Supporting Trans People of Colour: How to Make Your Practice Inclusive

210 Pages·2022·1.503 MB·English

by  Choudrey

Supporting
Trans
People of
Colour
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Supporting
Trans
People of
Colour
How to
Make
Your
Practice
Sabah
Inclusive
Choudrey
First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
An Hachette Company
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Contents
Acknowledgements 10
Introduction 13
Belonging: what being included, visible and
represented means to me 13
His/her/their-stories 16
Buzzwords: the issue of inclusive practice within
LGBTQ+ organizations and spaces 19
Putting the T first: the relationship between gender
and sexuality in LGBTQ 21
About this book 23
Section 1: Identity and Intersectionality 26
Terminology 26
Language 33
Intersectionality 42
Naming it 46
White privilege 49
Cis privilege 52
Experiences of trans people of colour in the UK 55
Section 2: Creating a Safe(r) Space 66
Nothing is safe, only safer 66
Don’t they exist already? 68
Safety as a privilege 70
Free speech, hate speech and censorship 72
Safe spaces as ‘a white fantasy’ 75
Principled spaces as safer spaces 76
Safe spaces as ‘X only’ 77
More than just toilets 83
Creating an accessible space 88
A TPOC safe(r) space 91
Section 3: Holding a Safe(r) Space 99
Intersectionality, again 99
Understanding racism 101
Understanding gender diversity 108
Understanding sex diversity 112
Understanding class 113
Agreements, contracts and policies 116
Acknowledgement and accountability 121