The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a territorial and ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh that has led to war, displacement, trauma and continuing animosities. This thesis examines the differential long-term effects of the conflict in the lives of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and refugees from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh who have remained largely excluded from current peacebuilding initiatives. Ethnographic fieldwork and interviews were conducted with displaced and refugee women and with queers in Sumgayit and Baku in Azerbaijan and around Tbilisi in Georgia. The research uses an intersectional sensibility to explore the constitution and effects of economic hardship, ill-health and social exclusion as well the militarization in the life histories and everyday experiences of IDP and refugee women and queers. On this basis, it reflects what their participation, insights and concerns could contribute to the stalled peace processes and what cultural and societal changes will be required for peacebuilding and a more lasting resolution of this frozen conflict. Key words: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, gender, ethnicity, intersectionality, peacebuilding, militarization, queer community, IDP and refugee women 1

Bakgrund: Jämlik vård och att minska skillnader i hälsa är centrala mål för hälso- och sjukvården. Utifrån det anses sjuksköterskan utgöra en viktig roll genom att förbättra vården såväl som att möta patienter med respekt och med hänsyn till människors olikheter. Forskning visar att HBTQ-personer utsätts för diskriminering och marginalisering i samhället i stort men också inom vården vilket bidrar till sämre psykisk och fysik hälsa för dessa grupper. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva sjuksköterskors och HBTQ-personers erfarenheter från att mötas i vården. Metod: En induktiv kvalitativ litteraturstudie med queerperspektiv som teoretisk referensram genomfördes. Urvalet bestod av vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ansats och som beskriver möten mellan sjuksköterskor och HBTQ-personer i vården. Datainsamlingen utfördes genom sökningar i två databaser, CINAHL och MEDLINE och resulterade i nio artiklar som analyserades med temaanalys. Resultat: Erfarenheter från möten mellan sjuksköterskor och HBTQ-personer i vården beskrivs i tre teman: Sjuksköterskans kompetens, Humanitet i mötet och Tillgänglighet med det övergripande temat Stigmatisering relaterat till heteronormen. Slutsatser: Sjuksköterskor behöver ett normkritiskt förhållningssätt för att möta HBTQ-personer med respekt och utan diskriminering. Sjuksköterskans kompetens och attityd hänger samman med vårdens tillgänglighet för HBTQ-personer som också har betydelse för en mer jämlik hälsa. Heteronormen har en överordnad påverkan på alla de delar som har betydelse för HBTQ-personers hälsa och tillgång till god vård. Det behövs mer tvärvetenskaplig forskning inom ämnet för att skapa förändring mot en mer jämlik hälsa i samhället. / Background: Equal care and reducing differences in health are central goals for health care. Based on this, the nurse is considered to play an important role by improving care as well as meeting patients with respect and with regard to people's differences. Research shows that LGBTQ people are exposed to discrimination and marginalization in society at large but also in healthcare which contributes to poorer mental and physical health for these groups. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe nurses' and LGBTQ person's experiences from meeting in care. Method: Inductive qualitative literature study with a queer perspective as a theoretical frame was performed. The selection consisted of scientific articles with a qualitative approach and which describe meetings between nurses and LGBTQ persons in care. The data collection was performed through searches in two databases, CINAHL and MEDLINE and resulted in nine articles that were analysed with thematic analysis. Results: Experiences from meetings between nurses and LGBTQ persons in care are described in three themes: The nurse's competence, Humanity in the meeting and Accessibility with the overall theme Stigmatization related to heteronormativity. Conclusions: Nurses need a norm-critical approach to meet LGBTQ persons with respect and without discrimination. The nurse's competence and attitude is connected with the care's accessibility for LGBTQ persons, which is also important for a more equal health. The heteronormativity has an overall impact on all the parts that are important for LGBTQ person's health and access to good care. More interdisciplinary research in the subject is needed to create change towards a more equal health in society.

