They don’t owe you their story

Conceptualizing racialized queer care through protective spaces

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12973124
AutoresChristina B Arayata (0009-0001-2856-3791, University of Toronto, autor correspondente), Vanessa Vigneswaramoorthy (0009-0000-6641-8467, University of Toronto)
Ano2024
Volume21
Fascículo2
Páginas235-249
Data de publicação2024-02-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of LGBT Youth (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1936-1653 • E-ISSN: 1936-1661
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19361653.2024.2309522
OpenAlexW4391529252
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas32

Guided by a love politic and centrifugal intersectionality we demonstrate how whiteness, homonormative whiteness, and white heteronormativity alienates racialized queer students in both 2SLGBTQ + and racialized counterspaces within the university. The tensions experienced by racialized queer students, do not stem from the existence of these spaces, rather they are rooted within institutional notions of diversity. It is through this examination that we present our conceptualization of protective space. Protective space builds from the reconceptualization of safe spaces as defined by the Roestone Collective. Protective spaces are rooted in a love politic and involves moving forward from guilt to meaningful action embedded in accountability to create love-centered solutions. These principles can be used in both individual action and collective organizing. The conceptualization mainly builds on the experiences of sexually diverse identities; therefore, we encourage researchers and practitioners to expand and build upon this work

Heteronormativity · Homosexuality · Queer · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics