A Quare Equity Framework

• In Event: The Curricular Cost of Gender and Sexuality In/justice

Abstract

Abstract
Knowledge(s) created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and queer individuals have historically been subject to colonization, often veering from roots in Black and feminist scholarship (Bell, 1980; Crenshaw, 1991; Walker, 1983), by White and/or heteronormative scholars. Knowing this, White and/or heteronormative scholars attempting to address racism and homophobia have few tools. Quare Studies (Johnson, 2001) acknowledges issues of oppression in(between) race and sexuality with a broad scope for use and adoption. A (re)articulation of Queer Theory, Quare Theory challenges White heteropatriarchal hegemony. Aa such, Quare may offer a standard and necessary tool of anti-White-supremacy and anti-heteropatriarchal initiatives throughout scholarly pursuits which is available to all persons of varying privileged identities.
Keywords: quare, queer, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC

Author

• Whitney Neumeyer Roach, Texas Christian University