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Our current project: Servingness at the intersections: Exploring belonging, resilience, and resistance for queer and transgender Latine/x students
Here's a bit more about the project:
Research about Latinx students’ experiences with belonging and servingness at HSI’s has increased, however little is known about the specific needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ Latinx students. Latinx LGBTQ+ students’ sense of belonging and connectedness to community is often affected by the racism experienced in predominantly White queer and trans spaces, while also simultaneously navigating cultural gendered norms, heterosexism, and cissexism in predominantly Latinx spaces. Students living at these intersections are likely to have varied experiences navigating life on-campus and off-campus, however, these are not well documented or understood.
In my previous work with Latinx students, undocumented students, and LGBTQ+ students at Cal Poly, we focused on campus health and wellbeing (Mansanger, Williams, & Bettergarcia, 2021) and barriers to accessing basic needs services (Mansanger, Bettergarcia, & Williams, 2022). To date we have not meaningfully examined the experiences of students at the intersections of these identities.
The proposed project provides mixed-method research experiences for bilingual Latinx LGBTQ+ students that centers community-based participatory research methods and a critical qualitative approach. The results of this work will inform the development of programs and services for students living at these intersections.