Envisioning Futures for Queer and Trans* Latina/o/x Students in Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium, presenters will focus on topics related to Queer & Trans* Latinx/a/o students specifically, Queering HSIs, integrating Queer & Trans* perspectives into social welfare organizations, Latinx/o men and masculinities, and Trans* of Color critique. Scholars hope to be in community with others to envision futures for Queer & Trans* Latinx/a/o students in different educational landscapes. The presenters hope to shed light on the ways that theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and epistemological orientations can better center the experiences of Latinx/a/o communities in educational research.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Queer Studies

Chair

• Roberto C. Orozco, University of Minnesota

Papers

• Queering Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Centering the Experiences of LGBTQ+ Students at California Community Colleges - Yolanda Cataño, San Diego State University

• Integrating Queer and Trans* Latinx Perspectives in Social Welfare Organizational Studies - Gabi Celia Ortiz, Boston College

• Queer and Trans* Latino/x Men and Masculinities in Higher Education - Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, University of Texas at Austin

• Trans* of Color Critique in Education - Omi Salas-SantaCruz, Pennsylvania State University

Discussant

• Antonio Duran, Arizona State University