Research-informed discourse on homosexuality benefits Spanish gay communities

Dr Alberto Mira’s (Reader, Oxford Brookes University 1999-Present) research bridges the gap between academic studies and ideas within the gay movement and non-homophobic media needing concepts and evidence to construct discourse. Dr Mira’s work on cultural history of homosexuality and gay authorship and spectatorship have had an impact on public perceptions. Dr Mira’s work has also been used in non-academic writers’ conferences, librarians’ associations and a number of gay groups. Key areas explored by Dr Mira’s work includes: gay vs queer paradigms, appropriation as a mechanism of gay spectatorship, gender as a cultural position, how gendered voices are constructed and articulated textually, ideology and construction of gender images, spectator’s investment in gay characters, reading and interpreting gender in film, gay subtext, camp. Dr Mira’s work has engaged with academic debates and illustrated them in divulgative talks and articles