Hearing our Stories: LGBTQ+ Lives and the BBC

聆听我们的故事：LGBTQ 生活和 BBC

• 批准号: AH/X000672/1
• 负责人: Matthew Linfoot
• 金额: $ 1.91万
• 依托单位: University of Westminster
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX000672%2F1
• 关键词: Hearing; our; Stories; LGBTQ+; Lives

While the Channel 4 drama It's A Sin has demonstrated profound awarenss in the generation of LGBTQ+ people affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, there's a need to situate momentous periods likes this from the LGBTQ+ timeline within the wider context of how LGBTQ+ lives have been reflected and represented for successive generations from the 1970s (as the watershed period after the partial decriminalisation of gay male sex in 1967) to the 2000s.Hearing our Stories: LGBTQ+ Lives and the BBC is a public engagement project which enables us to learn how BBC coverage of LGBTQ+ people and issues has been viewed and understood by the LGBTQ+ audience, and what impact the BBC has had in representing queer lives and framing debates. In partnership with the BBC, the PI will conduct research in the BBC archives to identify materials which illustrate and illuminate our understanding of the way BBC output (primarily drawn from news and current affairs) that foregrounds personal stories and experiences of ordinary LGBTQ+ people, for two demographic generations: those whose formative years covered the 1970s - early 1990s, and those who have grown up since the Millennium. For the generation age 55 years and above, research will focus on key events from the LGBTQ+ timeline such as the emergence of the Gay Liberation Movement (1970s); Section 28 (1980s); and the HIV/AIDS pandemic (1980s-90s). The themes that are likely to emerge from this period will include visibility and marginalisation, community participation and activism, the formation of identity and tensions between sexual liberation and continuing legislative inequality.The narrative from the generation born and growing up during the Millennial years will focus on events such as the equalisation of the age of consent, the introduction of civil partnership and same sex marriage and trans visibility. The emerging themes will highlight tensions around heteronormativity and assimilation, the broadening of sexual and sexuality identities as reflected by the LGBTQ+ acronym and the visibility of trans rights within these communities. The BBC archive materials are used to create an audio/visual presentation, spotlighting LGBTQ+ interviewees and contributors, to illustrate the narrative arc that frames these two periods in LGBTQ+ history and extrapolate the key themes. This presentation becomes the focus and stimulus for public engagement with two partners who work with LGBTQ+ communities. These partnerships will enable engagement with participants drawn from the two demographic groups who have experienced wide ranging changes in LGBTQ+ society: 55 years old and above, and those in their 20s. These groups will be facilitated in discussion, to enable reflection, dialogue, reminiscence, and disagreement. In addition, members of both community groups will be brought together to facilitate a further, intergenerational dialogue. These participant group conversations will be recorded and form the basis for a short series of podcasts. These will be published on relevant platforms and disseminated on BBC 100 Voices, alongside promotional work on social media channels, using short clips. This will bring the conversation into contact with the wider LGBTQ+ community, and also non-LGTBQ+ audiences, as part of ongoing public engagement. Other outputs will be a journal article and the ongoing availability of the presentation for future community and educational use. As part of the legacy of the project, the community groups will benefit from podcast-making workshops run by the project, to enable them to produce and publish further conversations with their members.The goal for both sets of participants is to allow them to share their experiences and be heard, and to learn from each other. This will create a cross-generational connection, and an opportunity for participants to learn from each other, and reflect on the impact of BBC coverage and representation through key moments in their lives.

虽然第四频道的电视剧《这是罪恶》在受艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行影响的LGBTQ+一代人中表现出了深刻的意识，有必要从LGBTQ+时间轴的更广泛的背景下，LGBTQ+的生活如何反映和代表了从20世纪70年代以来的连续几代人，（作为1967年男同性恋部分合法化后的分水岭时期）到21世纪初。LGBTQ+生活和BBC是一个公众参与项目，使我们能够了解LGBTQ+如何看待和理解BBC对LGBTQ+人物和问题的报道观众，以及BBC在表现酷儿生活和框架辩论方面的影响。PI将与BBC合作，在BBC档案中进行研究，以确定说明和阐明我们对BBC输出方式的理解的材料（主要来自新闻和时事），突出了普通LGBTQ+人群的个人故事和经历，为两代人：这些人的成长期涵盖了20世纪70年代至90年代初，以及那些自千禧年以来成长起来的人。对于55岁及以上的一代人，研究将集中在LGBTQ+时间轴的关键事件，如同性恋解放运动的出现（1970年代）;第28节（1980年代）;和艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行（1980年代-90年代）。这一时期可能出现的主题将包括能见度和边缘化、社区参与和行动主义、身份的形成以及性解放和持续的立法不平等之间的紧张关系。千禧年期间出生和成长的一代人的叙述将集中在同意年龄平等、引入民事伴侣关系、同性婚姻和变性能见度。新出现的主题将突出围绕异性恋和同化的紧张局势，LGBTQ+首字母缩略词所反映的性和性身份的扩大以及这些社区内跨性别权利的可见性。BBC档案材料用于创建音频/视频演示，重点关注LGBTQ+受访者和贡献者，以说明构成LGBTQ+历史上这两个时期的叙事弧线并推断关键主题。这个演示文稿成为焦点和刺激公众参与与LGBTQ+社区工作的两个合作伙伴。这些合作伙伴关系将使来自两个人口群体的参与者能够参与其中，这两个群体经历了LGBTQ+社会的广泛变化：55岁及以上，以及20多岁的人。这些小组将在讨论中得到促进，以便进行反思，对话，回忆和分歧。此外，两个社区团体的成员将聚集在一起，以促进进一步的代际对话。这些参与者的小组对话将被记录下来，并形成一个简短的系列播客的基础。这些内容将在相关平台上发布，并在BBC 100 Voices上传播，同时利用短片在社交媒体渠道开展宣传工作。这将使对话与更广泛的LGBTQ+社区以及非LGTBQ+受众接触，作为持续公众参与的一部分。其他产出将是一篇期刊文章，并不断提供演示文稿，供未来社区和教育使用。作为该项目遗产的一部分，社区团体将受益于该项目举办的播客制作研讨会，使他们能够制作和发布与其成员的进一步对话。两组参与者的目标是让他们分享经验，倾听他们的声音，并相互学习。这将创造一个跨代的联系，并为参与者提供一个相互学习的机会，并通过他们生活中的关键时刻反思BBC报道和代表的影响。