Beyond Queer: Intersex, Transgender and Non-Heteronormative Visions of Human Bodies and Relationships

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

Media representations of gender outside the binaries of male/female and even straight/gay are still few and far between. This panel looks at media representations that force us to reconsider past notions of gender in exchange for newer, more intricate and more inclusive portrayals.

Sub Unit

• Feminist and Women Studies Division

Chair

• Guillermo Caliendo, Hofstra University

Individual Presentations

• Secrecy and Sexual Identity in 'XXY' - Valeria Fabj, Lynn University

• My Father is A Seahorse: Constructions, Deconstructions and Reconstructions of Gender and Reproduction among Transgender Men - Mary Marcel, Bentley College

• A Feminist Needle in a Polygamous Haystack: An Oppositional Reading of 'Big Love' - Matthew J. Sobnosky, Hofstra University

Session Organizer

• Valeria Fabj, Lynn University