TOPIC
Sexuality
Queer, New Urban Agendas
In London, as in New York, forces of development and displacement threaten nightlife spaces of significance for the LGBTQ+ community. How can municipal governments help?
House Proud
As a generation of queer pioneers reaches old age, new models of housing and community space leverage design to meet their needs.
Lavender Lining
Rising rents mark the “straightening” of gayborhoods like Greenwich Village. What role does queer presence play in cycles of urban redevelopment and displacement?
Noncompliant Bodies, Accommodating Space
The architects behind “Stalled!” see gender as one of many variables and identities to consider in designing inclusive environments.
Constellating Queer Spaces
How can the ephemeral and mutable geographies of queer urban life be mapped and preserved?
Battlegrounds and Bachelor Flats
The NYC LGBT Historic Sites project puts once-marginal histories on the map, shining a light on the significance of overlooked sites.
Making Space for Intersection
Many architects and urbanists are asking how their tools might be most effectively deployed in order to resist the violent oppression of marginalized communities, and how this effort might need to look different today than it has in the past.