Having initiated the creation of the #TransJusticeSyllabus and website in the fall of 2016 as part of my work for the S4TJ Committee on Advancing Trans and Intersex Studies in Academia, it is with great pride that I announce the publication of the 2017-2018 #TransJusticeSyllabus. Much gratitude to all who contributed to this endeavor and made the syllabus a tangible reality!
#TransJusticeSyllabus
Sociologists for Trans Justice
2017-2018
Compiled by:
Committee for Advancing Trans and Intersex Studies in Academia
(Megan Nanney, Jaclyn Tabor, Anne Marie Champagne, Chris Barcelos,
Emmanuel David, Xan Nowakowski, Vicky Demos, James Dean,
Anima Adjepong, Jacob Sargent, Rhea Hoskin, Kalani Seaver)
Contact Information:
Should you want to contribute to the syllabus or have any questions, please contact the committee chairs, Megan Nanney (mnanney@vt.edu) and Jaclyn Tabor (jaclyntabor@gmail.com). You can also send suggestions to sociologistsfortransjustice@gmail.com.
About the Syllabus:
In society today, we are presented with a paradox of sorts: on one hand, there have been significant social and political advances regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. Yet, on the other hand, with increasing visibility and progress, there is also a simultaneous and almost inevitable increase in the backlash targeting the most vulnerable segments of the LGBTQ population–trans and non-binary people. In 2017 alone, the Human Rights Campaign has recorded at least 27 death of trans people in the United States due to fatal violence, making it the most violent year against trans people to date. It is also clear that trans violence and oppression disproportionately affects trans women of color, and that racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia intersect in ways that shorten the lives of trans people (Spade 2015). Additionally, trans people experience social, economic, and political marginalization due to the lack of legal representation, barriers to gender-affirming healthcare, legal name and gender changes, physical spaces, and other seemingly neutral administrative systems that enforce narrow binary categories of gender and force people into them in order to get their basic needs met. [READ FULL SYLLABUS HERE]
