RT Article
T1 “Are You—?” “Are You?” Queer Advocacy at Contemporary Neoliberal Rape Crisis Centers
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 15/16
SP 3072
OP 3100
A1 Chen, Melinda
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869952545
AB Antirape scholarship has largely focused on survivors and their needs. However, little is known about victim advocates, who support survivors, and how advocates’ identities can affect their work. This article draws on semistructured interviews with 23 LGBTQ+ advocates to explore how they navigate their sexual, gender, and racial identities at rape crisis centers today. Results show that LGBTQ+ advocates choose the ways that their sexual and gender identities are visible or invisible at their agency, usually to improve LGBTQ+ survivor services. By examining LGBTQ+ advocacy, this article critically evaluates normativity in antirape work and advocates for a queer transformation of rape victim services.
K1 rape crisis center
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Queer
K1 LGBTQ+
K1 victim advocacy
DO 10.1177/10778012231192606