Queer Sex Work by Laing Mary

Author:Laing, Mary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Concluding thoughts

Sex work performed in non-heterosexual contexts, and in this instance, a lesbian erotic dance venue, does not necessarily subvert heteronormativity, nor is it ‘queer’ by definition. Rather, this chapter has highlighted the tensions around subverting heteronormativity in the experiences of dancers, customers and the visions of management for the venue. I would argue that what is ‘going on’ in Lippy can be characterised more aptly as queer moments in sex work interactions. I have indicated some of the moments when meanings around gender and sexuality can be queered, troubled and challenged, both by the experiences of participants and the meanings they attribute themselves to their behaviour in these spaces, and in the way that their interactions can be interpreted differently, by both myself, ‘the ethnographer’, and the meanings that other venue participants make/take from these interactions. This also enables a more complex reading of the gendered and sexualised power relations within sex work, in which we are able to notice the transgressive potential of queer moments of rupture, and how these exist alongside and operate at the same time as heteronormative tensions are negotiated.

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