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For the last decade, Christine Delphy, one of the most important feminists in France, has taken profoundly reactionary positions in relation to transgender people, that qualify her as a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF). But while most TERF discourse relies on biological essentialism, Delphy is radically anti-essentialist. As early as 1981, she showed that both gender and sex are socially constructed, a premise that has become a cornerstone of transgender studies. How is one to understand the fact that a feminist whose thinking would seem to inscribe itself in the direction of transfeminism allies herself with the TERF movement? This essay shows that her theoretical arguments against transness can be overcome from a materialist feminist perspective and argues that her transphobia is bound up in the affective aftermath of conflicts in the women's liberation movement that were cemented through a complex transatlantic intellectual history and never resolved.

Both the ontology of sexual difference, as elaborated by feminism of sexual difference, and the de-ontologization of sexual (in-)difference, as deconstructed by queer transfeminism, appeal to a concept of difference that is non-dualist, non-hierarchical, and non-exclusive as the core of their theoretical-political argument. However, both theories are elaborated in incompatible ways that lead to opposing political projects. The current article aims to elaborate the reasons for this divergence within the framework of a realistic and material ontology. ; Tanto la ontología de la diferencia sexual, tal como la elabora el feminismo de la diferencia, como la des-ontologización de la (in-)diferencia sexual, tal como la deconstruye el transfeminismo queer, coinciden en apelar al concepto de diferencia en sí, no dualista, jerárquica ni excluyente, como núcleo de su argumentación teóricopolítica. Sin embargo, ambas teorías resultan en su desarrollo inconciliables y conducen a proyectos políticos opuestos. El presente artículo se propone elaborar las razones de tal divergencia en el marco de una ontología realista y material.

This paper draws from a research project that was initiated in 2017 and continued in to 2020. It followed on from previous University-LGBT + community projects (e.g., football versus homophobia 2012–2018) and involved working with a local transgender social group, specifically, their engagement with once-a-month recreational swim sessions. The research findings that are discussed come from sixty-three research participant's 'drawings', three focus groups including a professionally drawn illustration of two of these focus groups, and nine semi-structured interviews. The analysis of the qualitative data demonstrates the significance of play and pleasure, feeling free, and transgender and non-binary imaginations to physical activity participation, and wellbeing. These three themes are presented through the lens of queer/queering and transfeminism. As such, the paper has two aims: to document the experiences of physical activity by an often-excluded group; and to evaluate the concept of queering to an understanding of indoor recreational swimming and wellbeing.

El siguiente artículo introduce los conceptos de transfeminismo y postpornografía en tanto que marcos en los que se desarrolla el pornoterrorismo. También define el propio concepto de pornoterrorismo como praxis queer y preámbulo a los antecedentes del cuerpo monstruoso que le es propio. Posteriormente estudia la rabia como origen y motor de la violencia figurada que le es intrínseca. Para ejemplificar traeremos a colación a la artista multidisciplinar Diana J. Torres (Madrid, 1981) y haremos un comentario de su performance Squirting Fontana.
The following article introduces the concepts of transfeminism and post-pornography as frameworks within which pornography takes place. It also defines the very concept of pornoterrorism as queer praxis and preamble to the background of the monstrous body that is its own. Later, he studies rage as the origin and engine of the figurative violence that is intrinsic to it. To exemplify, we will bring up the multidisciplinary artist Diana J. Torres (Madrid, 1981) and we will comment on her performance Squirting Fontana.

This thesis develops a critique of the methodology of mainstream academic moral philosophy, based on insights from feminist and more generally anti-oppressive political thought. The thesis consists of two parts. In the first, I loosely characterise a certain dominant methodology of philosophy, one based on giving an important epistemological role to existing, 'pre-theoretical' moral attitudes, such as intuitions. I then argue that such methodologies may be critiqued on the basis of theories that identify these moral attitudes as problematically rooted in oppressive social institutions, such as patriarchy and white supremacy; that is, I identify these attitudes as ideological, and so a poor guide to moral reality. In the second part, I identify and explore of a number of themes and tendencies from feminist, anti-racist, and other anti-oppressive traditions of research and activism, in order to draw out the implications of these themes for the methodology of moral philosophy. The first issue I examine is that of how, and how much, moral philosophers should use abstraction; I eventually use the concept of intersectionality to argue for the position that philosophers need to use less, and a different type of, abstraction. The second major theme I examine is that of ignorance, in the context of alternative epistemologies: standpoint epistemology and epistemologies of ignorance. I argue that philosophers must not take themselves to be well placed to understand, using solitary methodologies, any topic of moral interest. Finally, I examine the theme of transformation in moral philosophy. I argue that experiencing certain kinds of personal transformation may be an essential part of developing accurate ethical views, and I draw out the political implications of this position for the methodology of moral philosophy.

