{"id":95508,"date":"2022-05-26T20:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_viewpoint&#038;p=95508"},"modified":"2022-06-27T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:12:18","slug":"queer-spaces-will-always-be-necessary","status":"publish","type":"metro_viewpoint","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/viewpoints\/queer-spaces-will-always-be-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Queer Spaces Will Always be Necessary<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/23.6.-c-Kaoru-Yamada-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"interior of a bar with green lights\" class=\"wp-image-96000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/23.6.-c-Kaoru-Yamada-1-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/23.6.-c-Kaoru-Yamada-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/23.6.-c-Kaoru-Yamada-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Established in 1966, New Sazae is a disco-fanatic\u2019s\nparadise in Shinjuku Nich\u014dme, Tokyo\u2019s LGBTQ+\nneighbourhood. Best described using the oldfashioned\nterm \u2018gay disco\u2019, the venue is one of the\noldest queer establishments in the neighbourhood\nand a pioneer in accepting customers of any sexuality\nor gender performance,&#8221; writes Takeshi Dylan Sadachi regarding the New Sazae bar in Tokyo. Courtesy Kaoru Yamada <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">May 26, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"size-large wp-block-heading\"><strong>Queer Spaces Will Always be Necessary<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">Two new books show that the relationship between queerness and the built environment can yield innovative physical spaces that are at once adaptable, accessible, and inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/leilah-stone\">Leilah Stone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fviewpoints%2Fqueer-spaces-will-always-be-necessary%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fviewpoints%2Fqueer-spaces-will-always-be-necessary%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fviewpoints%2Fqueer-spaces-will-always-be-necessary%2F&#038;description=%3Cstrong%3EQueer+Spaces+Will+Always+be+Necessary%3C%2Fstrong%3E\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fviewpoints%2Fqueer-spaces-will-always-be-necessary%2F&#038;subject=%3Cstrong%3EQueer+Spaces+Will+Always+be+Necessary%3C%2Fstrong%3E\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">In New York City, there is a small, radical bookstore called <a href=\"https:\/\/bluestockings.com\/\">Bluestockings<\/a> where, over the years, I have gathered with queer community to attend things like feminist or disability justice reading groups, LGBTQ+ book launch events, self-defense workshops, among other gay festivities. Bluestockings is more than just an activist bookstore, it\u2019s a trans- and sex worker\u2013owned co-operative, community center, and overall safe space for marginalized and criminalized folks. It\u2019s one of the rare places in the Lower East Side that not only offers a public restroom but stocks it with free menstrual products, contraceptives, and COVID-19 rapid tests. The worker-owners also practice harm reduction, offering safer sex education, Narcan administering training, and providing free fentanyl test strips for the community. You don\u2019t have to buy anything to sit and use their Wi-Fi and the entire space is ADA accessible. In short, Bluestockings is an inclusive, magical space\u2014as queer spaces often are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote size-regular\"><blockquote><p>How does one define what queer space is when the concept of what it means to be queer itself is beyond categorization, definition, and, ideally, commodification? <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/QS_Book_V1-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"cover of Queer Spaces\" class=\"wp-image-95940\" width=\"590\" height=\"755\"\/><figcaption>Courtesy RIBA Publishing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/9780226808369-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of the Queerness of Home\" class=\"wp-image-95941\" width=\"501\" height=\"752\"\/><figcaption>Courtesy University of Chicago Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">But magic is mysterious, hard to pin down. How does one define what queer space is when the concept of what it means to be queer itself is beyond categorization, definition, and, ideally, commodification? Just as there is no single representation of what it\u2019s like to be queer, or experience the world queerly, there is no single style or architectural typology that defines queer space. While much of the scholarly discourse surrounding queerness in the built environment (most notably Aaron Betsky\u2019s seminal 1997 book <em>Queer Space: Architecture and Same Sex Desire<\/em>) can be\u2014and is often\u2014critiqued for centering the perspectives of cisgender, white, gay men,\u00a0it appears that the idea of what queer space is or means continously gets rehashed in academia. Architecture programs across North America host queer space <a href=\"https:\/\/architecture.mit.edu\/subject\/iap-2022-4s63\">courses<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.columbia.edu\/qsapp\">student organizations<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/viewpoints\/queer-query-sci-arc\/\">symposia<\/a>. But how do these ideas take shape post-graduation? Where are the queer spaces in practice? Is there a way to design <em>queerly<\/em>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">In a 2017 Q&amp;A featured in the \u201cWorking Queer\u201d issue of <em>Log,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/viewpoints\/aaron-betsky-can-we-overcome-designs-gender-problem\/\">Betsky<\/a> ponders the \u201cEnd of Queer Space?