1,209
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

The construction of safe space: empowerment and the perception of vulnerability at Anglican Foundation Universities in England

ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Pages 711-724 | Received 20 May 2022, Accepted 15 Feb 2023, Published online: 06 Mar 2023

References

  • Ahmed, S. (2000). Embodying Strangers. In A. Horner & A. Keane (Eds.), Body matters: Feminism, textuality, corporeality (pp. 85–96). Manchester University Press.
  • Ahmed, S. (2016). Living a feminist life. Duke University Press.
  • Allen, L., Cowie, L., & Fenaughty, J. (2020). Safe but not safe: LGBTTIQA+ Students’ Experiences of a University Campus. Higher Education Research & Development, 39(6), 1075–1090. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2019.1706453
  • Allen, L., Fenaughty, J., & Cowie, L. (2022). Thinking with New Materialism about ‘Safe-Un-Safe’ Campus Space for LGBTTIQA+ Students. Social & Cultural Geography, 23(5), 757–773. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2020.1809012
  • Bachmann, C. L., & Gooch, B. (2018). LGBT in Britain: University Report. Stonewall. Available at: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/lgbt-britain-university-report [Accessed 5 November 2022].
  • Barrett, B. J. (2010). Is ‘safety’ dangerous? A critical examination of the classroom as safe space. Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 1(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2010.1.9
  • Bonner-Thompson, C., Mearns, G. W., & Hopkins, P. (2021). Transgender negotiations of precarity: Contested spaces of higher education. The Geographical Journal, 187(3), 227–239. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12384
  • Browne, K. (2009). Womyn’s separatist spaces: Rethinking spaces of difference and exclusion. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 34(4), 541–556. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00361.x
  • Church of England. (2014). House of Bishops Pastoral Guidance on Same Sex Marriage [ Online]. https://www.churchofengland.org/news-and-media/news-and-statements/house-bishops-pastoral-guidance-same-sex-marriage [Accessed 10 May. 2022].
  • Cisneros, J., & Bracho, C. (2019). Coming out of the shadows and the closet: Visibility schemes among undocuqueer immigrants. Journal of Homosexuality, 66(6), 715–734. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1423221
  • Cuthbert, K., Hall, J. J., Hines, S., Allen, K., & Elley, S. (2022). Hearing, policing and using gender diversity: The role of institutional gatekeepers in researching youth and gender. Sociological Research Online, 27(3), 763–786. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211065053
  • Dirks, D. A. D. (2016). Transgender people at four big ten campuses: A policy discourse analysis. The Review of Higher Education, 39(3), 371–393. https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2016.0020
  • Faye, S. (2021). The transgender issue: An argument for justice. Allen Lane.
  • Flensner, K. K., & Von der Lippe, M. (2019). Being safe from what and safe for whom? A Critical discussion of the conceptual metaphor of ‘safe space’. Intercultural Education, 30(3), 275–288. https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2019.1540102
  • Fox, C. O., & Ore, T. E. (2010). (Un)covering normalized gender and race subjectivities in LGBT ‘safe spaces’. Feminist Studies, 36(3), 629–649.
  • Grimwood, M. E. (2017). What do LGBTQ students say about their experience of university in the UK? Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 21(4), 140–143. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2016.1203367
  • Hafford Letchfield, T., Pezzella, A., Cole, L., & Manning, R. (2017). Transgender students in post-compulsory education: A systematic review. International Journal of Educational Research, 86, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2017.08.004
  • Hartal, G. (2018). Fragile subjectivities: Constructing queer safe space. Social & Cultural Geography, 19(8), 1053–1072.
  • Henrickson, M., Giwa, S., Hafford Letchfield, T., Cocker, C., Mulé, N. J., Schaub, J., & Baril, A. (2020). Research ethics with gender and sexually diverse persons. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 6615. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186615
  • Hope, M. A., & Hall, J. J. (2018). This Feels like a whole new thing’: A case study of a new LGBTQ-affirming school and its role in developing ‘inclusions. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 22(12), 1320–1332. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2018.1427152
  • Jenkins, K. (2016). Amelioration and inclusion: Gender identity and the concept of woman. Ethics, 126(2), 394–421. https://doi.org/10.1086/683535
