%B Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
%X How do we make space for joy in Queer HCI? This work draws
on our authors’ experiences as Queer researchers and allies, navigating a field that is ostensibly receptive to our work, yet provides
a narrow framework for acceptable research. We relate personal
accounts of contending with identity, practice, and publication; we
discuss what joy means to us, and the gap we see in Queer HCI
where joy should exist. We believe that Queer HCI and research can
itself be subversive, and assert that it needs to be in order for our
research community to flourish. Our work emerges from a need for
Queer joy in our research practice, and we approach Queerness as
a multifaceted experience that by nature resists the categorisation
that we often see in HCI. Finally, we present reflective guidelines
for future work, that will allow us achieve inclusive, intentional,
and joyful research
%V 2025
%A Molly O’Reilly-Kime
%A Yifan Feng
%A Francesca Cipelli
%A Ekat Osipova
%A Kay Kender
%A Madeleine Steeds
%A Sarah Clinch
%A Elisa Rubegni
%A Jennifer Rode
%K EDI, Equity, Intersectionality, Lived Experience, Queer HCI, Queer Joy
%S CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
%J Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
%C New York, NY, United States
%D 2025
%L discovery10205882
%I ACM
%T Finding Our Joy: Queer Perspectives on HCI Research
%O This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.