\u201d when he tells <a href=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/tag\/new-affiliates\/\">New Affiliates<\/a> cofounder, Jaffer Kolb: \u201cMy sense is [that] the physical places where queer men and women had to go to define themselves aren\u2019t necessary anymore.\u201d In other words, with the rise of technology, social media, and location-based dating apps, queer people no longer need to rely on underground cruising spots to find sex or community. In a largely white, western context perhaps this is true, but five years later, a new book edited by designer <a href=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/viewpoints\/adam-nathaniel-furman\/\">Adam Nathaniel Furman<\/a> and architectural historian Joshua Mardell points to other truths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><em>Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories <\/em>(RIBA, March 2022) proves the necessity of physical queer spaces with nearly 100 contributed projects and essays dedicated not only to cisgender \u201cqueer men and women\u201d but also trans, nonbinary, and the full range of multifaceted identities that make up the growing acronym. The volume is an impressive step in recording these often-invisible spaces\u2014but is by no means exhaustive. Nathaniel Furman explains, \u201cLarge parts of the world have really amazing queer scenes\u2014but they\u2019re not safe to be published. In a lot of countries [queer people] can do their thing, as long as they don\u2019t shout about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1922\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/50.3.-c-Category-Is-Books-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"exterior queer book store\" class=\"wp-image-95952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/50.3.-c-Category-Is-Books-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/50.3.-c-Category-Is-Books-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/50.3.-c-Category-Is-Books-1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/50.3.-c-Category-Is-Books-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/50.3.-c-Category-Is-Books-1-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/50.3.-c-Category-Is-Books-1-2048x1537.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;When thinking about ecologies of queerness, and the\ninfrastructures required to help a queer population\nadapt, survive and thrive in any particular social,\ncultural or physical environment, bookshops can\nbe a potent source of individual and collective\nnourishment,&#8221; writes Andy Summers on Glasgow&#8217;s Category is Books. Courtesy RIBA. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">While the \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell\u201d mentality has faded in the United States, the dangers of visibility persists throughout the world. The innovation that comes from the need to remain hidden is a central theme in Cornell University professor, Stephen Vider\u2019s new book titled <em>The<\/em> <em>Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity after World War II. <\/em>Expanding on the queer domestic spaces throughout the postwar United States, the book uncovers what happens when queer folks use the home as a way of reimagining the built environment as a tool to embody their desires and identities. Illustrated with intimate archival photography, the book looks at topics such as lesbian feminist architecture, community caregiving and the politics of HIV\/AIDS, and the future of the queer home. For Vider, queer domestic spaces are sites of connection, care, and community and he writes, \u201cHome should not be understood as a sealed private space, but rather a portal to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The idea of queer domestic space as a portal to greater systems of care in the public sphere is also apparent in Nathaniel Furman and Mardell\u2019s atlas. Divided into three sections\u2014Domestic, Communal, and Public\u2014<em>Queer Spaces<\/em> begins with the most intimate form of architecture, touching on historic and contemporary domestic spaces such as private homes, the U.K. hotel that hosted the first transgender conference, and even an 18th-century Bavarian palace that allowed Prince Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm to pursue his same-sex desires. \u201cThe space of the domestic for those able to pool resources communally, or those in possession of wealth by virtue of class, was often where queer individuals, couples, and kinship groups were primarily able to create lasting and meaningful environments,\u201d the authors write. \u201cThese alternative domesticities were little queer worlds that catered for those whose lifestyles were disallowed in the public sphere, where memories could be accumulated, milestones in life be celebrated, and their value as humans to one another be affirmed and marked in physical form.