Developments in mobile digital technologies are disrupting conventional understandings of
space and place for smartphone users. One way in which location-based media are …

Gay neighborhoods, like all neighborhoods, are in a state of continual change. The
relevance of gay neighborhoods—originally formed to promote segregation of individuals …

A number of commentators have acknowledged the decline of gayborhoods and the
concomitant emergence of non-heteronormative diasporas in societies where sexual and …

LGBTQ+ neighbourhoods and venues in our cities have fulfilled many vital functions for
LGBTQ+ people and for society as a whole. Generally identified through the concentration of …

Research on LGBTQI+ people has increased in recent years in several areas. In geography
and sociology, they were interpreted as producers and modifiers of urban space. In tourism …

The first generation of women planners faced a daunting climate in their educations,
professional roles and academic posts. They experienced structural disadvantage …

Recognizing the gender lacuna in the study of neo-Ottomanism and the neo-Ottoman lacuna
in gender studies in Turkey, in this contribution, I seek to put the two literatures in …

This paper uses examples drawn from US cities (Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, and Ybor City
in Tampa, Florida) to develop a more generalizable framework within which to analyze the …

This paper assesses ongoing change occurring in White Center, an unincorporated
community directly south of Seattle. Beginning in the 1970s, several waves of immigrants …

This portfolio-style thesis has three components: a case study, my own autoethnographic
work, and the analysis of Doublelist casual encounter ads. It explores hookup culture across …