LGBTQ Studies and Academia as a Queer Scholar of Color

What is it about?

This article highlights some of the contradictions that educators face when approaching teaching within LGBTQ+ Studies from a liberatory approach that connects and creates a sense of belonging during these tumultuous times. This reflection suggests a decolonizing approach to intersectionality and highlights the importance of transcending binary discourse to engage in deconstructing the multiple layers of colonization in our internal and external spaces that is necessary for liberatory praxis. Finally, a few recommendations for how LGBTQAI+ studies and academia can support scholars with multiple marginalized identities are identified.

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Why is it important?

LGBTQAI+ studies and academia can expand to better include people with multiple marginalized identities. This article suggests a decolonizing approach to intersectionality. A few recommendations for how LGBTQAI+ studies and academia can support scholars with multiple marginalized identities are identified.

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