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.6-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"ink drawing\" class=\"wp-image-95944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.6-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.6-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.6-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Birkby and Leslie Kanes Weisman included the fantasy environment exercise\nin their core course, \u201cWomen and the Built Environment: Personal, Social, and Professional\nPerceptions,\u201d at the first session of the Women\u2019s School of Planning and Architecture in\nBiddeford, Maine, August 1975. Women\u2019s School of Planning and Architecture Records,\nSophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Courtesy University of Chicago Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.4-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"ink drawing\" class=\"wp-image-95945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.4-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.4-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.4-768x550.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Th is fantasy environment drawing, c. 1974, included a dome that could be\nvariably opened and closed, allowing friends in but keeping demands out. Noel Phyllis\nBirkby Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Courtesy University of Chicago Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Betsky was right when he posited that queer culture has largely become mainstream\u2014indeed, it\u2019s no longer taboo for straight girls to host bachelorette parties at drag bars, queer shows regularly premiere on popular streaming services, and don\u2019t get me started on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/rainbow-capitalism-raises-questions-about-corporate-commitments-and-pride-months-purpose\">corporate pride<\/a>\u2014yet, 2022 has also been a year marked by the continuous criminalization of trans kids and their families through attempts to ban access to gender-affirming healthcare, all alongside persistent attacks on reproductive rights. It\u2019s never been more apparent that trans people\u2014their bodies, spaces, communities\u2014are far from being understood or accepted by everyone. While many texts on queerness and design have explored cisgender gay and lesbian spaces, <em>Queer Spaces<\/em> addresses this gap by filling the pages with the stories and images that explore transgender history across the globe including the Archivo de la Memoria Trans (The Trans Memory Archive) in Argentina, a Hijra Guru\u2019s Rooftop in Bangladesh, and London\u2019s Museum of Transology. As Vider writes in <em>The Queerness of Home<\/em>, domestic radical innovations \u201cbetray the circuits of power that enable and constrain them: renovation reveals the home\u2019s wiring.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Now, nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it\u2019s obvious that ideas about what the home is have changed. Through digital spaces such as Zoom, our homes have become our workplaces, gyms, entertainment venues, and even doctor\u2019s offices. While Nathanial Furman and Mardell include one example of a queer house party hosted on Zoom, it was important for the editors to not spend too much time on the virtual. \u201cI don&#8217;t know, I just don&#8217;t think [queer virtual spaces] are as big a thing as people thought in 2015 when everyone was very excited about Grindr,\u201d Nathaniel Furman says. \u201cOf course, there is Telegram, Whatsapp, and Grindr and there are stories that can be made from that, but what\u2019s [important] is meeting people in space, [and seeing] the way that we exist individually, create our homes, mark our lives. Queer spaces are everywhere, and the physical is not dying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1723\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/11.1.-c-Archivo-de-la-Memoria-Trans-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"photograph of people sharing a meal\" class=\"wp-image-95947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/11.1.-c-Archivo-de-la-Memoria-Trans-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/11.1.-c-Archivo-de-la-Memoria-Trans-4-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/11.1.-c-Archivo-de-la-Memoria-Trans-4-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/11.1.-c-Archivo-de-la-Memoria-Trans-4-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/11.1.-c-Archivo-de-la-Memoria-Trans-4-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/11.1.-c-Archivo-de-la-Memoria-Trans-4-2048x1378.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption>The Archivo de la Memoria Trans is  an archive that &#8220;foregrounds stories about lives lived\nby those in the trans community. It is a way to make\nthe issues pertaining to gender identity in Argentina\nopen, visible and accessible to the entire community\nthrough a range of different platforms,&#8221; writes Facundo Revueltas. