{"product_id":"queer-intentions-a-personal-journey-through-lgbtq-culture","title":"Queer Intentions : A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToday, the options and freedoms on offer to LGBTQ+ people living in the West are greater than ever before. But is same-sex marriage, improved media visibility and corporate endorsement all it's cracked up to be? At what cost does this acceptance come? And who is getting left behind, particularly in parts of the world where LGBTQ+ rights aren't so advanced?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining intrepid journalism with her own personal experience, in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueer Intentions\u003c\/em\u003e, Amelia Abraham searches for the answers to these urgent challenges, as well as the broader question of what it means to be queer right now. With curiosity, good humour and disarming openness, Amelia takes the reader on a thought-provoking and entertaining journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin her as she cries at the first same-sex marriage in Britain, loses herself in the world's biggest drag convention in L.A., marches at Pride parades across Europe, visits both a transgender model agency and the Anti-Violence Project in New York to understand the extremes of trans life today, parties in the clubs of Turkey's underground LGBTQ+ scene, and meets a genderless family in progressive Stockholm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eShortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2020.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amelia Abraham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40327713325218,"sku":"9781509866175","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/products\/queerintentionscover.jpg?v=1635251348","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/queer-intentions-a-personal-journey-through-lgbtq-culture","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}