Listening and learning: giving voice to trans experiences of disasters

Gorman‐Murray, Andrew; McKinnon, Scott J; Dominey‐Howes, Dale; Nash, Catherine J.; Bolton, Rillark

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2017.1334632

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“…People who identify outside of the normative gender binary of woman/man and who are not heterosexual or cisgender can live in fear of harassment, abuse, and violence, which can be heightened in disasters [2,3,53,66]. There were concerns from individuals seeking food parcels from St. Vincent de Paul because of the religious association of the charity, and the emergency personnel assuming cisgender identity of people affected by the Christchurch earthquake [55]. Similarly, the Federation Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) followed “a heteronormative system of binary terminology and legislative inflexibility” [64] (p. 7), thereby excluding people within the New Orleans population that did not fit within the category of heterosexual and cisgender.…”

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Beyond Binary: (Re)Defining “Gender” for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction Research, Policy, and Practice

Rushton

Gray

Canty

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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The dominant discourse of gender focuses on the binary of woman/man, despite the known additional risks for diverse sexualities and gender minorities in disasters. Given the small but growing body of literature concerning gender minorities in disasters, this paper sets out to explore the place of sex and gender minorities in disasters and to examine whether a binary definition needs to be extended. A five-stage rapid review was undertaken following Arksey and O’Malley’s method. Peer-reviewed journal articles in English language were sought that included disaster and gender terms in the title, abstract, and/or body of the article published between January 2015 and March 2019. The search included MEDLINE and Scopus databases. Relevant information from the studies were charted in Microsoft Excel, and results were summarized using a descriptive analytical method. In total, 729 records were identified; 248 that did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded and 166 duplicates were removed. A total of 315 records were sourced and their full text was reviewed. Of those, only 12 journal articles included content relative to more than two genders. We also recognized that sex and gender terms were used interchangeably with no clear differentiation between the two. We recommend that disaster scholars and practitioners adopt correct terminology and expand their definition of gender beyond the binary; utilize work on gender fluidity and diversity; and apply this to disaster research, policy, and practice.

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Beyond Binary: (Re)Defining “Gender” for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction Research, Policy, and Practice

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Gray

Canty

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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“…Phenomenological analysis with a focus on lived experiences has been employed by several scholars to move away from trans as something of purely theoretical interest and fill an important gap in the literature (see Rubin 1998;Prosser 1998). By using experience as a starting point for knowledge production, it is possible to develop an analysis that considers how different ways of embodying gender may have different meanings in different kinds of space: for example, how certain kinds of trans embodiment are oriented as gender non-conforming or gender conforming, and how such orientations are connected to social location and material aspects (see also Gorman-Murray et al 2018;Browne, Nash and Hines 2010). Using the concept of orientation, Ahmed (2006, 66) analyses how repetitive bodily actions in spaces create lines, making up 'the normative' and make certain objects available to some but not to others.…”

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“…Ahmed (2006) uses the concept of comfort to describe the feelings of being oriented so as to be at home in the world. Analytically, the concept of comfort is especially relevant here, since it can broaden our understanding of safety and the feeling of inhabiting certain spaces (see also Gorman-Murray et al 2018).…”

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(Un)safe spaces, affective labour and perceived health among people with trans experiences living in Sweden

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Alm

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Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Lack of safe space has been connected to ill health among people with trans experiences. This study analyses trans people's experiences of being in public, semi-public and community spaces using the analytical concept of safety/unsafety in relation to perceived health. The analytic framework draws on the concepts of cisgenderism, orientation, lines and comfort. The material analysed consisted of 18 individual interviews with people with trans experiences, which were analysed using constructivist thematic analysis. The analysis resulted in the identification of three themes: straightening devices creating limited living space, orienting oneself in (cis)gendered spaces and creating safer (?) community spaces for healing. Experiences of unsafety ranged from incidents and fear of different kinds of violence in public and semi-public spaces to the lack of a transpolitically informed agenda in, for example, feminist spaces. Safer spaces helped participants to feel a sense of belonging, to share their experiences and to heal. Experiences of unsafety and discomfort are important as they will help us to understand the health situations of people with trans experiences. It is important to facilitate the creation of safer spaces to improve the health of members of this group.

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“…LGBTI individuals, families and communities Issues facing sexual and gender minorities; gay male privilege in LGBTI communities; occlusion in mainstream media and policies [32,37] 2013 bushfires…”

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“…Issues facing sexual and gender minorities; access to emergency shelters; access to support services [33,37] Multiple events and places…”

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Emergency management response and recovery plans in relation to sexual and gender minorities in NEW South Wales, Australia

Dominey‐Howes

Gorman‐Murray

McKinnon

2016

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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This paper undertakes a systematic critical review through a 'queer lens' of the emergency management response and recovery plans in New South Wales, Australia, in order to determine how the needs of sexual and gender minorities (LGBTI people) are considered and met. We also document the outsourcing by the NSW government of emergency response and recovery arrangements to third party, faith-based Christian institutions and explore how those institutions have been exempted from anti-discrimination protections under Commonwealth (Australian) and State (NSW) law. This enables us to explore the potential implications for LGBTI people in relation to the concepts of vulnerability and resilience. We find the needs of LGBTI people should in practice be met. However, due to anti-discrimination exemptions permitted by law to faith-based Christian institutions, LGBTI people are not being treated equally. We find a 'blindness to difference' in relation to the needs of LGBTI individuals and families. As such, we principally conclude that in NSW, Australia, the needs of LGBTI people in post-disaster response and recovery arrangements are inadequately addressed. We recommend further research at the intersection of religion, sexuality and disaster risk reduction to better understand the experiences and needs of LGBTI people (including those of faith) and how faith-based institutions might support LGBTI inclusive response and recovery.

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Listening and learning: giving voice to trans experiences of disasters

Cited by 35 publications

References 51 publications

Beyond Binary: (Re)Defining “Gender” for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction Research, Policy, and Practice

Beyond Binary: (Re)Defining “Gender” for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction Research, Policy, and Practice

(Un)safe spaces, affective labour and perceived health among people with trans experiences living in Sweden

Emergency management response and recovery plans in relation to sexual and gender minorities in NEW South Wales, Australia

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