Master of Arts Thesis Euroculture Uppsala University (First semester) University of Deusto (Second semester) July 2020 The Entrepreneur Experiences of Gay Business Owners in Madrid’s Gay Neighborhood Chueca and its Degaying Process in the Post-Gay Era Submitted by: Te-Yang Lee Contact details: +34 603 048 078
[email protected] Supervised by: Dr. May-Britt Öhman Dr. Nagore Espinosa Uresandi Madrid, 1st July, 2020 Signature MA Programme Euroculture Declaration I, Te-Yang Lee hereby declare that this thesis, entitled “The Entrepreneur Experiences of Gay Business Owners in Madrid’s Gay Neighborhood Chueca and its Degaying Process in the Post-Gay Era”, submitted as partial requirement for the MA Programme Euroculture, is my own original work and expressed in my own words. Any use made within this text of works of other authors in any form (e.g. ideas, figures, texts, tables, etc.) are properly acknowledged in the text as well as in the bibliography. I declare that the written (printed and bound) and the electronic copy of the submitted MA thesis are identical. I hereby also acknowledge that I was informed about the regulations pertaining to the assessment of the MA thesis Euroculture and about the general completion rules for the Master of Arts Programme Euroculture. Signed ………………………………………… Date ………………………………………… 1 Abstract This master’s thesis is an interdisciplinary research on the ‘degaying’ process of Madrid’s gay neighborhood, Chueca, in the post-gay era and gay business owners’ entrepreneurial experiences. It strives to fill a gap in the literature in LGBT tourism studies, gender studies and entrepreneurial studies by giving voice to the LGBT community and creating contemporary knowledge and observation.