"Sue E. Generous: Notes toward a theory of non-transexuality": A talk with David Valentine December 14, 2007

Sex reassignment surgery (SRS) is a key element of many transexuals' identities, but also the point at which many progressive people draw the line in "acceptance" of trans-identified people. This paper seeks to attend to this line by asking what produces what Valentine calls "transexual exceptionalism" in some non-transexuals' understandings of SRS vis-a-vis other forms of bodily augmentation. Valentine argues that attention to non-transexuals' embodied responses to SRS can contribute to queer and feminist theorizations of the naturalized body. David Valentine is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Organized by the IAS collaborative on Global Sexualities.

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