Gay Bod: civic and LGBTQ+ pride after Brexit in a city on the margins of the UK and Europe

Baker, C. and Howcroft, M. (2023) Gay Bod: civic and LGBTQ+ pride after Brexit in a city on the margins of the UK and Europe. In: Loftsdóttir, K., Hipfl, B. and Ponzanesi, S. (eds.) Creating Europe from the Margins. Routledge: London, pp. 108-124. ISBN 9781003269748 (doi: 10.4324/9781003269748-7)

Abstract

In 2017, Kingston-upon-Hull celebrated becoming UK City of Culture (‘Hull2017’). Organisers of the cultural mega-event hoped to restore civic pride amongst residents of Hull, which had been severely affected ever since its North Sea fishing industry collapsed, and counter the marginality often projected onto Hull in wider UK representations of the city. They unexpectedly also had to manage the meanings of Hull’s high ‘Leave’ vote in the Brexit referendum, which opted to put UK onto the margins of Europe. Examining Hull2017’s LGBTQ+ programming strand, the chapter discusses how spatial and sexual marginalities interacted in appeals to LGBTQ+ and civic pride.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Howcroft, Dr Michael
• Authors: Baker, C., and Howcroft, M.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
• Journal Name: Creating Europe from the Margins
• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 9781003269748