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List of Transfeminist Sources

This list is in inexhaustive and incomplete list over sources that I consider decent for developing a transfeminist framework of analysis when it comes to examining transfeminine oppression and positionality within society. containing a collection of material sources and analytical ones. Each source is formatted with the Chicago manual of style and sorted alphabetically. I Have also collated a collection of fundamental feminist sources that I believe are important to developing a solid foundation to build transfeminist understanding.

◬ Avalos, Susana. (2024). A Comparative Content Analysis of the News Media Framing of Trans Homicide Between Trans Men and Trans Women in the U.S. from 2016 to 2022. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(11-12), 2602-2628. https://doi-org.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/10.1177/08862605231220014 

◬ Bellweather, Mira. 2010. Fucking trans women, #0. https://payhip.com/b/hRtK

◬ Bhatt, Talia. 2023. Trans/Rad/Fem https://taliabhattwrites.substack.com

◬ Coates, jennifer. 2016. I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out. https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42 

◬ Heaney, Emma. 2024. Feminism Against Cisness ed. Duke University Press. https://transreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-02_66847014b6820_EmmaHeaneyeditor-FeminismagainstCisnessASTERISK-DukeUniversityPressBooks2024.pdf 

◬ McConnell EA, Odahl-Ruan CA, Kozlowski C, Shattell M, Todd NR. “Trans women and Michfest: An ethnophenomenology of attendees’ experiences.” Journal of lesbian studies vol. 20,1 (2016): 8-28. doi:10.1080/10894160.2015.1076234

◬ McLean, Moya Lothian. 2021. “‘If they sound like a man, hang up’ – how transphobia became rife in the gender-based violence sector” Gal-dem Feb 01, 2021 https://gal-dem.com/transphobia-in-sexual-violence-services/  http://web.archive.org/web/20240425053018/https://gal-dem.com/transphobia-in-sexual-violence-services/ 

◬ Oparah, Julia C. 2012. “Feminism and the (Trans)gender Entrapment of Gender Nonconforming Prisoners.” in UCLA Journal of Gender and Law Volume 18 Issue 2. DOI 10.5070/L3182017822. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3sp664r9

◬ Peterson, Jules Gil. 2024. A Short History of Trans Misogyny. Blackstone Publishing, Inc.

◬ Porpentine. 2015 “Hot Allostatic Load” The New Inquiry, May 11, 2015. https://thenewinquiry.com/hot-allostatic-load/

!! IMPORTANT !!: H.A.L. is a tumultuous text as it has been used to smokescreen sexual abuse and assault, I still recommend reading this essay as it is an incredibly informative trauma literature work that gives a good insight into the psychological stress that the author was experiencing at the height of GamerGate. It also touches on the concept of transfeminine labour and disposability as a parrales to racialised and feminised labour and disposability. If you decide to work with this source be aware of how it is used culturally.

◬ Serano, Julia. 2007. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Seal Press.

◬ Serano, Julia. 2013. Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive. Seal Press.

◬ Serano, Julia. 2022. Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back. Seal Press.

◬ Thom, Kai Cheng. 2019. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World. Arsenal Pulp Press.

◬ TransFighters Oakland. 2021. A Self Defense Study Guide for Trans Women and Gender Non-Conforming / Nonbinary AMAB Folks Silver Sprocket https://www.silversprocket.net/2021/09/13/a-self-defense-study-guide-for-trans-women-and-gender-non-conforming-nonbinary-amab-folks/

List of Feminist Reading

Here is my list of feminist readings that help to develop a strong foundation for transfeminist analysis.

◬ Anzuelaha, Gloria. 1987. Borderlands/La Frontera. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books

◬ de Beuvoir, Simone. # 1949 The Second Sex.

◬ Butler, Judith. 2006. Gender troubles. London: Routledge

◬ Combahee River Collective. 1977. The Combahee River Collective Statement

◬ Firestone, Sulamith. 1970. Dialectic of Sex. William Morrow and co.

◬ Wittig, Monique. 1975. The Lesbian Body. New york: William Morrow and Company

◬ Woolfe, Virginia. 1929. A Room of Ones Own. Hogarth Press.