LGBTQ architectural contributions

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'''LGBTQIA+ architectural contributions''' refer to the history and presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual individuals and communities within the field of architecture. The topic highlights the work of architects, designers, and communities whose identities and experiences have shaped the built environment in distinct ways. Scholars and historians have examined how architecture can reflect, accommodate, or challenge cultural understandings of gender and sexuality across different historical periods.The 1970s was a monumental time period for building queer, lesbian, and feminist spaces.{{Cite book |last=Enke|first=Finn|title=Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism|publisher=Duke University press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-8223-9038-1|pages=62-81}} Architectural advancements of the 19th-20th century built spaces that offered new opportunities to disrupt sexual divisions of labor and gendered norms.{{Cite journal |last=Hayden|first=Dolores|date=1980|title=What Would a Non-Sexist City Be Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3173814|journal=Signs|volume=5|issue=3|pages=S170–S178|issn=0097-9740}} From ancient examples associated with personal expression and patronage to modern and contemporary movements informed by queer theory, the relationship between LGBTQIA+ identity and architecture continues to evolve. This topic summarizes the current scholarly understanding of “queer architecture,” its history, and its future.{{Short description|Impacts of queer people on architecture}}

'''LGBTQIA+ architectural contributions''' refer to the history and presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual individuals and communities within the field of architecture. The topic highlights the work of architects, designers, and communities whose identities and experiences have shaped the built environment in distinct ways. Scholars and historians have examined how architecture can reflect, accommodate, or challenge cultural understandings of gender and sexuality across different historical periods.The 1970s was a monumental time period for building queer, lesbian, and feminist spaces.{{Cite book |last=Enke|first=Finn|title=Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism|publisher=Duke University press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-8223-9038-1|pages=62-81}} Architectural advancements of the 19th-20th century built spaces that offered new opportunities to disrupt sexual divisions of labor and gendered norms.{{Cite journal |last=Hayden|first=Dolores|date=1980|title=What Would a Non-Sexist City Be Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3173814|journal=Signs|volume=5|issue=3|pages=S170–S178|issn=0097-9740}} From ancient examples associated with personal expression and patronage to modern and contemporary movements informed by queer theory, the relationship between LGBTQIA+ identity and architecture continues to evolve. This topic summarizes the current scholarly understanding of “queer architecture,” its history, and its future.{{Short description|Impacts of queer people on architecture}}