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The State of Unions

Politics and Poetics of Performance

Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

At the 2005 Qualitative Inquiry conference, the author delivered a poem and slide show, "The State of Unions: Activism (and In-Activism) in Decision 2004." The performance processed the election in the context of her research community, a network of gay male friends—marginalized by sexual orientation but privileged by sex, gender expression, race, class, and education. Audience members offered mixed responses, some praising its provocative content, others criticizing the author's position and tone, which some perceived as hostile, even as "gay bashing."

Key Words: gay men • autoethnography • ethnography • politics • performance

This version was published on March 1, 2009

Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 15, No. 3, 545-560 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1077800408318423


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