"If feminist studies and transgender studies are so intimately connected, why are they not more deeply integrated? Offering multidisciplinary models for this assimilation, the vibrant essays in Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies suggest timely and necessary changes for institutions of higher learning. Responding to the more visible presence of transgender persons as well as gender theories, the contributing essayists focus on how gender is practiced in academia, health care, social services, and even national border patrols. Working from the premise that transgender is both material and cultural, the contributors address such aspects of the university as administration, sports, curriculum, pedagogy, and the appropriate location for transgender studies. Combining feminist theory, transgender studies, and activism centered on social diversity and justice, these essays examine how institutions as lived contexts shape everyday life."--Provided by publisher

Acknowledgements: Citizenship, Care and Choice: LGBTQ+ Intimacies in Southern Europe – an Introduction: Ana Cristina Santos -- SECTION I – CITIZENSHIP MATTERS: Chapter 1. Uprisings: A Meditation on Feminist Strategies for Enacting the Common: João Manuel de Oliveira -- Chapter 2. Bisexual Citizenship in Portugal: Mafalda Esteves Chapter 3. Biocriminals, Racism, and the Law: Friendship as Public Disorder: Pablo Pérez Navarro -- Chapter 4. Embodied Queer Epistemologies – a New Approach to (a Monstrous) Citizenship: Ana Cristina Santos -- SECTION II – CARE MATTERS: Chapter 5. Building Safer Spaces. Daily Strategies and Networks of Care in Cisheteronormative Italy: Tatiana Motterle -- Chapter 6. Insurgent Parenting: Political Implications of Child-Rearing and Caring Practices in Spain: Luciana Moreira -- Chapter 7. The Sexual Politics of Healthy Families and the Making of Class Relations: Chiara Bertone -- Chapter 8. Blurring the Boundaries of Intimate Relationships: Friendship and Networks of Care in Times of Precarity: Beatrice Gusmano -- SECTION III – CHOICE MATTERS: Chapter 9. Sharing is Caring – Living with Friends and Heterotopic Citizenship: Ana Lúcia Santos -- Chapter 10. Affective Trans Relationships: Towards a Deleuzian Approach to Friendship Theory: Zowie Davy -- Chapter 11. Italian Queer Transfeminism Towards a Gender Strike: Elia A.G. Arfini.

'Kiss my genders' celebrates the work of more than 20 international artists whose practices explore and engage with gender fluidity, as well as non-binary, trans and intersex identities. Published alongside an exhibition, the book features works from the late 1960s and early 1970s through to the present, and focuses on artists who draw on their own experiences to create content and forms that challenge accepted or stable definitions of gender. Working across painting, immersive installations, sculpture, text, photography and film, many of these artists treat the body as a sculpture, and in doing so open up new possibilities for gender, beauty, and representations of the human form. The publication includes texts from writers, theorists, curators, poets and artists who have made key contributions to thinking in the field. From pop culture and gender dissidence to the embrace of the 'monstrous' or 'freaky', from the politics of prose to transfeminism and politics on the street, each of these writers throws light on a different way of seeing. Also featured is a round-table discussion between a selection of artists and exhibition curator Vincent Honoré

This study aims to explore the life journey of a man who wants to become a transfeminist woman through the perspective of masculinity studies. This study uses a qualitative method. The results of this study are as follows. First, Lara as a transfeminist made psychological changes by making herself a graceful figure, changing her love desires by loving men, and having aspirations of becoming a ballerina so that she is like a natural woman. Second, Lara as a transfeminist made physical changes to become a normal woman by wearing earrings and women's clothes, cooking, doing feminizing hormone therapy to grow breasts, and planning to do a sex reassignment surgery to have a vagina. Third, from the aspect of attitude, Lara's family that supports Lara's transformation from male to female has become a controversy. However, in society, Lara, who is a transfeminist, is still controversial and not everyone accepts the presence of transfeminism/LGBT. This can be seen in how society bullies and sexually harasses her. In the end, Lara, who was assigned as a male, actually turned into a female.

