Book chapter(electronic)#12016
Trans Theorizing
In: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Trans is usually defined as the set of practices and identities outside of the binary gender system and includes individuals who identity as genderqueer, transgender or transsexual. Trans theories refer to a range of approaches including medical and psychiatric theories, performativity and social constructionist theories, and queer theory, that are used to explain transgender practices and identities.