In this report I focus on encounter, and the manner in which tourism catalyses
entanglements of people, places and identities. Antecedent were earlier theories of the …

The study of gender in rural spaces is still in its infancy. Thus far, there has been little
exploration of the constitution of the varied and differing ways that gender is constituted in …

Geographers to date have resisted writing about feelings, affects, places and spaces of love.
It is timely to put love on the geographical agenda. We begin by addressing the question …

From its first tentative forays into questions of gay and lesbian residence, the discipline of
geography has made increasingly important contributions to literatures on sexual identities …

Changing working conditions at many universities over the past decade have meant longer
hours, intensified record-keeping, and more precarious employment. Despite these …

Transgender, gender variant and intersex people are in every sector of all societies, yet little
is known about their relationship to place. Using a trans, feminist and queer geographical …

Geographical analysis of tourism spaces and places is advancing fast. In terms of human
geography, the various recent academic 'turns' have led to fresh examination of existing …

Family is quite a dynamic and complex phenomenon, and it plays a central role in our
society (Weigel 2008; Schänzel et al. 2012). Some demographic and cultural changes have …

This paper uses the notion of touch to understand further the production of heterosexual
bodies and home spaces. Specifically, it argues that the everyday geographies of …

Despite rapid growth of geographies of genders and sexualities over the past decade, there
is still a great deal of homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism within academic …