Trans body modification: from conformity to liberation
TransSurgeryTrans people who reject social norms by changing their body through surgical means are often forced to measure themselves against new models of conformity set out by the medical profession. But body modification has the potential to be as liberating as other more radical interpretations of sex or gender, writes Natasha Curson.
14 November 2010
http://www.thescavenger.net/isgd/trans-body-modification-from-conformity-to-liberation-22132.htmlIn the October issue of The Scavenger Max Attitude and Nyx Matthews discussed body modification, exploring how other physical and presentational aspects of being trans related to the sexual politics of being trans, and to sexual politics more widely.
I found it very interesting and it struck a chord with me at a time when I am greatly concerned with my own physical being.
I do not want to make this an article about me, but it is probably best to begin by declaring that I am a woman of transgender history; that I started to come to terms with myself comparatively recently; and that I consider that body modification can represent liberation.
