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October 2006
Print ISBN: 9781894549615
Overview
Trans/forming Feminisms is a groundbreaking anthology that challenges us to build a more inclusive transfeminist politics. A must read for students, academics and social and political activists interested in tackling these compelling and challenging issues.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Trans/forming Feminisms
Krista Scott-Dixon
SECTION I: NARRATIVES & VOICES
Introduction
Krista Scott-Dixon
1. On the Origins of Gender
Darryl B. Hill
2. The Language Puzzle: Is Inclusive Language a Solution?
Alexander Pershai
3. Female by Surgery
Lesley Carter
4. Sometimes Boy, Sometimes Girl: Learning to be Genderqueer through a Child's Eyes
Shannon E. Wyss
5. Walking in the Shadows: Third Gender and Spirituality
Gigi Raven Wilbur
SECTION II: IDENTITIES & ALLIANCES
Introduction
Krista Scott-Dixon
6. Feminist Transmasculinities
reese simpkins
7. Where's the Beef? Masculinity as Performed by Feminists
Kyle Scanlon
8. Our Bodies Are Not Ourselves: Tranny Guys and the Racialized Class Politics of Embodiment
Bobby Noble
9. The Feminist Cross-Dresser
Miqqi Alicia Gilbert
10. Queer Femmes Loving FTMs: Towards an Erotic Transgendered Ethics
Susan Driver
11. It's a Long Way to the Top: Hierarchies of Legitimacy in Trans Communities
Alaina Hardie
12. Miss Whitey Says: A Rant Against Oppression in Mainstream Feminism
Ros Salvador
SECTION III: INCLUSION & EXCLUSION
Introduction
Margaret Denike
13. Acting Queerly: Lawyering for Trans People
barbara findlay
14. Women's SPaces Are Not Trans Spaces: Maintaining Boundaries of Respect
A. Nicki
15. The Ethics of Exclusion: Gender and Politics at the Michigan Womyn's Festival
Susanne Sreedhar & Michael Hand
16. Competing Claims from Disadvantaged Groups: Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief Society
Joanna Harris
17. Strategic Essentialism on Trial: Legal Interventions and Social Change
Lara Karaian
SECTION IV: SHELTER & VIOLENCE
Introduction
Krista Scott-Dixon
18. Understanding Transphobia: Authenticity and Sexual Violence
Talia Mae Bettcher
19. Safe at Home: Redefining the Politics of Rape and Its Aftermath
Lynnette Dubois
20. Anti-Violence Work in Transition
Joshua Golberg & Caroline White
21. Transforming Values / Engendering Policy
Wolfgang Vachon
Conclusion: Towards Transfeminisms
Krista Scott-Dixon
Glossary
Contributors
