Affiliation:
1. University of Michigan, USA
Abstract
Although recent scholarship is uncovering how racism manifests in gender and sexuality resource centers (GSRCs), there is little understanding of how queer and trans students who are Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (QTBIPOC) experience their GSRC, their hopes, and how practitioners apply this learning to center, serve, and support QTBIPOC students. In this case study at the University of Michigan's Spectrum Center (SC), the authors conducted a series of focus groups with undergraduate QTBIPOC students to learn about their perceptions of and engagement with SC. Findings include the impact of whiteness on QTBIPOC students and how this shapes their awareness of SC's programs and the negotiation of their multiple identities. Implications for practice include imagination and queer of color kinship and joy as strategies for disrupting white supremacy culture in GSRCs.
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