TY - JOUR
T1 - Names that matter
T2 - Exploring the tensions of campus LGBTQ centers and trans∗ inclusion
AU - Marine, Susan B.
AU - Nicolazzo, Z.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans∗, and Queer (LGBTQ) centers are increasingly prevalent on college and university campuses (see, e.g., Marine, 2011). However, there remain theoretical and pragmatic challenges that potentially threaten their ability to promote inclusive environments for the entire LGBTQ community. In particular, fragmentation of the contemporary movement for LGBT rights (mirrored on the college campus) has resulted in the potentiality for marginalization of trans∗ individuals' interests in these spaces. Findings from this study elucidate the tensions that exist regarding the efforts of LGBTQ center staff to recognize and meet the values, needs, and programmatic interests of trans∗ students, faculty, and staff on college campuses, and insights from Critical Trans Politics (Spade, 2011) are offered as a means to improve trans∗ inclusion.
AB - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans∗, and Queer (LGBTQ) centers are increasingly prevalent on college and university campuses (see, e.g., Marine, 2011). However, there remain theoretical and pragmatic challenges that potentially threaten their ability to promote inclusive environments for the entire LGBTQ community. In particular, fragmentation of the contemporary movement for LGBT rights (mirrored on the college campus) has resulted in the potentiality for marginalization of trans∗ individuals' interests in these spaces. Findings from this study elucidate the tensions that exist regarding the efforts of LGBTQ center staff to recognize and meet the values, needs, and programmatic interests of trans∗ students, faculty, and staff on college campuses, and insights from Critical Trans Politics (Spade, 2011) are offered as a means to improve trans∗ inclusion.
KW - Critical theory
KW - LGBTQ campus centers
KW - critical trans∗ politics
KW - transgender
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U2 - 10.1037/a0037990
DO - 10.1037/a0037990
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925688544
SN - 1938-8926
VL - 7
SP - 265
EP - 281
JO - Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
JF - Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
IS - 4
ER -