<p>This quantitative study sought to expand upon research surrounding the influence pornography use has on relationship and sexual satisfaction for gays and lesbians. Previous literature has primarily focused on the couple outcomes associated with pornography use for heterosexual romantic relationships. This research was conducted and conceptualized through the lens of queer and minority stress theory. It was hypothesized that amount of shared pornography use would be positively associated with relationship and sexual satisfaction for same-sex couples. Additionally, it was hypothesized that the relationship between amount of shared pornography use and relationship as well as sexual satisfaction for same-sex couples will be more strongly positively associated for a high level of acceptance of pornography use. Lastly, it was hypothesized that the relationship between the amount of shared pornography use and level of relationship as well as sexual satisfaction will be more strongly positively associated for women than men. Five of the six hypotheses were not statistically significant. The relationship between amount of shared pornography use and level of sexual satisfaction was strongly positively associated for higher levels of acceptance of pornography use. In addition, higher levels of acceptance of pornography use were related to higher levels of relationship satisfaction. Regarding control variables, relationship status was found to be significantly associated with relationship satisfaction. Participants who reported being either engaged or married indicated higher satisfaction with the current state of their romantic relationship than participants who were dating or cohabitating. Strengths and limitations, clinical implications, and future directions for research are explored.<br></p>

Le colonialisme européen depuis des siècles passe par l’établissement d’une temporalité dominante et hégémonique. Cette temporalité, selon cette doctrine, est la seule qui dote le sujet d’une subjectivité et de la possibilité de s’auto-définir. Les sujets marginaux adhèrent ainsi à un temps marginal qui se situe derrière le temps linéaire du progrès et de la domination. Ce temps, comme le montrent les études postcoloniales, se reproduit et s’affirme dans les récits coloniaux. Depuis les mouvements anticolonialistes du XXe siècle, et face à cette impasse temporelle, l’attention est tournée vers les études spatiales qui tiennent compte des multitudes. Or une étude chronotopique, comme la théorisent Mikhail Bakhtine et Mark Rifkin, nous aide à décentrer et à déloger le temps linéaire et hégémonique et à repérer les trajectoires temporelles qui déterminent la conception de l’espace et l’interaction entre les espaces-temps multiples dans un contexte particulier. Ce contexte, dans le cadre de cette étude, est le colonialisme de peuplement. Cette étude explore l’excès du récit national dans les romans écrits au Canada. Elle tâche de repérer les spatiotemporalités dominantes dans des romans allochtones du XXIe siècle qui dissimulent la colonisation et l’occupation du territoire, légitiment la souveraineté absolue de l’État settler et omettent les compétences des peuples autochtones sur les territoires. Cet effacement passe tout d’abord par la tension ou la conciliation entre l’histoire nationale et la mémoire familiale. Celles-ci interagissent selon l’espace dominant du récit à partir duquel nous avons structuré cette étude. Nous analysons ainsi des romans de la réserve, des romans ruraux, des romans urbains et des romans suburbains dans les quatre chapitres consacrés à l’analyse des œuvres. Chacun de ces espaces met en relief un rapport particulier entre l’histoire et la mémoire. Le premier chapitre, consacré aux récits autochtones de la réserve et à l’espace-temps de la résurgence, souligne l’importance du territoire et de la mémoire ancestrale dans le trajet futur de la communauté et insiste sur la permanence autochtone face aux tentatives d’élimination orchestrées par l’État. Cette permanence trouble les récits ruraux qui, par l’intermédiaire de la famille nucléaire, de la lignée et de l’histoire familiale, réaffirment le récit national et la doctrine de la découverte. Ces récits tracent la genèse de la nation en fonction de l’arrivée des ancêtres européen.ne.s des personnages sur une terre inhabitée. Le moment d’arrivée ne marque pas pour les personnages racialisés des romans urbains le début de l’histoire de la nation. L’histoire familiale de ceux-ci situe plutôt le Canada dans un réseau mondial et dans une histoire coloniale qui remet en question la bienveillance de l’État multiculturel. La prévalence de l’espace contemporain de la ville et la dominance du passé extranational dans les romans urbains risquent toutefois d’éclipser l’histoire coloniale de l’espace canadien et la colonisation sur lesquelles est fondée la ville. Finalement, les romans suburbains soulignent l’importance du sujet individuel et son adhésion temporelle à la nation pour renforcer et reproduire l’idéologie nationale. Ils mettent en scène une citoyenneté privée qui réalise les valeurs et les idéaux de la nation par une série de décisions et de gestes individuels et par la reproduction de l’oubli, qui est garant de la continuité de l’État settler. Les romans suburbains de notre étude tracent le processus de suburbanisation depuis ses premières phases pour en arriver à une contemporanéité extrême qui évacue toute histoire du territoire, mais qui évacue aussi de celui-ci toute vision de l’avenir. La progression des chapitres qui portent sur les romans allochtones relève ainsi d’un mouvement temporel. Elle part de l’espace rural, de l’atomisation et de la reproduction du temps hégémonique par la famille nucléaire pour s’achever dans les romans suburbains où la nation s’incarne dans les gestes immédiats, privés et quotidiens des individus. Cette individualisation relève toutefois, de plus en plus, de l’impossibilité d’une vision singulière de l’avenir. À l’encontre de l’individualisation et de l’atomisation progressive des romans allochtones, les récits autochtones affirment une socialité souveraine et politique en renouvelant le contact avec le territoire et les ancêtres. Ainsi, une analyse spatiotemporelle des œuvres écrites au Canada met en relief les différents processus de formation du sujet-citoyen. Les théories queer qui examinent les sociospatialités et les intimités non hégémoniques, ainsi que les études culturelles abordant l’émergence de la citoyenneté privée dans la phase tardive du capitalisme nous aident à analyser les enjeux spatiotemporels de la subjectivité. Cet engagement théorique vient décentrer et déloger le temps hégémonique de la nation tout en remettant en cause les processus de formation du sujet. Il offre, suivant la vision de Bakhtine, une approche analytique pour étudier le temps, l’espace et l’idéologie dominante dans les récits littéraires dans le contexte du colonialisme de peuplement.

