Transnormativity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Normalization of the existence of diverse transgender people and experiences. countable, uncountable
"The online discourse engaged in and created by transmen at the same time constitutes, reflects, and responds to cultural representations of female-to-male transgenderedness. The transmen blogs reviewed here seem to reflect an emerging transnormativity – a desire to bring to light and integrate, into collective consciousness, the mundane aspects of transmen's lives – a discursive strategy that is reflected in expressions such as […]"
- 2 The assumption that transgender people should, and the pressure on them to, fit a cissexist idea of what is "normal". (Compare pass.) countable, uncountable
"2015, Evan Vipond, Resisting Transnormativity: challenging the medicalization and regulation of trans bodies (Transformative Studies Institute)"
Example
More examples"The online discourse engaged in and created by transmen at the same time constitutes, reflects, and responds to cultural representations of female-to-male transgenderedness. The transmen blogs reviewed here seem to reflect an emerging transnormativity – a desire to bring to light and integrate, into collective consciousness, the mundane aspects of transmen's lives – a discursive strategy that is reflected in expressions such as […]"
Etymology
From transnormative + -ity or trans- + normativity.
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