Essays about: "Trans activism"

Found 4 essays containing the words Trans activism.

  1. 1. Medicalizing Me Softly: An Autoethnography of Refusal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Han Amm; [2022]
    Keywords : transmedicalism; truscum; transnormativity; nonbinary; autoethnography; refusal; liminality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This autoethnographic study explores intra-community discursive boundary constructions around the category of transgender articulated by truscum trans men on Reddit. It does so through reflections on how the author negotiates the medical model of trans, his own gender identity, the medico-juridical interlock governing access to trans healthcare and trans livability, and tensions of closeness/distance to those they interview. READ MORE

  3. 2. Transmedicalism : A critical discourse analysis on transnormativity in online discussion websites and publishing platforms

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Kim Cannerstad; [2021]
    Keywords : Biological essentialism; Colonialism; Conservative; Critical discourse analysis; DSM-5; ICD-10; ICD-11; Gatekeeping; Gender binary; Gender binarism; Gender dysphoria; Gender incongruence; Nonbinary; Trans activism; Trans studies; Transfeminism; Transmedicalism; Transmedicalist; Transmed; Transnormativity; Transsexual; Transsexualism; Transphobia; Truscum; Tucute; Republican; White supremacy; Willpower; Xenophobia; Queer theory;

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  4. 3. #MeToo: A case study of #sistabriefen

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Miranda Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : Hashtag Feminism; Hashtag Activism; Safe Spaces; Digital Social Movements; Connective Action;

    Abstract : As a result of the #MeToo movement in Sweden, #sistabriefen was created to represent the women, non-binaries and trans-persons working within the communications industry. This study analyzes the dynamics and identities of the #sistabriefen group members on their private social media platform. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Fields of Trans* Necropolitics: Trans Women‟s Narratives On the Vulnerabilities of Trans Death, Bereavement, Posthumous Challenges and Activism in Turkey

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Orhun Gündüz; [2017-11-09]
    Keywords : Necropolitics; trans feminist activism; collective remembrance; bereavement; transgender image; Turkey;

    Abstract : This study aims to bring forward the phenomenon of trans death, underscoring the challenges that trans women in İstanbul experience, endure and confront during the posthumous scenes of autopsy, funeral and burial. Departing from and developing the concept of trans necropolitics, I examine trans death in two explanatory layers. READ MORE