Inscribing Trans and Intersex People in the Dominant Binary Categories of Gender

Authors

  • Corinne Fortier French National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) Social Anthropology Lab (CNRS-EHESS-Collège de France, Paris)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.13.2.2014.3312

Abstract

The predicament of trans and intersex people raises the question of the domination of social values inherent in gender binaries. The belief in a fixed gender identity is pervasive among most psychiatrists, medical doctors, judges, and psychologists.

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Published

2014-08-01

How to Cite

Fortier, C. (2014). Inscribing Trans and Intersex People in the Dominant Binary Categories of Gender. ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.13.2.2014.3312