News

In my new article, co-authored with graduate student Andy Holmes, we show that LGBTQ+ people adopt multiple identity labels and adjust their usage relative to the interactional demands at hand. We call this outcome “situational fluidity.” The article is open access: free to read and share. Access it here.

For the 2024 Pride season, I published an opinion-editorial essay in The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. In “Last Dance for Queer Nightlife?,” I share how nightlife is shifting toward an infinite horizon of intentional inclusion. Read it here ($).

Amy Spring and I examine 2020 U.S. Census data and find that segregation trends for same-sex households has continued to decline. “New Evidence From Census 2020 on the Residential Segregation of Same-Sex Households: A Research Note.”

From colleagues to coeditors and coauthors – I’m delighted to share a new publication with Seth Abrutyn: “Renewal without replication: Expanding Durkheim’s theory of disruptions via queer nightlife.” Durkheim goes to his favorite gay bar only to find that it’s closed. Now where does he go…? This article is open access. 

Delighted to announce my new publication in Mediapolis, an online and open-access journal about cities and culture. In “Emplaced Bars and Episodic Events,” I reflect on new nightlife forms. The article is part of a special issue on “New Directions in Queer Nightlife,” co-edited by Johan Andersson and Jamie Hakim.

My graduate student Tori and I advance an interactional framework for studying intersectional identities: “Retheorizing Intersectional Identities with the Study of Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants.”