As a queer and gender-queer individual, my relationships to both lesbian as an identity and to Toronto's lesbian communities have been marked by a strangely productive ambiguity. While "coming out" as a lesbian was and continues to be empowering, I have become increasingly aware of my own emotional and intellectual tensions with respect to the signifier, "lesbian," as it purports to simultaneou...

Abstract This contribution investigates the intersection between macro-level political narratives on diversity and micro-level lived experience of social inclusion everyday interaction. The case studies for analysis comprise two regional sub-state nationalist contexts, Scotland South Tyrol, Italy. is a nation state that defines itself vis-a-vis rest UK where discourse has emerged Scottish natio...

As the end of first quarter 21st century approaches, scholars migration, diaspora, and empire studies are witness to global, interlinked crises that behove us urgently rethink ...