Geographies of gender and sexuality I: Engaging the shift towards Southern urbanism

Geographers working on sexuality - and specifically of relevance to this report, scholars working on non-heternormative sexualities - have come to understand the need to engage with the urban South, culminating in acknowledgement of the benefits of engagements with Southern urbanism literature. I summarise how very recent sexualities scholarship is starting to signal direct connections with some of the broader interests of Southern urbanism. Such scholarship, I argue, has more in common with some of the empirical and theoretical interests of Southern urbanism than existing interests of the geographies of sexualities literature. I also consider how such emergent scholarship can potentially enrich interests of the geographies of sexualities literature in new and exciting ways.

Automated summary

Geographers and scholars working on non-heteronormative sexualities have recognized the importance of engaging with the urban South, particularly in relation to the literature on Southern urbanism. Recent scholarship on sexualities is showing direct connections with the broader interests of Southern urbanism, and it has more in common with the empirical and theoretical interests of Southern urbanism compared to existing geographies of sexualities literature. This emergent scholarship has the potential to enrich geographies of sexualities literature in new and exciting ways.