{"id":155,"date":"2016-11-18T00:42:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T00:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electionanalysis2016.us\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2016-11-18T16:10:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:10:42","slug":"a-very-queer-presidential-election-campaign-personal-reflections-from-an-lgbt-perspective","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/a-very-queer-presidential-election-campaign-personal-reflections-from-an-lgbt-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"A very queer Presidential election campaign: personal reflections from an LGBT perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row \"><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-12 col-sm-3\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electionanalysis2016.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Richard_Scullion-bw-again.png\" alt=\"richard_scullion-bw-again\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Richard_Scullion-bw-again.png 100w, https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Richard_Scullion-bw-again-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileText4\">\n<p class=\"BIO\"><strong><span class=\"CharOverride-35\">Dr Richard Scullion<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"BIO\"><em>Senior Principal Academic in the Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"BIO\"><span class=\"CharOverride-37\">Email: RScullion@bournemouth.ac.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electionanalysis2016.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/US2016-Section-4-300x300.png\" alt=\"US2016 - Section 4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/US2016-Section-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/US2016-Section-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/US2016-Section-4-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/US2016-Section-4-1024x1022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/US2016-Section-4-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/US2016-Section-4.png 1026w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"CampaignQuote4\">Section 4: Diversity and Division<\/h5>\n<div class=\"page-list\"><ul class=\"list-group-item\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-143\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/hillary-clintons-evolving-gender-appeals\/\">Hillary Clinton\u2019s evolving gender appeals<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/madam-president-and-the-need-for-a-historical-contextualization-of-the-2016-race\/\">\u2018Madam President\u2019 and the need for a historical contextualization of the 2016 Race<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-147\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/the-nasty-politics-of-risk-gender-and-the-emotional-body-in-the-us-presidential-election\/\">The \u2018nasty\u2019 politics of risk, gender and the emotional body in the US Presidential election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-149\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/why-trumps-male-chauvinism-appeals-to-some-voters-more-than-others\/\">Why Trump\u2019s male chauvinism appeals to some voters more than others<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-151\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/trumps-promised-land-of-white-masculine-economic-success\/\">Trump\u2019s \u2018promised land\u2019 of white masculine economic success<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-153\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/attempting-to-understand-hillary-clintons-favourability-ratings\/\">Attempting to understand Hillary Clinton\u2019s favourability ratings<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-157\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/love-didnt-trump-hate-intolerance-in-the-campaign-and-beyond\/\">Love didn\u2019t trump hate: intolerance in the campaign and beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-159\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/the-blue-collar-billionaire-explaining-the-trump-phenomenon\/\">The blue-collar billionaire: explaining the Trump phenomenon<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-161\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/belonging-racism-and-white-backlash-in-the-2016-us-presidential-election\/\">Belonging, racism and white backlash in the 2016 US Presidential Election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-163\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/the-theology-of-american-exceptionalism\/\">The theology of American exceptionalism<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-165\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/organizing-in-trumps-america-the-perspective-of-the-disability-community\/\">Organizing in Trump\u2019s America: the perspective of the disability community<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-167\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/why-are-the-german-americans-trumps-most-loyal-supporters\/\">Why are the German-Americans Trump\u2019s most loyal supporters?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"col-lg-9 col-md-9 col-xs-12 col-sm-9\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"FIRST-PARA\">This is a \u2018feel\u2019 piece that includes some thinking. I have deliberately avoided using sources or checking the facts. Instead I have reflected on\u00a0<span class=\"ITALIC\">living through<\/span>\u00a0the campaign and what that has meant to me. I have generated what might be considered an \u2018approximate analysis\u2019 partly inspired by reading\u00a0<span class=\"ITALIC\">Proxies: Essays in near knowing<\/span>\u00a0(2016) and by being in close proximity to a hate crime during the campaign. In a queer way, I owe a very different form of appreciation to both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US\"><span class=\"ITALIC\">\u201c<\/span>The gays will be better off under me<span class=\"ITALIC\">\u201d<\/span>\u00a0so stated Trump with the bluster and lack of consideration for words we got used to in this campaign! Was Hilary much better? Conventionally yes; uttering consistently supportive noises about LGBT issues, but crucially, she represented the mainstream in her approach to issues of gender and sexuality. Repeating the mantra \u201cgay rights are human rights\u201d to the point where one started to ponder, so did she once doubt this truism?