Trans Territorialization: Building Empowerment beyond Identity Politics

Stathis G. Yeros and Leonardo Chiesi ()
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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

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-20

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.

Keywords: LGBTQ+ spaces; transgender; geographies of race; territorialization; placemaking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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