Andy Holmes
First Name:
Andy
Last Name:
Holmes
Email :
andy.holmes@mail.utoronto.ca
Title:
Junior Fellow (he/him)
Biography :
Andy Holmes is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and a visiting Junior Fellow at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto. His research focuses on relations between police and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.
Selected Publications
- Holmes, Andy (2025). "Queer Compromises: How Homophobic Violence Pushed Gays and Lesbians to Make Police Alliances in Toronto, 1981-2001." Sexualities. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607251334181
- Holmes, Andy & Ghaziani, Amin (2025). "Situational Fluidity and the Use of Identity Labels in Interactions." Socius, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231241306466
- Ghaziani, Amin & Holmes, Andy (2023). "'Distinguishing but not Defining': How Ambivalence Affects Contemporary Identity Disclosures." Theory & Society, 52(5): 913-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-023-09521-8
- Foster, Jordan., David Pettinicchio., Michelle Maroto., Andy Holmes., & Martin Lukk (2023). "Trading Blame: Drawing Boundaries around the Righteous, Deserving, and Vulnerable in Times of Crisis." Sociology, 57(5): 1040-1059. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380385221137181
- Holmes, Andy (2022). "When Victims Look Like Criminals: Rehumanizing Victim Representation in Serial Killer Cases." Journal of Canadian Studies, 56(3): 437-467. https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs-2021-0030
- Holmes, Andy (2021). "Marching with Pride? Debates on Uniformed Police Participating in Vancouver’s LGBTQ Pride Parade." Journal of Homosexuality, 68(8): 1320-1352. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2019.1696107
Education:
MA Sociology, University of Toronto
BA (Hons) Sociology, University of British Columbia
Personal Website:
https://www.aholmes.ca/
People Type:
Research Area:
Areas of Interest:
- Policing
- 2SLGBTQ+ issues
- Legal regulation
Program:
Presentations:
2024 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA. "'I Am What I Am When I Am': Situational Fluidity and Expressive Identity Labels." Sexualities Section (Presented with Amin Ghaziani). Session: Sexualities: Sexual Fluidities.
2023 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. "Queer Capitulation: The Historicizing of Homophobic Violence, Homonormativity, and Joining Forces with the Police." Session: Fraught Relations: LGBTQIA2S+ Populations and Police.
