Compare Lessard's Arguments About the Sexual and Racial Politics of Urban

question 170

Essay

Compare Lessard's arguments about the sexual and racial politics of urban revitalization with Joelle Ruby Ryan's arguments about trans* visibility and inclusion (chapter 18). How are issues of the visibility and invisibility of marginal identities central to both arguments? How do the organizations described by Lessard illustrate the limits of assimilationist or respectability politics for achieving LGBTQ inclusion?

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