INTERSECTIONAL DIORAMAS

Race/Class/Gender

Narratives

The diorama’s represents the various ideologies that Newtown residents hold regarding religion, class, and gender fluidity, as well as the intersectionality that these ideologies have with the queer community, both individually and collectively.

Gender: Queer

The third diarama has toilet doors on it, with each door representing a different type of gender found in Newtown, and the conventionality of that door's placement on the diarama representing whether the gender it represents is accepted or not. The two doors in the center for example represent the male and female genders, which are both very traditional and widely accepted genders in Newtown. It has other door representing other non-conventional genders erected on it in an unconventional way, demonstrating how they are not accepted within that society.

Religion: Queer

The religion diarama is divided into five sections based on the number of people in Newtown who practice each religion. Each subspace represents a different religion and contains props from that religion. It has a space in the center that represents the queer community and its relationship with the five religions highlighted, with access serving as a gauge as to whether the religion is accepting of queerness or not.

Class: Queer

The class diarama is essentially a circle divided into two halves, each with a different height. It has props pointing to the white queer community on top and props showing the black queer community on the bottom. All of this demonstrates how the Newtown community treats white queer people preferentially while discriminating against black queer people.

Intersectionality: Queer

Each of these diaramas have bridges on their edges showing the conflict that the topics cause in the minds of Newtowners in regards with queeness when it is viewed by a person with each of these three different topic lenses and how all three lenses can never reconsile.