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- Title
Trans Territorialization: Building Empowerment beyond Identity Politics.
- Authors
Yeros, Stathis G.; Chiesi, Leonardo
- Abstract
Transgender/gender non-conforming (TGNC) people and especially people of color face homelessness and housing precarity in the United States at much higher rates than other LGBTQ+ people. In response, during the past decade, TGNC-centered organizations have spearheaded new forms of housing activism, such as cooperatives and Community Land Trusts, building spaces with distinct spatial and aesthetic characteristics. This paper situates those spaces within histories of LGBTQ+ placemaking. It advances the notion of trans territorialization through the analysis of a case study, My Sistah's House, an organization led by TGNC people of color in Memphis, Tennessee. We analyze trans territorialization as an activist form of spatial appropriation distinct from the better-studied gayborhood model. We assess its generalizable characteristics at three distinct but interrelated scales: dwelling units, community, and cultural embodiment.
- Subjects
MEMPHIS (Tenn.); POWER (Social sciences); IDENTITY politics; GENDER-nonconforming people; LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ history; COOPERATIVE housing; HOMELESSNESS
- Publication
Social Sciences (2076-0760), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-0760
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/socsci11100429