/ˈfluːɪd/ is a project that explores the retail part of the fashion world. By creating an inclusive shopping experience, this project aims to escape the binary world of clothing stores. Working with second-hand pieces, the goal is not to create new garments, but to give everyone access to the full spectrum of clothes. In that way, /ˈfluːɪd/ aspires to provide a safe place which inspires self-expression and stimulates individuality as well as a sense of togetherness. Fluidity being the core concept, the proposal addresses different matters, such as gender, size and audacity. To implement gender fluidity, there will not be any gender categorization, but the clothes will be sorted by colors only. Getting rid of the existing labels and producing a new flexible size chart will initiate a personalized experience and harmonize the systems between the different brands. Designing /ˈfluːɪd/ is designing both an experience and a physical space, to provide a place which encourages anyone to express themself in public.

This thesis explores how LGBTQ*-Salvadoran applicants for international protection experience the influence of their own sexual orientation and gender identities in relation to the underlying motives behind their migration. In addition, it intends to draw some conclusions from the respondents' statements, gained insights from observations and what was found in literature. For this, two Salvadoran LGBTQ*- applicants for international protection, who applied for asylum in Belgium in the year 2019, were interviewed. Their discourses were analysed by using a thematic analysis.The study exposes the narratives and motivations which led them to flee their homeland and find a new life in Belgium.

