ABSTRACT
Queer and trans people of colour (QTPOC) networks are framed within contemporaneous lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) struggles as well as situated within British histories of Black (of African descent and politically Black), of brown, and of colour liberation movements. Previous literature into QTPOC identity development; navigation of the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality; and queerphobia, transphobia, and racism is considered. The limitations of the literature are discussed including a critique of ‘deficit’ models of QTPOC wellbeing. An argument for this book is made which addresses the gaps in the literature – aiming to explore how ‘success and resilience is conceived, birthed, nurtured’ through QTPOC activist spaces. The book focuses on how subjectivity is shaped by involvement in these spaces within the specific British post-colonial context, what these spaces mean to those involved, and how they support QTPOC to navigate queerphobia, transphobia, and racism.
