scholarly journals Unqueering Transgender? A Queer Geography of Transnormativity in Two Online Communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Fred Joseph LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
Online Communities ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Gender Politics ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽  
Sex Reassignment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Politics Of Difference ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Gender Performances

<p>This research implicates gender in the study of sexuality and suggests a genealogy of transgender that consists of both the medicalisation of transsexuality and the articulation of gender performances in gay liberation’s politics of difference. While the transgender subject is often idealised in queer discourses, this research positions the transsexual (one articulation of transgender) as normative: conservative gender politics, the ontological separation of gender and sexuality that echoes assimilationist gay and lesbian politics, an identity based on essentialist biology and psychiatric “wrong body” discourses, and the privileging of passing technologies such as hormone replacement therapies and sex reassignment surgery (themselves justified though the elaboration of wrong body discourses). Further to this, the public rendering of some transgender bodies as nonconformist results in violence and the need to explore alternate spaces of being, namely the internet which has the potential to build community, raise consciousness of gender and transgender oppression, but can also be used to legitimate transnormative (re)productions of the self. The analysis of two online communities of transgender individuals shows the most frequent users tended to be transsexual and privileging conservative gender politics and an essentialist medical etiology of transsexuality. Users were also typically more knowledgeable in passing biotechnologies than some medical professionals. In one community that are tailored to transgender individuals, subjects felt at ease to discuss a variety of topics and explore the complications of transgender. In the second community, tailored towards feminists in general, transgender issues were addressed in a more confrontational manner, often exposing the transphobic nature of some feminisms.</p>

scholarly journals Unqueering Transgender? A Queer Geography of Transnormativity in Two Online Communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Fred Joseph LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
Online Communities ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Gender Politics ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽  
Sex Reassignment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Politics Of Difference ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Gender Performances

<p>This research implicates gender in the study of sexuality and suggests a genealogy of transgender that consists of both the medicalisation of transsexuality and the articulation of gender performances in gay liberation’s politics of difference. While the transgender subject is often idealised in queer discourses, this research positions the transsexual (one articulation of transgender) as normative: conservative gender politics, the ontological separation of gender and sexuality that echoes assimilationist gay and lesbian politics, an identity based on essentialist biology and psychiatric “wrong body” discourses, and the privileging of passing technologies such as hormone replacement therapies and sex reassignment surgery (themselves justified though the elaboration of wrong body discourses). Further to this, the public rendering of some transgender bodies as nonconformist results in violence and the need to explore alternate spaces of being, namely the internet which has the potential to build community, raise consciousness of gender and transgender oppression, but can also be used to legitimate transnormative (re)productions of the self. The analysis of two online communities of transgender individuals shows the most frequent users tended to be transsexual and privileging conservative gender politics and an essentialist medical etiology of transsexuality. Users were also typically more knowledgeable in passing biotechnologies than some medical professionals. In one community that are tailored to transgender individuals, subjects felt at ease to discuss a variety of topics and explore the complications of transgender. In the second community, tailored towards feminists in general, transgender issues were addressed in a more confrontational manner, often exposing the transphobic nature of some feminisms.</p>

The Principle of Totality Does Not Justify Sex Reassignment Surgery

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Travis Stephens ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Dysphoria ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Human Person ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽  
Sex Reassignment ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
The Individual

Expert opinions diverge on appropriate treatment for gender dysphoria. Some encourage the pursuit of counseling that helps one to identify with one’s natal sex. Others encourage people struggling with gender dysphoria to change the body to match the so-called inside. The latter advocate the use of hormone replacement therapies and sex reassignment surgeries to facilitate the transition. Such procedures are not only immoral because they render the patient sterile, but also because they reject the God-given personhood that is manifest through one’s sexuality. Since sexuality constitutes so much more than genitalia, sex reassignment surgery does not actually change one’s sexuality. Rather, it merely maims the individual, limiting her ability to love authentically as a sexual person. Out of respect for the human person, the only appropriate course of action is to counsel these individuals and encourage them to overcome the inhibitions that prevent them from embracing their natal sex.

