From Trans Bodies Flashcards
How have trans people been percieved in social movements?
Sometimes they have been included and encouraged, other times they have been feeling alienated and heartbroken. The fact is, trans people have played pivotal roles in many social movements (Stonewall as example)
How are trans people visible in the feminist movement?
Many feminists and trans activists work together to challenge sexism, misogyny and restrictive gender roles
What are TERF’s?
Trans-exclusionary radical feminists. They fight for feminism and she trans people as a threat to their agenda. Luckily, feminists movement have been more supportive towards trans people over the years
How were trans people excluded by the gay movement?
After Stonewall, gay people started to exclude trans people, perhaps because trans people conformed less than gay people
Why is intersectionality important?
Because it shapes our experiences in the society. Our age, religion, nationality, skin colour, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity, body size etc. are all possible issues of discrimination
What is gender expansion?
A strategy to expand the categories woman and man to include trans women and trans men
What is gender multiplication?
A strategy that attempts to multiply gender categories beyond the man-woman binary
What is gender abolition?
A strategy that aims to abolish gender categories all together
What are the 3 strategies often used my trans activists?
Gender expansion
Gender multiplication
Gender abolition
What is the rights vs. liberation?
Activists can be divided this way
Rights: Extend social structure’s protection
Liberation: Change the social structure on a fundamental level
What are some contemporary trans political issues?
Public restroom access, health care, employment and poverty, housing and homelessness, incarceration, hate violence, and immigration
What is transphobia?
Discrimination based on the status as transgender or gender nonconforming people
How do transgender face discrimination on an intersectional level?
Transphobia -> homophobia, sexism, misogyny
What is trans-misogyny?
A term coined by Julia Serano, where it focuses on a form of misogyny directed at trans women. It is coined because trans women often face even more hatred than trans men -> patriarchial hierarchy
What is cissexism/cisnormality?
A systematic bias in favor of cisgender people that may ignore or exclude transgender people
