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Queer Ideas - The David R. Kessler Lectures from 1992-2001
Studies Clags Center for Lgbtq; Foreword by Judith Butler; Introduction by Alisa Solomon, Paisley Currah; Foreword by Martin Duberman; Contributions by …
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What the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about
government power, regulations, and the law Every government agency
in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of
Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex
classification. Many transgender people find themselves in the
bizarre situation of having different sex classifications on
different documents. Whether you can change your legal sex to "F"
or "M" (or more recently "X") depends on what state you live in,
what jurisdiction you were born in, and what government agency
you're dealing with. In Sex Is as Sex Does, noted transgender
advocate and scholar Paisley Currah explores this deeply flawed
system, showing why it fails transgender and non-binary people.
Providing examples from different states, government agencies, and
court cases, Currah explains how transgender people struggle to
navigate this confusing and contradictory web of legal rules,
definitions, and classifications. Unlike most gender scholars, who
are concerned with what the concepts of sex and gender really mean,
Currah is more interested in what the category of "sex" does for
governments. What does "sex" do on our driver's licenses, in how we
play sports, in how we access health care, or in the bathroom we
use? Why do prisons have very different rules than social service
agencies? Why is there such resistance to people changing their sex
designation? Or to dropping it from identity documents altogether?
In this thought-provoking and original volume, Sex Is as Sex Does
reveals the hidden logics that have governed sex classification
policies in the United States and shows what the regulation of
transgender identity can tell us about society's approach to sex
and gender writ large.Ultimately, Currah demonstrates that, because
the difficulties transgender people face are not just the result of
transphobia but also stem from larger injustices, an identity-based
transgender rights movement will not, by itself, be up to the task
of resolving them.
"TSQ" aims to be the journal of record for the rapidly emerging
field of transgender studies. The inaugural issue,
"Postposttranssexual: Key Concepts for a 21st-Century Transgender
Studies," pays homage to Sandy Stone's field-defining
"Posttranssexual Manifesto" and assesses where the field is now and
where it seems to be heading. Comprising over eighty short essays
by authors ranging from graduate students to senior scholars, the
issue takes on such topics as biopolitics, disability, political
economy, childhood, trans-of-color critique, area studies,
translation, pathologization, the state, and animal studies. Some
keyword entries resemble encyclopedia articles (sports,
psychoanalysis); others are poetic meditations on concepts
(capacity, transition); still others offer whimsical and eccentric
expositions of words that are more unexpected-and unexpectedly
productive (perfume, hips). Some entries pose trenchant resistances
to the keyword concept itself. The issue includes a substantive
introduction by the editors and serves as a primer for readers
encountering transgender studies for the first time.
""Transgender Rights" packs a surprising amount of information into
a small space. Offering spare, tightly executed essays, this slim
volume nonetheless succeeds in creating a spectacular,
well-researched compendium of the transgender movement." -Law
Library Journal Over the past three decades, the transgender
movement has gained visibility and achieved significant victories.
Discrimination has been prohibited in several states, dozens of
municipalities, and more than two hundred private companies, while
hate crime laws in eight states have been amended to include gender
identity. Yet prejudice and violence against transgender people
remain all too common. With analysis from legal and policy experts,
activists and advocates, "Transgender Rights" assesses the
movement's achievements, challenges, and opportunities for future
action. Examining crucial topics like family law, employment
policies, public health, economics, and grassroots organizing, this
groundbreaking book is an indispensable resource in the fight for
the freedom and equality of those who cross gender boundaries.
Moving beyond media representations to grapple with the real lives
and issues of transgender people, "Transgender Rights" will launch
a new moment for human rights activism in America. Contributors:
Kylar W. Broadus, Judith Butler, Mauro Cabral, Dallas Denny, Taylor
Flynn, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Julie A. Greenberg, Morgan Holmes,
Bennett H. Klein, Jennifer L. Levi, Ruthann Robson, Nohemy
Solorzano-Thompson, Dean Spade, Kendall Thomas, Paula Viturro,
Willy Wilkinson. Paisley Currah is associate professor of political
science at Brooklyn College, executive director of the Center for
Lesbian and Gay Studies at theCUNY Graduate Center, and a founding
board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. Richard
M. Juang cochairs the advisory board of the National Center for
Transgender Equality (NCTE) in Washington, DC. He has taught at
Oberlin College and Susquehanna University. He is the lead editor
of NCTE's "Responding to Hate Crimes: A Community Resource Manual
"and coeditor of "Transgender Justice," which explores models of
activism. Shannon Price Minter is legal director of the National
Center for Lesbian Rights and a founding board member of the
Transgender Law and Policy Institute.
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