Outskirts

Outskirts is more than a challenge to gender and sexual normativity; it resonates as a vital call to action. D’Lane Compton and Amy Stone have amassed an impressive collection that celebrates the expansive array of LGBTQ cultures, experiences, and relationships in the unlikeliest of places. I challenge anyone to walk away from this explosive compilation and not feel transformed by its powerful empirical and theoretical intervention. ~Theodore Greene, author of Not in MY Gayborhood! Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen

If ‘we are everywhere’ has long been one of the queer movement’s most powerful rallying cries, then this book provides its most thorough sociological illustration. Outskirts shines a light on those nether regions where queer people have been pushed, policed, and invisibilized and yet have dared to go on living queerly. This collection offers a compelling demonstration of what is to be gained from bringing the outskirts to the center of our analysis. ~Jane Ward, author of The Tragedy of Heterosexuality

With humor, passion, and intellectual acuity, Outskirts redirects our attention to the queer and trans spaces too quickly dismissed, discarded, and undervalued. Through its well-researched contributions, and intimate testimonials, the volume reminds us that worlds can be built beyond the limitations of our urban biases and fantasies. ~Karen Tongson, author of Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us