Rainbow Trap: Kevin Guyan on Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion

Rainbow Trap reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK is shaped – and constrained – by the classifications we encounter every day.

We are overjoyed to be hosting an Edinburgh launch for local author and researcher Kevin Guyan, hosted by the wondrous Gemma Milne!

Looking across six systems – the police and the recording of hate crimes; dating apps and digital desire; outness in the film and television industry; borders and LGBTQ asylum seekers; health and fitness activities; and DEI initiatives in the workplace – Rainbow Trap documents how inclusive interventions – such as new legislation, revamped diversity policies and tech fixes – have attempted to bring historically marginalized communities out of the shadows.