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Exploring Literacy Performances and Power Dynamics at The Loft: Queer Youth Reading the World and the Word
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Queer Of Color CritiqueCritical Race TheoryQueer PoliticsEducationLiteracy PerformancesQueer TheoryQueer StudyQueer YouthSocial SciencesGender IdentityQueer HistoryGender StudiesTransgender StudyLiteracy PracticeQueer Youth ReadIntersectionalityPower DynamicsLiteracy LearningTransgender NarrativeFeminist TheoryLesbian StudyQueer StudiesLiteracyCritical FeminismCritical LiteracySexual Orientation
This study draws on queer theory, critical feminism, Critical Race Theory, and New Literacy Studies to explore the ways in which queer youth read and wrote words and worlds in ways that both challenged and reinforced power dynamics in and beyond a youth-run center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.