Gender_Queer Worldings: Gewalt, Bündnisse, Zukunftsentwürfe Die 11. Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Geschlechterforschung findet unter dem Titel "Gender_Queer Worldings: Gewalt, Bündnisse...

Based on the Womandla! Feminism and Social Movements in the Global South Online Seminar Series, this special issue originated in a conference that was to be held in South Africa but became caught u...

Who coined the term cis and why are some people calling it a slur? Amazing return guest Perry Zurn joins me to discuss what the concept of cis does, why it’s helpful to look at its origins and etymology and where it might oversimplify the project of gender. Not one to be missed!   References: Perry Zurn’s Cisgender: Disorienting a Category (Duke UP, 2026) Perry Zurn’s How We Make Each Other: Trans Life at the Edge of the University (Duke UP, 2024) John Hollister Riva Lehrer’s Golem Girl Marquis Bey’s Cistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender (Duke UP, 2022) Stephanie Clare’s Nonbinary: A Feminist Autotheory (Cambridge UP, 2023) Jonathan Ned Katz’s The Invention of Heterosexuality (1995)   Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: -      What does cis mean? -      Which term is older: cis or trans? When does the term cis emerge? -      Which community coined the term cisgender and why? -      What is Perry saying about simplified notions of cis and which example does he give? -      How does Perry put disability and race in dialogue with cisness and transness?

What do transitions have to do with the nation state? More than you think! Ava Kim joins me to speak about how conceptions of gender are deeply (and problematically) entwined with the nation. Ava speaks about powerful examples of transition narratives from Chile, Vietnam and Argentina to illustrate this and gives us a sneak peek into her forthcoming book on trans genre.   References: Ava Kim’s Still / Life: Trans Genre and the Politics of Anti-Development (forthcoming) Ava Kim’s “The Future is Child’s Play” GLQ (2025) Davy Knittle Mellon Foundation Christoph Hanssmann Stem the Tide: Trans Liberation in an Age of Fascism Travesti Nyke Slawik Lucía Puenzo’s XXY (2007) Marlene Wayar Mauro Cabral Grinspan Winnicott’s space of play Paz Errázuriz Gina Apostol’s Insurecto Jessica Hagedorn’s Dream Jungle and Dogeaters Trans subterfuge Balangiga Sebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman/ Una Mujer Fantástica   Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: -      Are you familiar with the term travesti? Please look it up and find a helpful definition. -      Which forms of transition does Ava talk about? How do they relate to one another? -      In how far is transition a narrative form? What does this have to do with the nation as a form? -      How does Ava define trans subterfuge? -      What are some of the connections between nation and gender Ava and I speak about? Can you think of others? Have you ever been affected by any of them?