ISBN:
9781438478883
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Series Statement:
SUNY Series in Queer Politics and Cultures Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
323.3/30973
Keywords:
Transgender people-Civil rights-United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Examines the limitations of rights-based mobilization and litigation for advancing the interests of trans individuals in the contemporary United States.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Development of a Trans Politics of Rights -- The Limitations of a Trans Politics of Rights -- Governmentality as a Tool of Social Control and Population Management -- Outline of the Book -- Part One: Transgressive Bodies -- Chapter 1 Binary Identities and the Construction of Privileged versus Transgressive Bodies -- Introduction -- The Sociolegal Construction of Binary Identities in the United States -- Race: The Construction of Whiteness -- Sexual Orientation: Born This Way -- Sex: The Immutability and Exclusivity of Male and Female -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The Complexity of Gender Identities and the Dangers of the Politics of Right Sex -- Introduction -- Identity Politics as Privileging Mechanisms -- Intersectional Subjection of Trans Individuals -- The Limits of Prohibitions on Sex Discrimination for Trans Individuals -- The Complexity and Fluidity of Gender -- Conclusion -- Part Two: Governmentality -- Chapter 3 The Illegibility of Trans Bodies: How the Mandatory Reporting of Gender Markers on Identity Documents Facilitates Governmentality -- Introduction -- The Regulatory Norms of the Sex and Gender Binaries -- The Assignment of Sex -- Prohibitive Costs: The Financial and Personal Burdens Associated with Changing Identity Documents -- The Regulation of Identity on Documents Is a Tool of Governmentality -- Administrative Impossibilities and Queer Security Threats -- Sex Reporting on Identity Documents Increases Intersectional Subjection of Trans Individuals -- Identity Control and the Enforcement of Gender Normativity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 "No Men in Women's Bathrooms": De Jure and De Facto Policing of Sex-Segregated Bathrooms as a Means of Social Control -- Introduction -- Bathroom Hysterias and Governmentality -- Social Construction of Public Space.
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