Author ORCID Identifier
0009-0009-9991-1931
Abstract
Queer Transfronterizx students at rural higher education institutions experience an array of systemic and racialized inequities related to Queerphobia, residential nativism, and immigration challenges. Through a Critical Race Feminista Methodology (CRFM), seven Queer Transfronterizx college students engaged in testimonios and a Queer plática to shed light into the navigation of their rural higher education contexts and lived experiences. The findings note the collaborators’ experience of (1) endangered educational oases, (2) the dual identity isolation pertaining to Queer and Latinx belongings, (3) transborder hypervigilance emerged from border- crossings practices, and (4) a rural border flexibility that provides Queer privileges. Recommendations for practice and policy are provided, attending to responsiveness of colleges to serve this community.
Methodological Approach
Qualitative
DOI
https://doi.org/10.60808/wn18-r707
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Fitch, C. A. (2026). Rotating along the Borderlands: Contextualizing Border Rurality Among Queer Transfronterizxs College Students. Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.60808/wn18-r707
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