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Trans Territorialization: Building Empowerment beyond Identity Politics

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  • Stathis G. Yeros

    (Department of Architecture, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA)

  • Leonardo Chiesi

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50127 Florence, Italy
    Scuola di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50122 Florence, Italy
    Fondazione per il Futuro delle Città, 50133 Florence, Italy)

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.

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  • Stathis G. Yeros & Leonardo Chiesi, 2022. "Trans Territorialization: Building Empowerment beyond Identity Politics," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-20, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:11:y:2022:i:10:p:429-:d:920907
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