Claiming urban citizenship through insurgent choreographies: the queering of body protest and politics in a Slut Walk

Contemporary street protests reveal a transformation in the repertoires of activist action and the role of body politics in challenging gender and sexual inequalities and exclusions. Drawing on a case study of a recent edition of a Slut Walk, a transnational movement calling for an end to rape culture, I use the concept of insurgent choreography to explore the processes of place-making offered by the gathering of gender-nonconforming bodies in public space. This leads me to argue for greater consideration of the bodily dimension of gender in political participation and the role of the body in the creation of interstitial queer times and spaces in the city. This argument contributes to discussions that connect feminist and queer struggles and expand reflections on coalitional politics. It offers new perspectives on gender and political mobilisation, calling to explore further the role of the body in building a more inclusive city.