Theatre Outré and Lessons from a Welcoming and Inclusive Community

Myrdahl, Tiffany Muller

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“…As Bain and Podmore (2021) show, the application of diversity and inclusion policies to LGBTQ2S communities is uneven in many Canadian municipalities. Their study reveals civic ambivalence toward including sexual and gender diversity in suburban municipal social inclusion efforts; this agrees with my own findings about a welcoming and inclusive city policy in a small city context (Muller Myrdahl, 2017). Yet, the current equity landscape seems to be shifting in several important ways, at least in British Columbia.…”

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At the Intersection of Equity and Innovation: Trans Inclusion in the City of Vancouver

Myrdahl

2023

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In 2016, the Vancouver City Council passed the Supporting Trans* Equality and an Inclusive Vancouver policy, a motion that prompted the development of a strategy aimed at ensuring the safety and accessibility of municipal programs, services, and physical spaces for Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse (TGD2S) users, including residents, City staff, and visitors. Binary gender is a taken-for-granted assumption of most urban forms and functions: It is encoded in all municipal data collection forms, building codes, signage, and communication strategies. At its root, then, addressing trans inclusion requires the municipal government to attend to and redesign the gendered models of service, programs, and space upon which the city is built. This article tells the story of the Supporting Trans* Equality and an Inclusive Vancouver policy and is driven by two goals. First, I document this policy as a contribution to the urban policy and planning literature, where attention to gender diversity is due. Second, using the trans inclusion strategy, I show how a municipal equity policy aimed at addressing the safety and inclusion of TGD2S people can have significant impacts beyond its immediate scope. To develop this idea, I consider how equity-driven innovation can substantially reshape institutional practices.

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At the Intersection of Equity and Innovation: Trans Inclusion in the City of Vancouver

Myrdahl

2023

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Theatre Outré and Lessons from a Welcoming and Inclusive Community

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At the Intersection of Equity and Innovation: Trans Inclusion in the City of Vancouver

At the Intersection of Equity and Innovation: Trans Inclusion in the City of Vancouver

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