Queering generativity and futurity: LGBTQ2IA+ stories of resistance, resurgence, and resilience

Q1 Social Sciences

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life Pub Date : 2021-08-17 DOI:10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.1574

May Chazan, Melissa Baldwin

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Abstract

A preoccupation with heteronormative metrics of success in aging leaves many studies of “LGBT aging” focused on the needs, failings, and vulnerabilities of older LGBTQ2IA+ people (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual, and people of other nonnormative sexual and gender expressions). As a result, LGBTQ2IA+ olders are frequently depicted as isolated, re-closeted, or simply nonexistent. Heeding calls to intervene into such bleak and pathologizing portrayals of queer/ trans aging (e.g. Ramirez-Valles 2016; Sandberg & Marshall 2017), this article explores diverse subjectivities, nonnormative aging experiences, and their potential intergenerational implications. It draws on stories of queerness, gender, aging, futurity, and social change from 13 LGBTQ2IA+ people ranging in age from 23 to 74, recorded in an intergenerational research-generation workshop held in Nogojiwanong (Peterborough, Canada) in 2018. This article argues that queer and trans stories are crucial to confronting the erasure of LGBTQ2IA+ aging, aiming to extend ongoing efforts within aging studies to queer concepts of successful aging, aging futures, generativity, and intergenerationality. Ultimately, this article aims to complicate constricted understandings of queer/trans aging, instead of depicting LGBTQ2IA+ people aging with connection, pride, learning, and purpose, as well as with struggle and vulnerability.

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酷儿的生育能力和未来:LGBTQ2IA+的反抗、复兴和恢复的故事

由于对异性恋标准的关注，许多关于“LGBT老龄化”的研究都集中在老年LGBTQ2IA+人群(即女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人、酷儿、双性人、无性恋者和其他不规范的性和性别表达者)的需求、失败和脆弱性上。因此，LGBTQ2IA+老年人经常被描述为孤立的、重新出柜的，或者根本不存在。注意到对酷儿/变性人衰老的这种凄凉和病态的描述(例如Ramirez-Valles 2016;Sandberg & Marshall 2017)，本文探讨了不同的主体性、非规范的老龄化经历及其潜在的代际影响。它借鉴了13名年龄在23岁至74岁之间的LGBTQ2IA+人群关于酷儿、性别、老龄化、未来和社会变化的故事，这些故事是2018年在Nogojiwanong(加拿大彼得伯勒)举行的代际研究代研讨会上记录的。本文认为，酷儿和跨性别故事对于应对LGBTQ2IA+衰老的抹杀至关重要，旨在将老龄化研究的持续努力扩展到成功衰老、衰老未来、生成性和代际性的酷儿概念。最终，这篇文章的目的是使对酷儿/变性人衰老的狭隘理解复杂化，而不是描绘LGBTQ2IA+人群带着联系、骄傲、学习和目标，以及挣扎和脆弱的衰老。

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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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3.10

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审稿时长

27 weeks

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Ageing and Later Life (IJAL) serves an audience interested in social and cultural aspects of ageing and later life development. As such, the Journal welcomes contributions that aim at advancing the theoretical and conceptual debate on research on ageing and later life. Contributions based on empirical work are also welcome as are methodologically interested discussions of relevance to the study of ageing and later life. Being an international journal, IJAL acknowledges the need to understand the cultural diversity and context dependency of ageing and later life.