Queering Canadian suburbs: LGBTQ2S place-making outside of central cities

Where are LGBTQ2S households living in the suburbs of Canada’s three largest metropolitan areas? How are suburban LGBTQ2S residents served by community, municipal and NGO services? Under what social and neighbourhood conditions do diverse LGBTQ2S populations live in suburbia, and how does queer sexuality inform their place-making practices? These are the questions that Professor Alison

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Queering Canadian suburbs: LGBTQ2S place-making outside of central cities

Principal Investigator: Alison Bain. Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant. Term: 2016-2023. This research addresses key knowledge gaps regarding the lives, service needs, and place-making practices of suburban Canadian LGBTQ2S (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, and Two-Spirit) populations. The dearth of attention to sexuality among suburban scholars and the limited investigation of the suburbs by geographers of

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