Heather Brunskell-Evans is a philosopher and sociologist who studies the intersection of medicine and culture. She joins us today to trace the ways in which queer theory evolved in academia and moved into the broader culture, including the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in the UK. Explaining how a social justice angle is key to the ‘affirmative model’ of care for gender dysphoria, Heather recounts a few key moments when she realized there were authoritarian elements at play in silencing thought and conversation around the topic of transgender, even for parents trying to protect their children.
Links:
Heather’s Website
http://www.heather-brunskell-evans.co.uk/
Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-0398-4
Inventing Transgender Children and Young People
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-3638-8
Transgender Body Politics
http://www.heather-brunskell-evans.co.uk/thoughts/transgender-body-politics/
Heather on Twitter
https://twitter.com/brunskellevans
The History of Sexuality
https://www.amazon.com/History-Sexuality-Vol-Introduction/dp/0679724699
Janice Raymond, The Transsexual Empire
https://janiceraymond.com/the-transsexual-empire/
Vanity Fair Cover
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-bruce-cover-annie-leibovitz
Moral Maze
http://www.heather-brunskell-evans.co.uk/tag/moral-maze/
Heather Brunskell Evans opinion piece for Leicester University
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