Abstract
Grounded in trans-of-color critique and Black trans studies, this theoretical meditation reckons with the impossibility of Black trans safety, recognition, and futurity within our U.S. K-12 educational landscape. Situated in a “post-Transgender Tipping Point” sociopolitical landscape, I explore how these limitations contribute to Black trans youth’s disparate experiences in today’s schools, particularly with attention to the [in]effectiveness of existing queer and trans pedagogies. In an attempt to locate what is deemed possible for Black trans youth in imagined educational futures, I discuss trends within select K-12 trans pedagogical scholarship through which I explore questions related to authorship, reflexivity, and intersectional approaches to understanding transness. In this, I interrogate the impact of power and privilege on what (and who) is possible in our pedagogies and futures.
Methodological Approach
Qualitative
DOI
https://doi.org/10.60808/0rp4-g319
Recommended Citation
martin, s. w. (2024). “Who All Gon Be There?”: On Blackness, Transness, and K-12 Pedagogies for [Black] Trans Futures. Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.60808/0rp4-g319
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