The Politics of Transgender Bodies

Elle talks about recent elections in the United States, the politics of being transgender, and therefore the ways in which our bodies are politicized in a hierarchical gender binary whether we choose it or not. She explores the benefits and drawbacks of being invisible to society, including a brief description of Resmaa Menakem's work on bodily trauma in My GrandMother's Hands. She also references Alok V. Menon's work, and the power of nonbinary experience. Find the intersectionality diagram to map your own oppression, privilege, and domination here: https://www.awis.org/wp-content/uploads/AWIS_FactSheet_Intersectionalityv4.pdf  Chat with her at TWATpodcasting@gmail.com

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Elle is a transgender woman who started this show to talk. Each week, Transgender Woman Talking presents bits of inspiration, encouragement for other trans siblings, and reflections from a perspective down life's road. Elle currently works as a pre-licensed psychotherapist at an LGBTQ community clinic in California. She is happily married with children, and during the two decades prior to transitioning worked as an ordained Christian pastor. Elle can be reached at: twatpodcasting@gmail.com