Citation

Edelman EA. J. Homosex. 2015; 63(3): 394-404.

Affiliation

a Department of Anthropology , American University , Washington , DC , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00918369.2016.1124695

PMID

26643960

Abstract

This article explores how 'safety' and 'safe space,' as a somatic, psychic or affective freedom from harm and a kind of experiential 'health,' is constructed in transgendered, transsexual and gender non-conforming (henceforth 'trans') persons in community produced maps of Washington, DC as a 'trans city.' These maps, and their associated narratives, provide the only up-to-date data available on the lived experience of trans populations living in the District, a city quickly gaining notoriety for systemic brutality against trans feminine people of color.

Language: en