  • Johnston, M. S. (2018). Politics and tensions of doing transgender research: Lessons learned by a straight-white-cisgender man. In S. Kleinknecht, L. J. van den Scott, & C. B. Sanders (Eds.), The craft of qualitative research: A handbook (pp. 85–91). Canadian Scholars’ Press.
  • Kruks, S. (2006). ‘Spaces of freedom’: Materiality, mediation and direct political participation in the work of Arendt and Sartre. Contemporary Political Theory, 5(4), 469–491. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.cpt.9300279
  • Lawrence, M., & McKendry, S. (2019). Supporting transgender and non-binary students and staff in further and higher education: practical advice for colleges and universities. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Legislation.gov.uk. (2010). Equality Act 2010 [ online]. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents [Accessed 27 October 2022].
  • Lewis, R., Sharp, E., Remnant, J., & Redpath, R. (2015). ‘Safe spaces’: Experiences of feminist women-only space. Sociological Research Online, 20(4), 105–118. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.3781
  • Linander, I., Goicolea, I., Alm, E., Hammarström, A., & Harryson, L. (2019). (Un)safe spaces, affective labour and perceived health among people with trans experiences living in sweden. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 21(8), 914–928. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1527038
  • McIntosh, E., & Jagger, S. (2021). Supporting trans and non-binary staff and students. York St. John University. https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/cris/files/2021/06/Supporting-Trans-and-Non-Binary-Staff-and-Students-Dr-Esther-McIntosh-and-Dr-Sharon-Jagger.pdf
  • Mearns, G. W., Bonner-Thompson, C., & Hopkins, P. (2020). Trans experiences of a university campus in northern england. Area, 52(3), 488–494. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12595
  • Nie, F., & Price, A. (2021). Is safe space safe? being gay and college faculty across religious moral communities. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 42(2), 205–222. https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2020.1816398
  • NUS. (2014) Education Beyond the Straight and Narrow: LGBT Students’ Experiences in Higher Education. Available at https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resources/education-beyond-the-straight-and-narrow-2014 [Accessed 5 November 2022].
  • Palkki, J., & Caldwell, P. (2018). ‘We are often Invisible’: A survey on safe space for LGBTQ students in secondary school choral programs. Research Studies in Music Education, 40(1), 28–49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X17734973
  • Roestone Collective. (2014). Safe Space: Towards a reconceptualization. Antipode, 46(5), 1346–1365. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12089
  • Scott, J. C. (1990). Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
  • Serano, J. (2016). Whipping Girl: A transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity (2nd edn ed.). Seal Press.
  • Smith, J., Robinson, S., & Khan, R. (2022). Transgender and non-binary students’ experiences at UK Universities: A rapid evidence assessment. Equity in Education & Society, 1(1), 18–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/27526461211068518
  • Stengel, B. S., & Weems, L. (2010). Questioning safe space: An introduction. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 29(6), 505–507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-010-9205-8
  • Stock, K. (2021). Material girls: Why reality matters for feminism. Fleet.
  • Storrie, R., & Rohleder, P. (2018). ‘I think if i had turned up sporting a beard and a dress then you get in trouble’: Experiences of transgender students at UK Universities. Psychology & Sexuality, 9(4), 317–328. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2018.1492435
  • Welby, J., Nesvick, C. L., Day, C. A., Choi, J., Lu, V. M., Peterson, T., Power, E. A., Anderson, J. B., Hamdan, F. H., Decker, P. A., Simons, R., Welby, J. P., Siada, R., Ge, J., Kaptzan, T., Johnsen, S. A., Hinchcliffe, E. H., & Daniels, D. J. (2022). Archbishop Welby clarifies his views on the 1998 Lambeth Resolution 1.10 on human sexuality in a letter to bishops attending the 2022 Lambeth Conference. Neuro-Oncology, Online. 24(10), 1700–1711. Accessed 27 October 2022. https://anglican.ink/2022/08/02/archbishop-welby-clarifies-his-views-on-the-1998-lambeth-resolution-1-10-on-human-sexuality-in-a-letter-to-bishops-attending-the-2022-lambeth-conference/
  • Wolff, J. R., Kay, T. S., Himes, H. L., & Alquijay, J. (2017). Transgender and gender-nonconforming student experiences in Christian higher education: A qualitative exploration. Christian Higher Education, 16(5), 319–338. https://doi.org/10.1080/15363759.2017.1310065