Being Queer and Jewish: a Cross-Communal and Cross-National Study of Ethno-Religious Experiences and Divides

关于LGBTQ+人群宗教身份的研究在性别和性研究中仍然没有得到充分的探索。本项目以犹太女同性恋、双性恋和同性恋（LBQ）女性为重点，通过关注文化、民族和宗教分歧，考察性身份与宗教身份之间的关系。我问以下问题：-在多大程度上可以跨国之间的性别，性，和犹太身份和实践的关系的理解提供了一个更微妙的理论视角对当代livedexperiences？世俗和宗教的犹太LBQ妇女如何谈判，探索，表达，体验和维持他们的宗教习俗和信仰？正统、进步和世俗犹太教之间的分歧如何影响以色列和英国的LBQ女性？体验有多大的不同？这个项目借鉴了女权主义和酷儿的表演性，heteronormativity和symbolicinteractionism理论，以及世俗化/后世俗化的社会学理论。数据收集将包括50个半结构化的采访，以色列和英国自我认定的LBQ妇女和dethnographic实地考察在以色列和英国。参与者将通过LGBTQ+组织和现有联系人招募。访谈将被转录，组织现场笔记，数据将被归纳性主题分析，以允许一个知情的社会科学的sexualists.This研究将有助于性故事，性身份，性边界，和性别的宗教脚本在当代宗教语境的理论。这也将有助于更好地了解LBQ妇女所经历的偏见和耻辱。研究人员将在希伯来语和犹太研究系提高她的现代希伯来语技能。

Research on LGBTQ+ people's religious identities remains underexplored in Gender and SexualityStudies. Focusing on lesbian, bi, and queer (LBQ) Jewish women, this project will examine the relationshipbetween sexual and religious identities by paying attention to cultural, national, and religious divides. Itwill ask the following questions:- To what extent can a transnational understanding of the relationship between gender, sexuality, andJewish identity and practice provide a more nuanced theoretical perspective on contemporary livedexperiences?- How do secular and religious Jewish LBQ women negotiate, explore, express, experience, and sustaintheir religious practices and beliefs?- How do the divides between Orthodox, progressive, and secular Judaism influence LBQ women in Israeland England? To what extent are the experiences different?This project draws on feminist and queer theories of performativity, heteronormativity, and symbolicinteractionism, as well as sociological theories of secularisation/post-secularisation. Data collection willconsist of 50 semi-structured interviews with Israeli and English self-identified LBQ women andethnographic fieldwork in Israel and England. Participants will be recruited via LGBTQ+ organisations andexisting contacts. Interviews will be transcribed, fieldnotes organised, and data will be inductivelythematically analysed to allow for an informed social scientific contextualisation of sexual stories.This research will contribute to theories of sexual stories, sexual identities, sexual boundaries, andgendered religious scripts in contemporary religious contexts. It will also contribute to a betterunderstanding of the prejudices and stigmas LBQ women experience.The researcher will advance her Modern Hebrew language skills in the Department of Hebrew and JewishStudies.