Sons of the Movement: Feminism, Female Masculinity and Female To Male (FTM) Transsexual Men

This article argues that the relation between female-to-male transsexual masculinity, female masculinity and feminism is an underexplored site of politics in the field of gender studies. While FTM transsexual men have been viewed with some suspicion within feminist and lesbian circles, I argue that since FTMs have the potential to offer a unique vantage point on both feminism and masculinity, FTM masculinity instead should be rearticulated as an alternative and pro-feminist embodiment of non-phallic masculinity.Cet article dénote que la relation entre la transsexualité masculine se femme à homme, la masculinité féminine et le féminisme est un domaine inexploré des politiques dans le domaine des études des sexes. Tandis que l'homme transsexuel (femme à homme) ont été perçus avec un certain doute dans les cercles féministes et lesbiens, je soutiens que puisque les transsexuelles (femme à homme) ont le potentiel d'offrir un point de vue unique sur le féminisme, la masculinité (femme à homme) devrait au lieu être réarticulé comme une alternative et une incarnation pro-féministe de la masculinité non-phallique

No woman’s land? Revisiting border zone denizens

This article presents empirical data from survey research into lesbian and queer masculinities in the United Kingdom, conducted in 2017, which garnered over two hundred responses. Dominant themes emerged which addressed the differences between the sexed body and gender identity; the contradictions of identifying with masculinities while critiquing hegemonic masculinity; a sense of anxiety or loss around a perceived decline of lesbian community and identities within it, particularly the identity of butch lesbian; and, finally, the variety of trans identities and how they are defined and distinct. The focus in this article is on the latter theme, the variety of trans identities, and particularly the shared experiences of individuals across different identifications. Namely, I consider how butch, non-binary, and queer individuals reported possible areas of resonance and recognition with transgender or transmasculine experiences or the experiences of trans men. I argue that rumors of “border wars” have been exaggerated, as these territories are often overlapping. In addition, some individuals inhabit multiple sites of identity or shift between and across shared sites. Degrees of sex and gender dysphoria were not only reported by trans-identified individuals, and while not all such individuals adopted a trans identity, this was not necessarily because these border zone denizens felt a strong connection to femaleness or womanhood; often far from it