Följande text är en undersökning som tar upp relationerna mellan fenomenologi, queer, orientering, objekt, existens, spel- och leveldesign. Texten dyker ner i skapandet av karaktärer för spel med en inriktning inom filosofi och hur det kan användas för att designa spel. Undersökningen tar upp diskussioner om hur i vår design, hur filosofi och tänkandet kring att finnas och ens egna “jag” och hur uppfattningen av “jaget” kan påverka design, och om det gör det överhuvudtaget. Texten tar upp olika metoder som används för design. Men också metoder för projekthantering. I undersökningen så ser vi också om det händer något i besluten eller i hur vi använder metoderna för att ta fram gestaltningen. Undersökningen tar upp olika designfilosofi författare som stöd för hur tänkandet och interaktionen mellan aspekterna kan ta form för att skapa en underhållande upplevelse som samtidigt är spännande och mystisk. Theory of Fun av Raph Koster är ett exempel. Han presenterar i sin bok olika teorier om hur människan och spelet interagerar med varandra, och vad det är som gör spelet “roligt” att spela. / The following text is a study that addresses the relationships between phenomenology, queer, orientation, objects, existence, game- and leveldesign. The text dives into the creation of characters for games with a focus on philosophy and how it can be used to design games. The study addresses discussions about how in our design, how philosophy and thinking about being and even one's own "I" and how the perception of "the self" can influence design and whether it does so at all. The text addresses various methods used for design, but also methods for project management. In the research we also see if something happens in the decisions or in how we use the methods to produce the design. The study addresses various design philosophy authors in support of how thinking and interaction between aspects can take shape to create an entertaining experience that at the same time is exciting and mysterious. The Theory of Fun by Raph Koster is an example. In his book he presents various theories about how man and the game interact with each other, and what it is that makes the game "fun" to play.

The ​aim​ of this study was to examine transgendered persons experiences of social norms andattitudes related to their gender identity. More specifically the study focused on thecisgender- and hetero norm and how these affect transgender persons transition process andtheir everyday life. The ​method​ used to collect data was by reading five autobiographicalbooks written by transgendered persons. Collected data was analyzed using queer theory andthematized into four different themes; ​The importance of passing, The environments attitudesand reactions, To be yourself or someone else ​and ​Social relationships​. The​ results ​indicatethat transgendered persons are highly affected by norms and are often victims ofdiscrimination due to their gender identity. To “pass” as either man or woman is thereforecrucial to avoid negative attitudes and harassment. The results also showed the difficulty fortransgendered persons to reveal their gender identity to society and their close ones and howdifferent reactions can either discourage or normalize the heteronormative structures thatexists in our society. The​ conclusion ​was that transgendered persons are affected bycisgendered- and heteronormative norms in both their transition process and their everydaylife. Society is categorizing people as either man or woman, and whoever doesn’t fit in thegiven gender roles is classed as deviant

This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of Queer students at ABC Community College. Using phenomenology as its guiding framework, transcribed interviews were analyzed in order to seek the phenomenon of the experience. Examination of the literature suggested that Queer students’ experiences of discrimination could have a negative impact on academic achievement and that inclusive and affirming spaces have the opposite effect. Further, Queer students search for affirming spaces from their faculty and peers, and the engagement these spaces provide may be good prognosticator academic achievement. When students are provided with inclusive spaces, they may be more likely to come out, live openly, and represent themselves authentically (Kosciw J. G., Greytak, Palmer, & Boesen, 2014). Other researchers are encouraged to replicate the study with a larger number of participants, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Med Gerda Wegeners (1885–1940) anonymt publicerade homoerotiska illustrationer till Les Délassements de l’Éros (1917–1925) som utgångspunkt undersöker den här uppsatsen hur Wegener leker med föreställningar om kön, maskulinitet och femininitet genom att konsekvent tänja på dessa och på så sätt öppnar upp för alternativa och queera narrativ. Kontexten för dessa illustrationer; hur de publicerades i en tid där lesbisk kärlek var populär att skildra inom litteratur och konst men samtidigt kunde utgöra ett risktagande redovisas för att bättre förstå sammanhanget Wegener skapade sina illustrationer i, samt varför hon valde att signera de homoerotiska med ett sigill i form av en liten svart mask, i stället för med sitt namn som på hennes övriga illustrationer och målningar.