The intimate, idiosyncratic and ephemeral qualities of the ‘queer gaze’ are examined across past, present and future temporalities through the application of Sara Ahmed’s Queer Phenomenology to a series of interviews.

The phenomenon of the ‘queer gaze’ is idiosyncratic and pantemporal, materialising across past, present and future. Defined here as non-verbal exchanges between queer people, it generates liminal and often virtual spaces in unexpected ways, holding distinct value within queer experience. Despite its significance, this phenomenon remains under-documented, largely due to its ephemeral and seemingly inconsequential nature.  Drawing on a series of interviews, the research applies Sara Ahmed’s Queer Phenomenology to examine how the queer gaze operates through memory recall of the past, within the ‘liminal parity’ of the present, and as an orientation towards future potentialities.