The following research is linked to the Bryant Garth Research Observatory, created in 2020 at the Rio de Janeiro State School of Magistrates (EMERJ). The Observatory developed a data production model to guide legal public policies, with the first empirical research developed within the scope of one of its centers, the Nucleus of Public Policies and Access to Justice (NUPEPAJ), held in 2021 in the aim of investigating the impact of name and gender change on the lives of trans people. The research was undertaken by means of collecting secondary data – in court cases – and primary data – from interviews with the subjects of these cases, with the categorized and analyzed data then discussed in this work. The results suggest that gender, age group, education, and violence impact the seeking out of this service and also how a name and gender change affects expectations of a life free of violence and with more opportunities for happiness. Based on debates on transfeminism and an expanded perspective on gender, we question the limits and possibilities for a construction of emancipatory practices by the Judicial Power in dialogue with other institutions.

AbstractIn this conversation, composed through written correspondence, Julie Beth Napolin and Amanda Armstrong-Price discuss aspects of Denise Riley's "Am I That Name?" in light of contemporary feminist debates, including debates within black feminism and transfeminism. The authors begin by considering the significance of Riley's unconventional title, outlining what might be at stake—and what might be occluded—in the title's allusion to Sojourner Truth's interjection, "Ain't I a woman?" Allusion and juxtaposition form key aspects of Riley's approach to historical representation, which involves reading sources on sex and gender for what they say about adjacent historical categories and constellating discrepant historical situations in ways that speak to ongoing conundrums about identity and alliance. With respect to the latter, the authors consider the historical situation—in feminism and more generally—that occasioned Riley's 1988 work while also reading her work in relation to the challenges of our current moment. Riley's phenomenological account of the inconstancy of gendered being is read for its resonances with contemporary transfeminist work while her broader oeuvre is brought to bear on some of the scraps of phobic common sense—the voices without mouths—that circulate online and work to forestall what remain urgent acts of alliance.

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This article provides an account of transfeminism as a grassroots political project rooted in material politics that has led to significant changes on transgender issues in Ecuadorian public policy over the past decade. Ecuadorian transfeminist activists firmly believe that feminist theory and practice are critical tools in the struggle for trans liberation, and that the social oppression of transgender people is intimately connected with the larger structures of patriarchy that feminisms seek to counteract. Their praxis has worked its way up from walking the streets with "working girls," to drafting articles for the constitution based on the knowledge learned during nightly street patrols, and later garnering the necessary support for successful inclusion of these articles in the constitution. "Transfeminist Crossroads" follows the trajectory of the My Gender on My ID campaign to highlight the role of transfeminist activism in changing public opinion and pushing new legislation in one of the flagship countries of the Latin American "left turn." The unfolding of this campaign demonstrates the dynamic flux and fluidity of state formation as transfeminist activists respond to President Rafael Correa's call for a "citizen revolution" and geopolitical forces reconfigure relationships between social conservatism, left populism, adaptive neoliberalism, and new regimes of state security.

