Transgender Studies

Lynda Johnston is a Professor in Geography at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand and an expert in feminist, embodied, and queer geographies and more specifically in geographies of gender, sexualities, tourism, and social justice. Her publications include Space, Place and Sex: Geographies of Sexualities (2010) co-authored with Robyn Longhurst, Queering Tourism: Paradoxical Performances of Gay Pride Parades (2005) and Subjectivities, Knowledges and Feminist Geographies: The Subjects and Ethics of Social Research (2002), a multi-authored work. Lynda is currently working on a sole authored manuscript, Gender Variant Geographies, for Ashgate. Petra Doan is a leading international researcher on the topic of trans geographies and planning. She has several trans geographical and urban planning publications including: Planning and LGBTQ Communities: The Need for Inclusive Queer Space. London: Routledge (2015); Queerying Planning: Challenging Heteronormative Assumptions and Reframing Planning Practice. Farnham: Ashgate (2011). Her 2012 sabbatical was spent as the John Bousfield Distinguished Planning Visitor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto where she continued to advance her research into urban trans gender issues. Petra is an editorial board member of Gender, Place and Culture.