Introduction: towards trans geographies

Abstract

Gender geographies have focused on normatively gendered men and women, neglecting the ways in which gender binaries can be contested and troubled. Trans people question hegemonic conventions that link sexed bodies, gender roles and lives. This collection spans a range of theoretical fields in this context, including trans theories, queer engagement, feminist geographies, gender geographies and sexualities geographies. It offers empirical investigations of trans lives, while addressing the often theoretical use of 'trans' to render gender fluid, incoherent and unintelligible. As a whole this themed section questions geography's presumption of man/woman and male/femal

Economic, Cultural and Social Factors Influencing the Development of Gay Businesses and Places: Evidence from the European Union / Ekonomické, Kulturní A Sociální Faktory V Pozadí Rozvoje Gay Podniků A Míst: Situace V Evropské Unii

“…Later this field expanded to other countries in Western, Mediterranean and Central Europe, Australasia and Latin America. Geographies of sexualities are nowadays diverse fields of study covering issues ranging from homosexuality (Duncan, 1996;Binnie, Valentine, 1999), heterosexuality (Oswin, 2008), bisexuality (Hemmings, 2002) and transgenderism (Doan, 2007;Browne, Nash, Hines, 2010;Nash, 2010). We cannot provide a complete summary of its genealogy in the present article; however, a short introduction to the associated main concepts and cornerstones is relevant here.…”

The Globalization of Sexuality: An Interview with Jon Binnie.

“…Reflecting back on the 'Coming Out of Geography' essay I note that I have still to write more directly and explicitly on sadomasochism and that there is still very little research on sadomasochism within the geographies of sexualities, with for instance Eleanor Wilkinson's (2009) essay being a notable exception. The critique of heteronormative understandings of gender has been a feature of queer geographies, though transgendered perspectives on space have been sparse (though see DOAN, 2007;BROWNE, NASH and HINES, 2010;NAMASTE, 1996). Likewise, other than David Bell's (1994) discussion of bisexual space and Hemmings' (1995) essay on bisexuality, there have been few examinations of bisexuality within the geographies of sexualities.…”

Sexual and gender minorities in disaster

“…And in this context of shifting scholarly foci, geographers are now turning their attention to gender minorities who have been, in the past, occluded by the concentration on gay and lesbian identities. In the last few years, significant work has been generated on the experiences of transgender and genderqueer people in various spaces and places (Browne, Nash, and Hines 2010;Doan 2010;Nash 2010). This work highlights that the geography of gender identity cannot be understood in binary terms, and that critical attention must be given to gender minorities' unique experiences of space (Johnston 2015).…”

“…Indeed, the 'geographies of sexualities' arguably comprises a sub-field of its own, which is itself generative of still newer arenas of inquiry, such as queer geographies, trans geographies and geographies of heterosexualities (Knopp 2007;Valentine 2009;Browne, Nash, and Hines 2010;Johnston 2015). For readers of Gender, Place and Culture, we suspect that it is not necessary to engage in a lengthy review of the geographies of sexualities, and instead we provide a broad picture of the key themes and inquiries of the sub-field in order to indicate some of the remaining knowledge gaps (for some comprehensive reviews, see Brown and Knopp 2002;Browne, Lim, and Brown 2007;Johnston and Longhurst 2010;Brown 2011Brown , 2014.…”