Ageing, Gender and Sexuality: Equality in Later Life

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Ageing, Gender and Sexuality focuses on the experiences of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals, in order to analyse how ageing, gender and sexuality intersect to produce particular inequalities relating to resources, recognition and representation in later life. The book adopts a feminist socio-legal perspective to propose that these inequalities are informed by and play out in relation to temporal, spatial and regulatory contexts. Discussing topics such as ageing sexual subjectivities, ageing kinship formations, classed trajectories and anticipated care futures, this book provides a new perspective on older individuals in same-sex relationships, including those who choose not to label their sexualities. Drawing upon recent empirical data, the book offers new theoretical approaches for understanding the intersectionality of ageing, gender and sexuality, as well as analysing the social policy implications of these findings. With an emphasis on the accounts of individuals who have experienced the dramatically changing socio-legal landscape for LGB people first-hand, this book is essential reading for students, scholars and policymakers working in the areas of: gender and sexuality studies; ageing studies and gerontology; gender, sexuality and law; equality and human rights; sociology; socio-legal studies; and social policy. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Dedication......Page 10 Contents......Page 12 Table of case law, statutes and regulations......Page 13 Acknowledgements......Page 15 1 Introduction......Page 16 2 Regulatory contexts......Page 42 3 Ageing sexual subjectivities......Page 68 4 Constructing kinship......Page 96 5 Classed trajectories......Page 122 6 Anticipated care futures......Page 144 7 Conclusion......Page 172 Appendix 1 Research methodology......Page 182 Appendix 2 Participant profiles......Page 183 Appendix 3 Participant cohort, age and era......Page 185 Appendix 4 Cohort allocations......Page 187 References......Page 215 Index......Page 244