What does 'research' mean to you?

Given the history of research on queer experience, it’s no wonder many of us distrust being researched or feel that a lot of research carried out by official bodies is irrelevant or even harmful.

 At QUEERCIRCLE, we acknowledge difficult histories and harmful methods and aim to give voice to forms of community knowledge that have developed over time - those that make sense of queer lives on our own terms.

Through lived experience, we understand that knowledge takes many forms - unspoken and embodied, as well as that explored through the mind by way of concepts, ideas and theories. We also hold that different ways of knowing coalesce and intermingle, informing our understandings of queer worlds.