Transgender feminism, more popularly termed as transfeminism, is a feminist line of thought and practice which discusses and criticizes the morphological subordination of gender (as psychosocial construction) to sex (as biology), with theoretical and political repercussions on the bodies. This article identifies, through critical analysis, the theoretical foundations of transfeminism in the historical process of political consciousness and resistance, from readings which orientate academics and activists, constituted by the black feminism and other lines of feminist thought; recognizing and pointing out to the multiple contributions of diverse guidelines. The conclusion is that the fundamental elements that determine and guide transgender feminism are: the redefinition of the match between gender and biology, the reiteration of the interactional character of the oppressions, the recognition of stories of struggle for free gender expression and the validation of contributions from any individuals for the transfeminist thought and action, regardless of their gender identification. ; El feminismo transgénero, más popularmente denominado como transfeminismo, está en la línea de pensamiento y la práctica feminista que retoma la discusión y critica la subordinación morfológica de género (como construcción psicosocial) al sexo (como biología), con repercusiones teóricas y políticas sobre los cuerpos. El presente artículo identifica, por medio del análisis crítico, los fundamentos teóricos del transfeminismo en el proceso histórico de conciencia política y de resistencia, a partir de las lecturas que orientan académicos y militantes, constituido por el feminismo negro y otras corrientes de pensamiento feminista; reconociendo y apuntando hacia las múltiples contribuciones de diversos saberes. Se concluye que los elementos fundamentales que determinan y orientan el feminismo transgénero son: la redefinición de la equiparación entre género y biología, la reiteración del carácter interactuante de las opresiones, el reconocimiento de historias de luchas por la libre expresión de género e a validación de las contribuciones de cualquier persona al pensamiento y la acción transfeminista, independientemente de su identificación de género. ; O feminismo transgênero, mais popularmente denominado como transfeminismo, é linha depensamento e prática feminista que rediscute e critica a subordinação morfológica do gênero (comoconstrução psicossocial) ao sexo (como biologia), com repercussões teóricas e políticas sobre os corpos.O presente artigo identifica, por meio de análise crítica, os fundamentos teóricos do transfeminismo noprocesso histórico de consciência política e de resistência, a partir das leituras que orientam acadêmicose militantes, constituído pelo feminismo negro e outras linhas de pensamento feminista; reconhecendoe apontando para as múltiplas contribuições de diversos saberes. Conclui-se que os elementosfundamentais que determinam e orientam o feminismo transgênero são: a redefinição da equiparaçãoentre gênero e biologia, a reiteração do caráter interacional das opressões, o reconhecimento dehistórias de lutas pela livre expressão de gênero e a validação das contribuições de quaisquer pessoaspara o pensamento e a ação transfeminista, independentemente de sua identificação de gênero.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustration -- Introduction: Alliances and Allies -- Part One Realigning Methodology -- Chapter 1 White Analogy: Transcendental Becoming-Woman and the Fragilities of Race and Gender -- Chapter 2 The Deleuzian Notion of Becoming-Imperceptible and Postfeminist Strategies -- Chapter 3 Undoing the Subject: Feminist and Schizoanalytic Contributions to Political Desubjectification -- Part Two Rethinking Sexuality and Subjectivity -- Chapter 4 Schizoanalyzing Anoedipal Alliances -- Chapter 5 The Alliance between Materialist Feminism and Schizoanalysis: Toward a Materialist Theory of Sexed Subjectivity -- Chapter 6 To Have Done with Sexuality: Schizoanalysis and the Problem of Queer-Feminist Alliances -- Chapter 7 Deleuze and Transfeminism -- Part Three Deterritorializing Feminist Praxes -- Chapter 8 Schizoanalysis and the Deterritorializations of Transnational Feminism -- Chapter 9 Microrevolutions in Feminist Economics: A Schizoanalytic Response to "Third Way" Identity Production -- Chapter 10 Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as a Symbol for the Posthuman Future in the Anthropocene -- Chapter 11 Writing Difference: Toward a Becoming-Minoritarian -- Part Four Redrawing Aesthetic Alliances -- Chapter 12 Affective Alliances: A Feminist Schizoanalysis of Feminine Anxiety, Dis/orientation, and Affect Aliens -- Chapter 13 Alice in Wonderwater: Hysteria, Femininity, and Alliance in Clinical Aesthetics -- Chapter 14 Asceticism and Impersonality in Spiritual Aversion from Schizoanalysis to Chris Kraus -- Chapter 15 A Schizo-Revolutionary Labial Theory of Artistic Practice -- Index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editors -- Editor -- Managing Editor -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Changing Field of Women's and Gender Studies -- Part I Introduction -- Part II The Diversity of Academic Fields and Institutional Formations -- Part III Science, Health, and Psychology -- Part IV Culture -- Part V Politics, Economics, and the Environment -- Part VI Social Movements -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part II Diversity of Academic Fields and Institutional Formations -- Chapter 2 Women's Studies -- Introduction -- Case 1: Women's Studies in the United States -- Case 2: Women's Studies in Turkey -- Case 3: South Korea -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Gender Studies -- Gender Studies in Historical and Comparative Perspectives -- Precursors to Gender Studies -- Gender Scholarship During the Antislavery and Women's Suffrage Movements -- The Development of Gender Studies in the Social Sciences -- The Feminist Turn in Gender Literature -- Academic Feminism is Born -- Gender Studies and Gender Theory -- Intersectional Developments -- Queer Theory and the Categorical Challenge -- Cultural Logics and Status Expectations -- The Current State of Gender Theory: Multidimensional Frameworks -- Conclusion: Gender Studies and Gender Change -- References -- Chapter 4 Masculinities Studies -- Introduction -- Frameworks for Men's and Masculinities Studies -- Masculinities by Type -- Masculinity in Global Perspective -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Trans Studies -- Early Chronologies -- The Case of Agnes -- Mobilizations, 1960s-1980s -- Difference and Deviance -- Trans Rights: A Human Rights Issue -- Transfeminism -- In Closing -- Note -- References -- Part III Science, Health, and Psychology -- Chapter 6 Science, Technology, and Gender -- Introduction.