Submitted by kwheeler on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 11:13pm.
I found
"Transgender Studies: Queer Theory's Evil Twin" particularly
enlightening... I was not aware that "transsexuals were considered abject
creatures in most feminist and gay or lesbian contexts". While I see the importance
in distinguishing transgender studies from queer studies as “something that
cuts across existing sexualities” I would be interested to know where the ideas
of feminism have come into conflict with transgender studies. It stuck me as interesting
that feminism has once again managed to ostracize a minority group from its
discourse.
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Again, awesome readings...
I found "Transgender Studies: Queer Theory's Evil Twin" particularly enlightening... I was not aware that "transsexuals were considered abject creatures in most feminist and gay or lesbian contexts". While I see the importance in distinguishing transgender studies from queer studies as “something that cuts across existing sexualities” I would be interested to know where the ideas of feminism have come into conflict with transgender studies. It stuck me as interesting that feminism has once again managed to ostracize a minority group from its discourse.