De-colonising My Trans Body: Fanon and the masks I have worn
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https://doi.org/10.65828/vw6d0n45Keywords:
Trans, transgender, pathologisation, queer theory, beyond the binariesAbstract
Drawing on the works of Beauvoir, Sartre and Fanon, I conceptualise my trans body's colonisation, both by the mental health professions involved in my transition, and by Queer Theory's appropriation of it to demonstrate the performativity of gender. I invite the reader to consider how activism might be used in therapy with trans people.
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