Abstract

Using a queer theoretical lens, this conceptual paper explores the complexities of working with queer youth in leisure spaces by using genderplay to explore gender identity. Given the current social and political climate in Canada, researchers in this area face considerable professional road blocks from gatekeepers, despite providing often life-saving access for youth to queer mentors, community, and health resources. This paper, therefore, provides insight into the pervasiveness of the image of the child that informs the anxiety present in current political, social, and cultural discourses about queer children and the danger that image is putting these actual children in by limiting access to the above stated resources. Moreover, we expose how the image of the child is always invested in ideals of middle and upper-class whiteness, able-bodiedness, and imagined straightness from the outset, which further limits access to leisure spaces for queer children who may be otherwise marginalized.

摘要

使用酷儿理论视角，这篇概念性论文通过使用性别游戏来探索性别认同，探讨了在休闲空间与酷儿青年合作的复杂性。鉴于加拿大当前的社会和政治气候，该领域的研究人员面临着来自守门人的相当大的专业障碍，尽管通常为年轻人提供了获得酷儿导师、社区和健康资源的拯救生命的途径。因此，本文提供了对儿童形象的普遍性的洞察，它反映了当前关于酷儿儿童的政治、社会和文化话语中存在的焦虑，以及形象通过限制对上述内容的访问而将这些实际儿童置于其中的危险。规定的资源。此外，我们揭露了孩子的形象如何总是投资于中上层阶级的白人、健全、