Queering the Case for a Queer Musical Space

Abstract Contemporary popular music genres such as electronic dance music have roots in queer music spaces. As music educators seek to incorporate these genres into their curriculum, music educators are examining the intersections of LGBTQ+ identities, music making, and teaching and learning. Inevitably, the importance of the physical location or place of these intersections will emerge. This chapter explores how one researcher navigated the methodological challenges of conducting a study about a queer musician in a queer space. In place of traditional qualitative methodologies, a bricolaged approach was needed, ultimately manifesting in the form of a remix. Ethical, methodological, and logistical considerations of conducting research in queer spaces are presented.