“Femininity without Feminism”

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Hyun Mun
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Gender Politics ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Feminist Politics ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The One ◽  
Status Of Women

This article contributes to the debate between the merits of the ‘politics of presence’ versus the ‘politics of ideas’ by examining the case of the first female Korean president, Park Geun-Hye. On the one hand, Park did not represent ‘the ideas’ of feminist politics. While her gender identity was widely propagated and accepted, it did not transform into deliberate identity-based politics. On the other hand, she contributed to the elevation of women’s social status through various unintended consequences, although Park’s ‘femininity without feminism’ inevitably led to the negligence of gender politics in her government. Indeed, Park’s existence, rather than her intention, stimulated the debate on the role and status of women in Korean society and enabled the rise of a number of first females in various sectors. In sum, the ‘politics of presence’ was triggered even without overt political measures.

Male-to-Female Sex Reassignment Surgery using the Combined Vaginoplasty Technique: Satisfaction of Transgender Patients with Aesthetic, Functional, and Sexual Outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Zavlin ◽  
Jürgen Schaff ◽  
Jean-Daniel Lellé ◽  
Kevin T. Jubbal ◽  
Peter Herschbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽  
Sex Reassignment ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Sexual Outcomes ◽  
Male To Female

An Analysis of All Applications for Sex Reassignment Surgery in Sweden, 1960–2010: Prevalence, Incidence, and Regrets

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1535-1545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Dhejne ◽  
Katarina Öberg ◽  
Stefan Arver ◽  
Mikael Landén
Keyword(s):  
Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽  
Sex Reassignment

scholarly journals The Scientific and Cultural Journey to Ovarian Rejuvenation: Background, Barriers, and Beyond the Biological Clock

Medicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Eric Scott Sills
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Function ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Biological Clock ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽  
Older Woman ◽  
Music And Literature ◽  
Intractable Problem

Female age has been known to define reproductive outcome since antiquity; attempts to improve ovarian function may be considered against a sociocultural landscape that foreshadows current practice. Ancient writs heralded the unlikely event of an older woman conceiving as nothing less than miraculous. Always deeply personal and sometimes dynastically pivotal, the goal of achieving pregnancy often engaged elite healers or revered clerics for help. The sorrow of defeat became a potent motif of barrenness or miscarriage lamented in art, music, and literature. Less well known is that rejuvenation practices from the 1900s were not confined to gynecology, as older men also eagerly pursued methods to turn back their biological clock. This interest coalesced within the nascent field of endocrinology, then an emerging specialty. The modern era of molecular science is now offering proof-of-concept evidence to address the once intractable problem of low or absent ovarian reserve. Yet, ovarian rejuvenation by platelet-rich plasma (PRP) originates from a heritage shared with both hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and sex reassignment surgery. These therapeutic ancestors later developed into allied, but now distinct, clinical fields. Here, current iterations of intraovarian PRP are discussed with historical and cultural precursors centering on cell and tissue regenerative effects. Intraovarian PRP thus shows promise for women in menopause as an alternative to conventional HRT, and to those seeking pregnancy—either with advanced reproductive technologies or as unassisted conceptions.

scholarly journals Identity-Based Multi-Signcryption with Public Verifiability

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 198-203
Author(s):  
Xiu Ying Yu ◽  
Da Ke He
Keyword(s):  
Elliptic Curve ◽  
Bilinear Pairing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Verifiability ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Signcryption Scheme ◽  
Public Verification

Multi-signcryption can meet the requirement of message signcryption with muti-participant. Since the existing identity-based multi-signcryption scheme cannot offer the function of public verifiability, based on identity and bilinear pairing on the Elliptic Curve, a new scheme with public verifiability is proposed. In the scheme, with the steps which is comparatively independent to the signcryption process, it can provide the public verification of each signcryption in need. Therefore, our scheme efficiently achieves the cryptographic functions of multi-signcryption.

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