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Feminist and trans perspectives on identity and the UK Gender Recognition Act
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 671 - 687
Swansea University Author:
Paddy McQueen
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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/1369148116637998
Abstract
This article analyses Sheila Jeffreys’ criticisms of the UK’s Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and her critique of trans identities. Placing her work within a wider radical feminist perspective, I suggest that her arguments against the GRA are based upon a problematic understanding of sex and gender. In...
| Published in: | The British Journal of Politics and International Relations |
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| ISSN: | 1369-1481 1467-856X |
| Published: |
2016
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48273 |
| Abstract: |
This article analyses Sheila Jeffreys’ criticisms of the UK’s Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and her critique of trans identities. Placing her work within a wider radical feminist perspective, I suggest that her arguments against the GRA are based upon a problematic understanding of sex and gender. In so doing, I defend how sex and gender are understood in the GRA. In addition, I demonstrate that radical feminist concerns about sex/gender reassignment surgery and the complicity of trans individuals with stereotypical gender norms are unwarranted. Through emphasising the importance of attending to the embodied dimensions of sex and gender, I present a partial defence of the UK’s GRA. In particular, I highlight the benefits that offers to trans individuals, although I also indicate ways in which the GRA can be improved. Finally, I challenge radical feminists who see trans theory and identities as inimical to the goals of feminism. |
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| Keywords: |
Feminism; Gender; Gender Recognition Act; Sheila Jeffreys; Trans identities |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
3 |
| Start Page: |
671 |
| End Page: |
687 |