Tag: Transgender

“Never Too Late to Live Your Authentic Life”: Later-in-Life FTM Trans YouTube Narratives
Ash Kinney d’Harcourt / University of Texas at Austin

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Ash Kinney d’Harcourt examines the complexities in the later in life female-to-male (FTM) transition narratives shared on YouTube. The stories of these late bloomers, and trans elders more broadly, are significant at a time when trans futures are uncertain.

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In Praise of the Bad Transgender Object: The Silence of the Lambs
Cáel M. Keegan / Grand Valley State University

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The Silence of the Lambs has been the object of ongoing cultural fascination and criticism for its negative portrayal of transgenderism. Cáel M. Keegan questions whether this “bad object” is redeemable in this exploration of the standards of representation in the transgender media archive.

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In Praise of the Bad Transgender Object: Rocky Horror
Cáel m. Keegan / Grand Valley State University

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been the object of ongoing cultural fascination and criticism for its portrayal of transgender stereotypes. Cáel M. Keegan questions whether this “bad object” is redeemable in this exploration of the standards of representation in the transgender media archive.

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