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Of course, with further developments in virtual reality and the <a href=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/viewpoints\/the-road-to-the-metaverse-virtual-design\/\">metaverse<\/a>, the future of queer digital spaces is, well, TBD. But just like the early excitement for app-based connection, one can hope that Web3 will usher in entirely new ways of being and expressing ourselves through design and space. Nathaniel Furman notes, \u201cI do think the metaverse is potentially really interesting, but we didn\u2019t position on it because it was too new when we started doing the book.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Whether it\u2019s the iconic Palladium Nightclub, a DIY pop-up posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lex.app\/?hl=en\">Lex<\/a>, or a virtual bar you can roam with a gender-nonconforming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showstudio.com\/news\/how-to-ensure-the-metaverse-is-an-inclusive-space\">avatar<\/a> (one can dream, right?), queer space is often rooted in the ways we navigate our bodies. Whether virtual or physical, can design provide people with agency over their own bodies? What does it mean to design for visibility when so many remain hidden? How do the marginalized devise a new paradigm for design that is centered on accessibility, equality, and freedom of choice in a world that so often wants to limit our choices?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">These are tough questions, and the significance of a historically heteronormative organization such as the Royal Institute of British Architects grappling with some of them through such a book should not be understated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/91.6-c-Jetmir-Idrizi-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"photograph of a protest march\" class=\"wp-image-95950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/91.6-c-Jetmir-Idrizi-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/91.6-c-Jetmir-Idrizi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/91.6-c-Jetmir-Idrizi-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/91.6-c-Jetmir-Idrizi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/91.6-c-Jetmir-Idrizi-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/91.6-c-Jetmir-Idrizi-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption>Comparsa Drag in Beunos Aires, Argentina. Gustavo Bianchi and Facundo Revuelta write, &#8220;Their queer wandering and excessive behaviour is\nthe radical disruption of normative city manners,\nan urban practice that explores territories of\nsensuality and passion within ordinary spaces.&#8221; Courtesy Jetmir Idrizi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Perhaps, as is the point with all things queer, the questions outweigh the answers. But the LGBTQ+ community is particularly adept at noticing when something is missing, unjust, or isn\u2019t serving the greater good. To Nathanial Furman&#8217;s point, as long as we exist, we will always need queer spaces. We will always need spaces that are fluid, malleable, and transformational. For me, the most memorable part of the atlas was when trans writer and community organizer, Ailo Ribas, describes how she uses a train ride from London to Spain to take on a more masculine presentation so she won&#8217;t be outed to her family once she arrives. She writes, &#8220;I used the train as a changing room, an escape pod: it is a locked bedroom door; a public bathroom; being home alone; a queer bar; a new outfit; a pair of breasts; a packer; a friend&#8217;s house; a support group.&#8221; Her story highlights how the way we inhabit our bodies changes how we inhabit the architecture surrounding us, concluding that, \u201cQueer space is simply that which allows us to be in right relationship with change.\u201d And if change is the only constant in life, well, we can all stand to learn a little bit more about thinking and building queer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-sandow-image-gallery\"><div class=\"splide\" data-splide=\"{&quot;fixedHeight&quot;: &quot;500px&quot;, &quot;autoWidth&quot;: true, &quot;gap&quot;: &quot;1px&quot;, &quot;pagination&quot;: false}\"><div class=\"splide__arrows\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--prev\">Prev<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--next\">Next<\/button><\/div><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"splide__list\"><li class=\"splide__slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.11-1.jpg\" alt=\"black and white photo of a house\" data-id=\"95956\" class=\"wp-image-95956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.11-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.11-1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fig-4.11-1-768x622.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"imagegallery-item__caption\">Th is house, built for Debra Lobel and Beverly Dash in East Hampton, Long\nIsland, was one of the few houses Birkby completed, from design to construction, as an\nindependent architect. 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