Hands in the Dirt: Trans Joy through Food Justice Praxis

• In Event: Queer Activism and Trans Joy: Representing and Teaching Climate Justice

Abstract

While queer/transgender populations face risk for food insecurity, they are often left out of food security initiatives. I teach Queer and Transgender Food Justice courses at a state university that combine academic engagement, work in community, and growing/sharing food on the campus farm. Queer and transgender students attest to this work building resilience against homophobia/transphobia and environmental grief as they experience themselves as part of thriving eco systems able to build food justice communities in changing climates. This paper discusses how these experiences are structured and has application for those blending queer, transgender, and eco justice theory and practice.

Presenter

• Anika Tilland-Stafford, Western Washington University