iNews interviewed Amin Ghaziani, a professor at UBC’s department of sociology, about cultural signifiers, gay stereotypes, and the pressures that LGBTQ+ people feel to accept or rebel.
“Drag, camp, gender bending, piercings, pronouns – all of these are signals that we continue to use today as way to identify one another,” said Ghaziani. “It points to an ongoing ethos against assimilation and cultural erasure.”
