Introduction The “Eagerness of Objects”

In the early 2000s I worked for a legal collective in London, England, providing advice and representation to queers on employment issues. My position title, “lesbian caseworker,” dated from an earlier era, but I kept it because it neatly, if ambiguously, juxtaposed identity and function. Bikes and...

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Published inBrewing Legal Times pp. 3 - 20
Main Author Grabham, Emily
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Toronto Press 27.09.2016
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Summary:In the early 2000s I worked for a legal collective in London, England, providing advice and representation to queers on employment issues. My position title, “lesbian caseworker,” dated from an earlier era, but I kept it because it neatly, if ambiguously, juxtaposed identity and function. Bikes and stacks of papers littered our open plan office. Alongside a large bank of filing cabinets stood our “homophobic” photocopier, so named because it would jam during marathon copying sessions on the evenings before important tribunal dates. Our pink headed notepaper, alternately a source of embarrassment and pride when corresponding with City law firms,
ISBN:1442646055
9781442646056
DOI:10.3138/9781442663909-003