Queer Planning Literature: The Short List
A few weeks ago, a friend asked me for a list of articles on “queer planning” to integrate into his artwork. I slapped something together and thought it worth sharing here. This isn’t… Read More
Category Archive: Queer Space
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Why Urban Planners Don’t Know Much About Queer People, Why They Should and How to Start Thinking About It
“Take away, for the moment, the identifiable markers of the gay and lesbian experience, and imagine a social protest movement that, throughout the twentieth century, has created an independent urban culture, suffered police… Read More
The Geography of HUD’s LGBT Fair Housing Proposal
Comments were due March 25 on HUD’s proposed LGBT fair housing rule, entitled, “Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs – Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity.” While we wait for… Read More
Making the B(r)and: Selling Cultural Geography
This is an entry by Amber N. Wiley, an urban and architectural historian who examines the intersections of race, class, cultural production, and collective memory. … Read More
Poster Session: Highlights
These images were taken by resident pluralist, Sarah Nusser, at the 2011 Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies Conference on Gender, Sexuality, and Urban Spaces in Cambridge, MA. Conference propaganda.. Urban Health Disparities for… Read More
Day Two: Gender, Sexuality, Urban Spaces at MIT
We’re back for a jam-packed Day 2 of the Gender, Sexuality, and Urban Spaces conference, put on by the Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies in the Boston-metro area. Over 250 people registered for… Read More
Hide/Seek in the City: Reflections on the NPG Exhibit
Last weekend marked the final days of the National Portrait Gallery’s monumental exhibit, Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. Monumental, because in 2010, it became the first exhibit in a major American… Read More
