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Although the last decade has seen steady progress towards wider acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, LGBTQ residential and commercial areas have come under increasing pressure from gentrification and redevelopment initiatives. As a result many of these neighborhoods are losing their special character as safe havens for sexual and gender minorities. Urban planners and municipal officials have sometimes ignored the transformation of these neighborhoods and at other times been complicit in these changes. Planning and LGBTQ Communities brings together

"Although the last decade has seen steady progress towards wider acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, LGBTQ residential and commercial areas have come under increasing pressure from gentrification and redevelopment initiatives. As a result many of these neighborhoods are losing their special character as safe havens for sexual and gender minorities. Urban planners and municipal officials have sometimes ignored the transformation of these neighborhoods and at other times been complicit in these changes. Planning and LGBTQ Communities brings together experienced planners, administrators, and researchers in the fields of planning and geography to reflect on the evolution of urban neighborhoods in which LGBTQ populations live, work, and play. The authors examine a variety of LGBTQ residential and commercial areas to highlight policy and planning links to the development of these neighborhoods. Each chapter explores a particular urban context and asks how the field of planning has enabled, facilitated, and/or neglected the specialized and diverse needs of the LGBTQ population. A central theme of this book is that urban planners need to think "beyond queer space" because LGBTQ populations are more diverse and dispersed than the white gay male populations that created many of the most visible gayborhoods. The authors provide practical guidance for cities and citizens seeking to strengthen neighborhoods that have an explicit LGBTQ focus as well as other areas that are LGBTQ-friendly. They also encourage broader awareness of the needs of this marginalized population and the need to establish more formal linkages between municipal government and a range of LGBTQ groups. Planning and LGBTQ Communities also adds useful material for graduate level courses in planning theory, urban and regional theory, planning for multicultural cities, urban geography, and geographies of gender and sexuality"--

This commentary reflects on the articles in the thematic issue on queering urban planning and municipal governance and the ways that they suggest that planning practice must be re-oriented to be more inclusive and incorporate more insurgent perspectives. Planning practice is susceptible to capture by neo-liberal corporate interests that marginalize vulnerable queer populations. More insurgent planning approaches are needed to resist the corporate take-over of queer spaces by empowering the voices of LGBTQ+ people.

This paper critiques the proposition that way-finding strategies can be differentiated by sex. We argue that way-finding is better understood as a function of gender differences where gender is understood as a lived social relation, a product of the interaction between an embodied habitus and a particular social field. The use of survey versus landmark way-finding strategies is linked to an individual's gendered experiences of urban life. The study examines way-finding strategies from a sample of 127 gay men and lesbians from the Tallahassee, Florida metropolitan region to explore urban habitation patterns. We find that different way-finding strategies (most commonly a survey or landmark approach) are influenced by the habitus and gendered experiences of fear and anxiety in urban areas. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses suggest that individuals who perceive that their own gender presentation violates gender norms (gender dissonance) experience higher levels of social sanctions (harassment, hostility, and discrimination). In multivariate analysis, the study finds that gender-dissonant men tend to navigate using the landmark way-finding approach usually associated with women, whereas gender-dissonant women navigate using the survey way-finding approach usually associated with men.

List of figuresAbout the editorsList of contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Under, Beside and Beyond the Transgender UmbrellaPetra L. Doan and Lynda JohnstonDefining a cross-dressMiqqi Alicia Gilbert (AKA Michael A Gilbert)Brother (⁰́₈xiong di⁰́₉) communities in Mainland ChinaKaren (Aiwan) LiaoAge, sexuality and intersectionalities: Spatial experiences of Brazilian travesties and transwomen aging process and the sex marketJoseli Maria Silva, Maria Rod©đ-de-Z©Łrate and Marcio Jose OrnatSocial inclusion: Measuring the invisible and the insignificantChloe SchwenkePolitical Entanglements: Practicing, Designing and Implementing Critical Trans Politics through Social Science ResearchRae RosenbergConstructing an ethics of depathologisation: Epistemological, methodological and ethical reflections in trans and intersex studiesAmets Suess SchwendTransnormativities: Reterritorialising Perceptions and PracticeAnd Pasley, Tommy Hamilton and Jaimie VealeCisnornative and Transnormative Misgendering: Holding Gender Minorities Accountable to Gender Expectations in Mainstream and Trans / Queer spacesSonny Nordmarken10. Transiting through the toilet: Changing transgender discourse and the recognition of transgender identities in JapanS.P.F. DaleContested Identities: Cisgender Women in Trans Relationships and the Politics of NamingAvery Brooks Tompkins⁰́₈When a trans is killed another thousand rise!⁰́₉: Transnecropolitics and resistance in BrazilJoseli Maria Silva, Marcio Jose Ornat, Vin©Ưcius Cabral and Debora Lee Comasseta Machado.Index