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US\"><span class=\"REGULAR\">Whilst there was much queer about this campaign; that hair, her emails, the FBI, a Republican candidate who the last two Republican Presidents did not publically support and the first female candidate for \u2018high office\u2019\u2026 Despite all of this, from an LGBT perspective it was actually rather conventional. The most affirmative reading of the two main candidates engagement with LGBT issues was little more than permission to join the mainstream is partially granted\u2026but on our terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US\"><span class=\"REGULAR\">The notion that is was an electoral liability to be \u2018anti-gay\u2019 appeared to take hold in both camps, though this sentiment was clearly not shared amongst many Trump supporters. This position was superficially welcoming. However, it contributed to a re-presentation of the politics of sexuality that hid ambiguity, denied critique and excluded challenge to hetronormativity. In effect we had two versions of shallow inclusivity; queer cultural worldviews remained off limits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US\"><span class=\"REGULAR\">Specifically I recall:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"_idGenBNMarker-1\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"REGULAR\">Trump being \u2018accepting\u2019 of an NFL player kissing his boyfriend in public but complaining on behalf of \u2018rednecks\u2019 about how hard it is for them to express their true thoughts on this subject.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"_idGenBNMarker-1\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"REGULAR\">Hilary complaining that gay rights had moved faster than women\u2019s rights in recent history (of course about half those identifying as LGBT are indeed women!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"_idGenBNMarker-1\">\u2022<\/span>Trump reminding us that he lives in New York and actually knows some gay people, referring to\u00a0<span class=\"ITALIC\">them<\/span>\u00a0as \u2018tremendous lovely people\u2019\u2026 how sweet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"_idGenBNMarker-1\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"REGULAR\">Clinton asserting support for transgender people who should not be held back from participating fully in \u2018our great American society\u2019. An act of welcoming them \u2018inside\u2019, rather than confronting structures that constitute \u2018insider status\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"_idGenBNMarker-1\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"REGULAR\">Trump talking about how he will protect \u2018the gays\u2019 by hating another group. In this case \u2018Muslims\u2019 held responsible for the shooting in an Orlando nightclub that led to 29 deaths.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"_idGenBNMarker-1\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"REGULAR\">Trump was keen to show just how \u2018red blooded\u2019 he was referring on several occasions to transgender people with feign disappointment; \u201cshe\u2019d certainly be attractive as a real woman\u201d and how being a lesbian was \u201ca waste of raw talent\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"_idGenBNMarker-1\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"REGULAR\">In several interviews where LGBT rights were raised Trump retorted to answering with a rhetorical question along the lines of \u201cwhat do I know about gay men, I was bought up in a family to think differently about what we are supposed to do in our beds\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"FIRST-PARA\">Our ability to put words into play creates what is possible (see the philosophies of Wittgenstein or Barthes). Words associated with LGBT were never queer, always orthodox. These were campaigns of containment, of \u2018holding in\u2019. This view may seem perverse given this has been labelled the vilest campaign in history. But just think, what\u00a0<span class=\"ITALIC\">would\u00a0<\/span>Trump have really liked to say about vulnerable groups (we caught a pathetic glimpse with the \u2018bus tape\u2019). Clinton too acted with reserve on hot queer topics such as fairness of health treatment access and religious bigotry under the banner of free speech. This containment was literal in relation to the candidates\u2019 past lives and misdemeanors and was metaphorical in relation to LGBT experiences; where \u2018what it is to live a secret\u2019 was kept concealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US\"><a id=\"_idTextAnchor021\"><\/a>How could a presidential candidate ever speak from or for the margins? Obama whitened up, Hilary manned up, and any future LGBT candidate will no doubt straighten up. Given this, what meaningful contribution might this queering lens of the 2016 campaign offer? Firstly, that whilst political calculation defines candidate\u2019s engagement with LGBT issues it will perpetuate the construction of LGBT subjectivity\u00a0<span class=\"ITALIC\">within\u00a0<\/span>neoliberal forms of governance. Perform productively, distance yourself from deviance and you too can share our American dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph-US\"><span class=\"REGULAR\">Secondly, it speaks to a sense of cultural corrosion. Bringing to mind Norbert Elias\u2019s 1939 magnificently articulated\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/eu.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-0631221611.html\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\">\u2018The Civilising Process\u2019<\/span><\/a><span class=\"REGULAR\">. Trump\u2019s campaign in particular was shameless, unreflective and deliberately immodest. Elias explained the process that resulted in widespread distaste of dirt, danger, and disregard for others; Trump has legitimised bullying, bigotry and ignorance. Narcissistic delight was manifest in \u2018social cruelty\u2019 directed at anybody in his way. An almost medieval concept of gender relations and sexuality has thus reemerged in the public sphere. Even if a Trump presidency differs qualitatively to the campaign, the de-civilising affects will remain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A very queer Presidential election campaign: personal reflections from an LGBT perspective - US Election Analysis 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2016\/us-election-analysis-2016\/section-4-diversity-and-division\/a-very-queer-presidential-election-campaign-personal-reflections-from-an-lgbt-perspective\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A very queer Presidential election campaign: personal reflections from an LGBT perspective - 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