Transnormativity

There is a socially enforced hierarchy that suggests a correct way to be trans

It empowers those who are binary, conforming, & interventionist while constraining those who are not

This piece of my research program explores the lived experience of transnormativity Across Social Contexts & Institutions

Transnormativity (2021) In: The Sage Encyclopedia of Trans Studies. Coauthor: Nova J. Bradford

Rejecting, Reframing, and Reintroducing: Trans People’s Strategic Engagement with the medicalization of gender dysphoria (2019) In: Sociology of Health & Illness

Transnormativity: A new concept and its validation through documentary film about transgender men (2016) In: Sociological Inquiry

Normative Accountability: How the Medical Model Influences Transgender Identities and Experiences (2015) In: Sociology Compass

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