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“Alone it’s tough, TOGETHER IT’S EASY": Hedesthia, Aotearoa New Zealand’s First Trans Organisation, 1972-1990
No full textFounded in 1972, Hedesthia was a social, support, and advocacy group for transvestites and transsexuals - the first organisation of its kind in Aotearoa New Zealand. Hedesthia provided support to its members through monthly meetings, a bi-monthly newsletter, and various other services which included hot-line counselling and a lending library. For many members, Hedesthia and its o-shoot group, TransFormation, were lifelines in a world that could be intensely hostile to trans people. Pathbreaking in their trans activism, Hedesthia and TransFormation’s leaders diligently advocated for trans issues in their local communities. Yet Hedesthia also cultivated a transnormative politics of respectability. Largely middle-class and white, Hedesthia\u27s leaders worked hard to define their members as ‘normal’ and acceptable, and in the process denigrated Māori and Pasifika trans sex workers
Fascism and the Trans Villain: Historically Recurring Transphobia in Far-Right Politics
No full textThis article builds a base of historical and theoretical context to understand the resurgence of transphobic propaganda and violence led by the American far-right through an examination of the connections between trans politics and global political economies of capitalism. Through a synthesis of established theories of fascism, a historical analysis of fascism, and a case study of propagandistic transphobia in two American films from the height of the Cold War, I argue that the proliferation of contemporary anti-trans sentiment reflects the state of crisis that the American empire is experiencing as domestic and international resistance threatens its global hegemony. Further I argue that a historical and theoretical examination of fascism and trans issues show the capacity for fascistic anti-trans violence not as a departure from the norm of liberal democratic nation-state systems that developed through the processes of capital, but rather as a constitutive part of that norm. Trans historians must mobilize historical knowledge and practice to disseminate public facing works that furnish a wide base of readers with the tools to understand and contextualize contemporary trans panic as it metastasizes
Hijas de la Putisima: A Trans Femme Perspective on Juana María Rodríguez’ Puta Life
No full textTo be a “puta” means to be a whore, a prostitute, a slut, or more formally, a sex worker. More commonly, it is used as a derogatory term against women who do not conform to “proper” sexual and gender norms. In Puta Life, Juana María Rodríguez explores the histories of Latina sex workers through archives, documentaries, pornography and social media. In this paper I outline the methodological tools Rodríguez uses to read “puta lives.” As such, I argue that her model of queer aective kinship, and loving personal readings of puta life provide ample resources for work in trans studies as well
THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PARENTS OF YOUNG WOMEN WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN IRAN
No full textChronic illness in children causes more mental health risks for parents than for other family members. Therefore, exploring the experiences of parents who have a daughter with multiple sclerosis (MS) and presenting them to health care planners and managers can have a positive impact on community health. This phenomenological study involving 12 participants in Iran aimed to explore the experiences of parents of young women (aged 17 to 40) with MS. The data collected from semi-structured interviews were analyzed using Colaizzi’s method. Open coding resulted in 450 codes, and after several stages of analysis and integration of similar codes, five main themes containing 21 subthemes were produced. The main themes were mental distress, feeling trapped, adaptation issues, reaction to the disease, and coming to terms with the disease. This study showed that having a daughter with MS affects all dimensions of the parents’ life, and can lead to experiences that are new to them and may confuse them. These findings provide a path towards improving effective parental care for their daughters with MS, and ultimately reducing the burden of disease on the family, the health system, and the community
Un singe compatissant : Littérature animalière et invention des droits de l’homme chez Restif de La Bretonne.
No full textThrough a cross-reading of the fictional epistle Lettre d’un singe aux êtres de son espèce, and the utopia La Découverte australe par un homme volant, this article aims to highlight the originality of the conception of animality expressed by the polygraph Nicolas-Edme Restif de La Bretonne (1734-1806). Indeed, Restif is able in these writings, thanks to an imaginative representation of animality, to go beyond the simple criticism of anthropocentrism, to insert animal literature at the centre of the process of ‘invention’ of the rights of man and woman typical of the Enlightenment. Restif’s pamphlet is indeed focused – from a philosophical point of view – on the imaginative and projective dimension of compassion, mobilised by fiction, which allows the subject to go beyond his usual picture of life, until authentically sympathising with all possible forms of otherness, embodied by the non-human animal – the monkey – and by the half-breed, i.e. the man-beast.À travers une lecture croisée de l’épître fictive Lettre d’un singe aux êtres de son espèce, et de l’utopie La Découverte australe par un homme volant, cet article vise à mettre en évidence l’originalité de la conception de l’animalité exprimée par le polygraphe Nicolas-Edme Restif de La Bretonne (1734-1806). En effet, Restif est capable dans ces écrits, grâce à d’une représentation imaginative de l’animalité, de dépasser la simple critique de l’anthropocentrisme, pour insérer la littérature animalière au centre du processus d’\u27invention’ des droits de l’homme et de la femme typique du tournant des Lumières. Le pamphlet de Restif est en effet axé – d’un point de vue philosophique – sur la dimension imaginative et projective de la compassion, mobilisée par la fiction, qui permet au sujet de dépasser son tableau de vie habituel, jusqu’à sympathiser authentiquement avec toutes les formes possibles d’altérité, incarnées par l’animal non humain – le singe – et par le métis, c’est-à-dire l’homme-bête
Transnational Solidarity Organisations with Asian and non-Asian Migrants in Eight European Countries: Searching for the Commons
No full textWith migration waves from Asia increasing in the past decade, numerous studies focus on how civil society organizations have responded. However, there is a lack of systematic research on the solidarity approach different organizations follow and whether specific types of solidarity approaches are related to constituency groups of Asian origin. Using primary systematic data from the TransSOL (EC Horizon 2020) research project, the paper first examines specific organizational features (such as activities, aims, etc.) of Transnational Solidarity Organizations (TSOs) aiming to support migrants (among them Asian) in eight European countries. Moreover, the chapter investigates the main solidarity approaches (top-down, bottom-up or mutual-help oriented) and the values adopted by TSOs addressing the needs of constituency groups from Asia and those catering to the needs of non-Asian constituency groups. The indicative findings aim to shed light on distinct features of commons among TSOs supporting Asian and non-Asian migrant groups across European contexts
Unveiling Perceptions of Disability Through The Disabled Child: Memoirs of a Normal Future: Review of Amanda Apgar’s The Disabled Child by Karla Armendariz
No full textCross-Border Regional Languages: Picard and West Flemish at the Franco–Belgian Border
No full textThis article investigates the role of the Franco–Belgian border in regional language activism in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France, as well as whether activists perceive it as a resource for or obstacle to the valorisation or revitalisation of regional languages. Hauts-de-France, which was recently formed after the merger of two former regions, now recognises two regional languages: Picard and West Flemish. Both are considered endangered by UNESCO and are cross-border, in that both languages have also been historically spoken in parts of Belgium. Based on a study of the institutional context and fieldwork carried out with activists who promote these languages, the aim of this contribution is to highlight how activists perceive the border. The Franco-Belgian border is sometimes seen as an obstacle, sometimes as a resource on the West Flemish side, and more often ignored on the Picard side. This article stands midway between cultural geography and political geography, because one of the challenges of studying representations of the border is to understand the role it can play in activists’ strategies.