21026 - The Structure of Anti-transgender Politics

Description

This special session is organized around the delivery of a paper, followed by the comments of two discussants. The paper, by Tey Meadow, presents a “social autopsy” of the current backlash against transgender rights in the United States. It traces the move from a politics defined by transphobia to a state of transantagonism, from fear and discomfort with gender diversity, to outrage and social violence against transgender people. This move is defined by four discrete social transitions. Drawing from work by sociologists, philosophers, psychologists and legal theorists, the talk outlines the normative, factual, carcereal and affective aims of today’s anti-gender politics. Time will be left for audience discussion.

Sub Unit

• Special Session

Panelists

• Tey Meadow, Columbia University

• Joanna Wuest, Stony Brook University

Session Organizer

• Shelley J. Correll, Stanford University