盾和歧义阐明了挑战可见性/隐性鸿沟的必要性，并强调了关注多种，特定于上下文和相交形式的权力的重要性。在这些讨论的基础上，我提出有必要在酷儿宜居性框架内重新考虑社区，家庭和家庭的概念。我建议，这些矛盾和歧义阐明了挑战可见性/隐性鸿沟的必要性，并强调了关注多种，特定于上下文和相交形式的权力的重要性。在这些讨论的基础上，我提出有必要在酷儿宜居性框架内重新考虑社区，家庭和家庭的概念。我建议，这些矛盾和歧义阐明了挑战可见性/隐性鸿沟的必要性，并强调了关注多种，特定于上下文和相交形式的权力的重要性。在这些讨论的基础上，我提出有必要在酷儿宜居性框架内重新考虑社区，家庭和家庭的概念。