Constellations of Elsewheres: Queer and Trans* Youth Lives in Suburban Toronto

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dc.contributor.advisorBain, Alison L.
dc.contributor.authorSharp, Benjamin WIley
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-08T14:44:50Z
dc.date.available2023-12-08T14:44:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-08
dc.date.updated2023-12-08T14:44:49Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractLoneliness, isolation, and suicide are endemic among queer and transgender youth, especially for those who live in the suburbs, where queer and trans* social infrastructure is scarce. This thesis explores how queer and trans* youth negotiate the cisheteronormative social infrastructure of suburban Toronto, how their everyday practices of dwelling shift the possibilities that this infrastructure affords, and how they build grassroots social infrastructure in Toronto’s suburban elsewheres. To explore these everyday practices, this research employs go-along interviews, participatory photography, and participant observation to sketch a constellation of suburban elsewheres where queer and trans* youth make their lives across the urban region. Finally, this thesis argues that queer and trans* youth build grassroots forms of social infrastructure across the urban-suburban region that enable them to survive and thrive amid the precarious landscapes of Toronto and its suburbs.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41753
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectGender studies
dc.subjectGLBT studies
dc.subject.keywordsQueer
dc.subject.keywordsTransgender
dc.subject.keywordsTrans
dc.subject.keywordsYouth
dc.subject.keywordsCounterculture
dc.subject.keywordsPrecarity
dc.subject.keywordsSuicide
dc.subject.keywordsSocial infrastructure
dc.subject.keywordsSuburbs
dc.subject.keywordsToronto
dc.titleConstellations of Elsewheres: Queer and Trans* Youth Lives in Suburban Toronto
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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