ELUSIVE COALITIONS: RECONSIDERING THE POLITICS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY

In this article, the author poses a contrary hypothesis: Analysis of and organizing around gender and sexuality may be suffering not from too much convergence but from too little. In Part I, the author examines three recent contexts in which coalitions related to gender and sexuality failed to emerg...

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Published inUCLA law review Vol. 57; no. 5; p. 1135
Main Author Abrams, Kathryn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law 01.06.2010
Subjects
Coalitions
Gender
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Public policy
Sexuality
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Summary:In this article, the author poses a contrary hypothesis: Analysis of and organizing around gender and sexuality may be suffering not from too much convergence but from too little. In Part I, the author examines three recent contexts in which coalitions related to gender and sexuality failed to emerge, coalitions that might have been highly fruitful not only for the issues in question but for thinking about sexuality and gender. Following this examination, in Part II, the author asks what factors or influences may be fueling this divergentism in thought and activism on sex and gender. Finally, in Part III, the author looks to the burgeoning transgender movement to identify certain approaches to pluralism in subject positions, ends, and means that may be useful in rethinking this pattern.
ISSN:0041-5650
1943-1724