Nov 22nd, 2006
Call for submissions: Queer Parenting
It would be great to get some queerspawn voices in here. Whip up your 300-word abstract and help smash the seemingly-eternal, oh-so-convenient myth that the “children” are not yet old enough to contribute to the public discourse about our families.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on
QUEER PARENTING
Publication Date: Fall, 2008
Editor: Rachel EpsteinWe are excited to be seeking submissions for a new book on queer parenting. We want the book to reflect current thinking, research, debates, issues, experiences and concerns related to LGBTT2IQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, 2-spirit, intersex and queer) parenting/raising children. We welcome submissions from parents, children, students, activists, scholars, artists and others interested in this area.
We are seeking:
- academic papers
- reports on community-based and other research
- personal stories and reflections that incorporate social/historical/political context
- poetry
- art work
We hope the book can begin to reflect the enormous diversity that exists across queer parenting experiences and raise interesting and possibly provocative questions about the implications of queer-identified people raising children. We particularly welcome submissions from those who are marginalized within “queer” communities.
We want to move from the defensive position we have historically been placed in (i.e. “proving” that our children are okay) to embrace the broad complexity of issues that concern us and our children.
Abstracts/Proposals (250-300 words) due: January 1, 2007
Acceptances will be made by: February 28, 2007
Accepted submissions due: July 1, 2007
Please send inquiries and abstracts/proposals to Rachel Epstein
Email address: rachelep /at/ rogers /dot/ com.