Categories Are Made to Be Broken: Uncovering Strategies and Pedagogies of BlaQueer Spatial Resistance

(in-person and virtual)

This research explores the creative and subversive ways in which BlaQueer communities navigate and resist racism and heterosexism through spatial resistance. Drawing on theories of Performance, Fugitive Pedagogy, and the Matrix of Domination, the study illuminates how BlaQueer individuals, particularly those in ballroom culture, create alternative spaces of belonging, knowledge production, and political imagination. By centering the voices and experiences of BlaQueer communities, this research aims to challenge oppressive categories and contribute to a broader conversation about intersectional, abolitionist, and transformative approaches to peace activism and liberatory futures.