So of course I had to find out more about the Space, Sexualities and Queer Research Group at the Royal Geographical Society, because the what what and what research group??? Why would the RGS have such a research group?

So here they are.

Welcome to the virtual site of the Space, Sexualities and Queer Research Group (SSQRG), a Research Group established in 2006 as part of the learned Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).

The SSQRG is a leading study group dedicated to the promotion and support of research, scholarship and scholar activism regarding sexualities and queer geographies. The Research Group works across interests and disciplines within the academe, and beyond. As such, it supports the production and application of knowledge to pursue a critical dialogue amongst academic and non-academic research-user parties, including policymakers, professionals, and members of the public.

Within the academe? It should be either “within academe” or “within the academy.”

But much more to the point – there is no information in that pompous paragraph. It’s just jargony handwaving. What scholarship “regarding sexualities”? And what does “scholarship regarding sexualities” have to do with geography? Why is this part of the RGS instead of sociology or the like? Outsiders would like to know. Cool about the “across interests and disciplines” and the “production and application of knowledge” and the “critical dialogue amongst academic and non-academic research-user parties” but if you look closely you will see that that doesn’t tell us anything. What exactly is geographic sexualities scholarship?

There’s one more paragraph; maybe they explain there.

This platform contains information about SSQRG’s remit, Committee, communications, and activities, including international conference forums, symposia, workshops, and other critical reading and knowledge exchange events, as well as ways for active involvement and collaboration.

Nope. We are none the wiser.