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    "pk": 3840,
    "title": "Queer Spaces as Counterpublics",
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    "abstract": "<p>This paper investigates how queer women and nonbinary people (referred to as non-males) find space within a heteronormative context that actively resists their existence. In their modes of formation, these spaces actively resist the straightening and commodification of queerness and empower the community in a subversion of patriarchal norms. Using Seattle’s context, the authors investigate historic queer non-male spaces along with two contemporary case studies using archival research, oral histories, participant observation, and semi-structured interviews. The result is an identification and examination of two different forms of counterpublic spaces utilized by the queer non-male community to create locations of queer belonging: the exclusive/inclusive space, investigated through the case study of a local lesbian bar, and the non-exclusive/ inclusive space, represented through the case study of a women’s sports bar. Both serve as places of resistance and empowerment. While both create spaces of belonging for queer non-males, the former achieves this by establishing an exclusive space, while the latter does so through a non-exclusive space that actively supports queer non-males. By engaging the inclusive/exclusive dichotomy the cases offer insights into the complex dynamics of identity, community and belonging for queer non-males.</p>",
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    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Urban planning"
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        {
            "word": "queer space"
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        {
            "word": "lesbian space"
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        {
            "word": "Community Development"
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        {
            "first_name": "Jessica",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Bonner",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Washington",
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            "first_name": "Manish",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Chalana",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Washington",
            "department": "None"
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    "date_submitted": "2023-10-02T05:35:25Z",
    "date_accepted": "2025-04-21T18:46:35.375000Z",
    "date_published": "2025-04-23T19:17:51.490000Z",
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