Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

Using a binary script of gender (male/female; normal/abnormal; nature/nurture) is a harmful invention that ignores history & culture.

Demanding transgender people explain their identity using binary script makes cisgender experience the default norm; culture shows it isn't

#Sociology shows gender varies in its definition & expression across time and space; includes transgender identities https://othersociologist.com/sociology-of-gender/ …

Transphobia is concept describing how fear of transgender people is produced & reproduced.Includes ignorance on fluid construction of gender

Transgender people manage same system of "imperialist, White supremacist capitalist patriarchy" & heterosexism as everyone PLUS transphobia

This means: balancing how gender is policed, commodified & used to justify inequality; on top of fetishisation & violence as transgender ppl

There are lots of problematic ideas about transgender people perpetuated by "allies," including by academics & social justice movements.

Read, listen to, & support transgender voices. Do not expect them to educate you personally. Take responsibility for dismantling transphobia

Academia is an especially hostile place for transgender people; higher rates of being "not out" to managers than other industries #marginsci

Make the world safer for transgender people starting with your own education. Speak out on transphobia, inequality & violence. Be proactive