Categories
Women’s and gender studies

Title: Challenging Stereotypes and Erasing Experiences: The Impact of Trans Men on Rural Communities

Answer these questions:
Emily Skidmore’s True Sex:
How does the existence of trans men in rural towns disrupt the conservative, redneck, backwards rural stereotypes?
Whose stories are missing and why?
When/ why did the positive depictions of trans men shift to negative interpretation of transgender people as “masqueraders” or “tricksters”? 
How is the notion of ‘passing’ part of a larger colonial  project? How does ‘passing’ enforce a gender binary?