Experiences of Trans*identity Citizenship: Challenges of Recognition by the State
Citizenship is the political category that legitimizes the new status of the Western subject today. Starting in the 18th century, two axes built the new modern political subjectivity: citizenship and human rights. Only that subject who possesses or acquires the status of citizen is perceivable as be...
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Instituto de Política, Sociedad e Intervención Social (IPSIS) de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (FCS) de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC)
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ConCienciaSocial/article/view/39212 |
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| Sumario: | Citizenship is the political category that legitimizes the new status of the Western subject today. Starting in the 18th century, two axes built the new modern political subjectivity: citizenship and human rights. Only that subject who possesses or acquires the status of citizen is perceivable as being considered human (Balza, 2009). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the experiences of trans*identity citizenship in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Life stories were collected from semi-structured interviews of 8 trans*people. The narratives were grouped into 4 categories: sexual citizenship, gender identity and expression, contexts, as well as exclusion and violence. It was identified that the difficulties and the opportunities for exercising the right to gender identity and expression are reproduced mainly in educational, family and work contexts, which contributes to scenarios of social exclusion as well as fringe attempts of inclusión throughout life. Furthermore, inclusion and belonging continue to be problematic in the legal, economic, and political spheres. Finally, the challenges of the recognition of trans * identities by the State in the mexican context are discussed. |
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