“Multiplicity, Race, and Resilience: Transgender and Non-Binary People Building Community”
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2020
Abstract
Scholars theorize that the development of community is an important part of resilience. In this mixed-methods study, we argue that race informs the experiences that transgender and non-binary (TNB) people have in seeking community. Using the Strengthening Colors of Pride Phase I and Phase II research, we argue that in a Latino-majority city, Latinx and Anglo TNB people connected with the transgender and broader lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community, although Anglo TNB people reported more transphobia in the LGBTQ+ community. Black and American Indian TNB people connected with LGBTQ+ communities of color specifically and struggled more to find in-person community. Anglo TNB people used their own White racial networks to connect with supportive hobby and interest groups. In general, TNB people connected more with communities that resonated with the multiplicities of their own lives, such as commonalities of economic precarity and immigration status. This research is an important contribution to understanding the development of community for resilience, and the way race and gender identity inform community experiences for TNB people.
Identifier
SCOPUS ID: 85074971014
DOI
10.1111/soin.12341
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN
00380245
Repository Citation
Stone, A. L., Nimmons, E. A., Salcido, R., & Schnarrs, P. W. (2020). "Multiplicity, race, and resilience: Transgender and non-binary people building community". Sociological Inquiry, 90(2), 226-248. http://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12341
Publication Information
Sociological Inquiry