L5 LGBTQI + Socio-Economic

Question 1

problems/tensions within the LGBTQI+ acronym

Question 2

visibility and LGBTI representation; intersectional invisibility; prototypicality

Question 3

symbolic representation - 3 functions: identity
formation, political control and legitimacy; and
how it defines/influences descriptive and symbolic
trans representation

Question 4

Key Findings (Anne Schotel)

Question 5

Amara Hammou: Research approach

Answer 5

Interviews with people in socio-economically difficult positions in Brussels on how they understand representation: bottom up approach

Question 6

Amara Hammou: Findings

Answer 6

Viewed as problem-solving: getting solutions to the problems they experience

• Pragmatic way of thinking: politicians have to solve
  the problems because they have the money,
  decision-making power, elected/mandate
• To solve problems, representatives need lived and
  field experience; is lacking; ‘incompetent’
  (knowledge issue)
• Descriptive representation not possible