Queer Intentions
A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture
Published on 6. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-5098-6617-5 (ISBN)
Description
'A landmark exploration into what it means to be queer today' - DAZED
Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize
In this immersive, accessible and thought-provoking book, journalist Amelia Abraham goes on a fascinating global journey to better understand the challenges and realities facing LGBTQ+ people today.
The freedoms on offer to LGBTQ+ people living in the West appear greater than ever before. But, even as we move forwards, queer people are facing new challenges. And some are being left behind, particularly in parts of the world with different attitudes to LGBTQ+ rights.
In Queer Intentions, Amelia Abraham explores what's happening in cities around the globe. From losing herself in the world's biggest drag convention in L.A., marching at Pride parades across Europe, meeting genderless families in Stockholm, visiting trans model agencies and Anti-Violence protests in New York, underground parties in Turkey and gay weddings in Britain, Abraham searches for an answer to the question: what is it really like to be queer today?
Combining intrepid journalism with her own personal experience, Queer Intentions is a provocative exploration of the kaleidoscope of twenty-first-century queer life.
'Eloquent, empathetic and passionate . . . will not just resonate with a new generation of queer people, but with all those who seek to be their allies. A brilliant book' - Owen Jones, author of This Land: The Story of a Movement
Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize
In this immersive, accessible and thought-provoking book, journalist Amelia Abraham goes on a fascinating global journey to better understand the challenges and realities facing LGBTQ+ people today.
The freedoms on offer to LGBTQ+ people living in the West appear greater than ever before. But, even as we move forwards, queer people are facing new challenges. And some are being left behind, particularly in parts of the world with different attitudes to LGBTQ+ rights.
In Queer Intentions, Amelia Abraham explores what's happening in cities around the globe. From losing herself in the world's biggest drag convention in L.A., marching at Pride parades across Europe, meeting genderless families in Stockholm, visiting trans model agencies and Anti-Violence protests in New York, underground parties in Turkey and gay weddings in Britain, Abraham searches for an answer to the question: what is it really like to be queer today?
Combining intrepid journalism with her own personal experience, Queer Intentions is a provocative exploration of the kaleidoscope of twenty-first-century queer life.
'Eloquent, empathetic and passionate . . . will not just resonate with a new generation of queer people, but with all those who seek to be their allies. A brilliant book' - Owen Jones, author of This Land: The Story of a Movement
Reviews / Votes
A beautifully written, personal, intimate voyage into what it is to be queer. Incredibly eloquent, empathetic and passionate, this book will not just resonate with a new generation of queer people, but with all those who seek to be their allies. A brilliant book -- Owen Jones, author of <i>Chavs </i>and <i>The Establishment</i><i> </i> I loved Queer Intentions! Absolutely fascinating and endlessly entertaining, but so much more than that. It's also an important read that will resonate with anyone who's spent more than a minute thinking about gender and sexuality and what it means to identify as queer in 2019, or who's ever wondered where we go from here -- SJ Watson, author of <i>Before I Go To Sleep</i> An intersectional and insightful journey through the vast nuances of the queer experience -- Munroe Bergdorf This incredibly funny, thought-provoking and immersive exploration of the pros and cons, myths and realities of life for LGBTQ+ people today . . . includes plenty of clubbing, pride parties, joy, shame and lesbian drama * Vogue * It's really interesting . . . a journey through LGBTQ+ culture . . . questioning lots of things but in a very interesting, self-effacing, relatable way and I think it's rather cool; I think she's rather cool actually, I like her . . . it's a good book -- Will Young on the <i>Homo Sapiens</i> podcast A landmark exploration into what it means to be queer today * DAZED * Immersive, funny and relatable. In the style of Louis Theroux, 27-year-old journalist Abraham uses skills she's picked up working at VICE, Refinery29 and Dazed to find answers to the big questions in her own life. It's quite the journey . . . A fascinating read for anyone with a passing interest in LGBTQI culture, Queer Intentions not only touches on issues in Abraham's life, but issues many LGBTQI people in the West are facing ourselves. I highly recommend picking up a copy of this when it comes out * DIVA Magazine * I raced through Queer Intentions; it's a great read, provocative and yet really gets to grips with how complex queer life and identity is. It's also bloody funny . . . it cracked me up loads -- Luke Turner, author of <i>Out of the Woods</i> Soooo good. The culture needs it -- Niven Govinden, author of <i>This Brutal House</i> A brilliantly vibrant and hopeful book - entertaining and relatable, but also incredibly thoughtful and wide-ranging. It explores with curiosity and compassion what it means to live a queer and life, the limits that still exist but also the radical possibilities of dismantling binaries and structures -- Sophie Mackintosh, author of <i>The Water Cure</i> Amelia Abraham's exploration of LGBTQ+ culture in the West is fascinating * Stylist *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
236 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5098-6617-5 (9781509866175)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Amelia Abraham (b. 1991) is a journalist from London. She has worked as an editor at Vice, Refinery29 and Dazed. Her main interest is LGBTQ+ identity politics, and she has written on this topic for the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, the Sunday Times, the New Statesman, ES Magazine, i-D and Vogue. She also writes about feminist issues, human-rights, health, arts and culture and sex. Queer Intentions is her first book.