Abstract

This article discusses the ways in which non-heterosexual people living in Poland understand and navigate displaying affection in public. I trace how LGBTQ people negotiate and develop their strategies of (in)visibility. I investigate the landscape of queer visibility outside ‘the West’ and in particular discuss concepts developed in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). I argue that the geographies of sexualities should pay more attention to public displays of affection (PDA) from the perspective of agentic queer subjects. I propose an approach based on tenderness to capture and understand the ambiguity and complexity of strategies of (in)visibility. The paper draws on research on the intimate life of non-heterosexual people living in Poland that included 53 individual in-depth narrative interviews and a monthly ethnographic study conducted with 21 non-heterosexual families.

摘要

本文讨论了生活在波兰的非异性恋者如何理解和驾驭在公共场合表达爱意的方式。我追溯了 LGBTQ 人如何协商和发展他们的（不）可见性策略。我调查了“西方”之外的酷儿可见度，特别讨论了在中欧和东欧（CEE）发展起来的概念。我认为，从代理酷儿主体的角度来看，性地理学应该更多地关注公开表达情感（PDA）。我提出一种基于温柔的方法捕捉和理解（不）可见性策略的模糊性和复杂性。该论文借鉴了对居住在波兰的非异性恋者的亲密生活的研究，其中包括 53 次个人深入的叙事访谈和每月对 21 个非异性恋家庭进行的民族志研究。