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Theory Making from the Middle: Researching LGBTQ Communities in Small Cities
City & Community ( IF 2.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 , DOI: 10.1111/cico.12446
Clare Forstie 1
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Urban lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community research in sociology has largely ignored LGBTQ communities in the most common urban form: small cities. In this article, I argue that LGBTQ communities in small cities are an underexplored source of theory making about LGBTQ communities more broadly, and I highlight the ways such research enhances LGBTQ community research. I first discuss a definitional framework of LGBTQ communities in small cities. In other words, what do we mean by small cities, and what do we mean by LGBTQ communities within them? I then discuss the handful of examples of research on LGBTQ communities in small cities, describing the kinds of theoretical questions such research raises. I examine specifically how small–city LGBTQ communities shift our thinking about urban LGBTQ community research in the following four areas: social networks, spatial and temporal dimensions of community, identity intersections, and allyship. Next, I identify three reasons why a focus on small cities is necessary to theory making in LGBTQ and community research more broadly, including and moving beyond questions of representation. I conclude by highlighting the methodological diversity needed to effectively research LGBTQ communities in small cities and briefly address a few challenges in moving this field of research forward.

中文翻译:

中间派理论:研究小城市的 LGBTQ 社区

社会学中的城市女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和酷儿 (LGBTQ) 社区研究在很大程度上忽略了最常见的城市形式:小城市中的 LGBTQ 社区。在本文中,我认为小城市中的 LGBTQ 社区是一个未被充分探索的理论来源,可以更广泛地了解 LGBTQ 社区,并强调此类研究增强 LGBTQ 社区研究的方式。我首先讨论了小城市 LGBTQ 社区的定义框架。换句话说,我们所说的小城市是什么意思,我们所说的其中的 LGBTQ 社区是什么意思?然后我讨论了一些关于小城市 LGBTQ 社区研究的例子,描述了这些研究提出的理论问题类型。我具体研究了小城市 LGBTQ 社区如何在以下四个领域改变我们对城市 LGBTQ 社区研究的看法:社交网络、社区的空间和时间维度、身份交叉点和联盟。接下来,我确定了为什么关注小城市对于更广泛的 LGBTQ 和社区研究的理论制定是必要的三个原因,包括并超越代表性问题。最后,我强调了有效研究小城市 LGBTQ 社区所需的方法多样性,并简要解决推动这一研究领域向前发展的一些挑战。我确定了为什么关注小城市对于更广泛的 LGBTQ 和社区研究的理论制定是必要的三个原因,包括并超越代表性问题。最后,我强调了有效研究小城市 LGBTQ 社区所需的方法多样性,并简要解决推动这一研究领域向前发展的一些挑战。我确定了为什么关注小城市对于更广泛的 LGBTQ 和社区研究的理论制定是必要的三个原因,包括并超越代表性问题。最后,我强调了有效研究小城市 LGBTQ 社区所需的方法多样性,并简要解决推动这一研究领域向前发展的一些挑战。
更新日期:2020-03-01
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