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Download fileAnd ya don’t stop: investigating race, space and meaning in Toronto’s queer party ‘Yes Yes Y’all’
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posted on 2021-05-23, 14:41 authored by Trudie Jane GilbertThis Major Research Paper (MRP) is a case study of the queer hip hop and dancehall
party Yes Yes Y’all (YYY). This MRP seeks to challenge white, cismale metanarratives
in Toronto’s queer community. This paper employs Critical Race Theory (CRT) and
queer theory as theoretical frameworks. Racialization, racism, homophobia,
homonormativities and homonational rhetoric within queer discourses are
interrogated throughout the analysis. In pursuit of this research, five participants
and two key informants were interviewed. Four emergent themes are explored:
fluid identities, the intersection of race and sexuality, dancing as expression of
sexuality and gender identity, and the transgressive possibilities of YYY.