On the Necessity of Bad Trans Objects

Cáel Keegan

Stevenson 101
8:30 AM

What’s wrong with “positive” transgender representation? Professor Keegan explores why “good” transgender representation might actually be an impediment to trans liberation, and why "bad" transgender media objects might be more valuable to preserving a radical trans imaginary. Keegan is the Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University and Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Grand Valley State University. He is author of Lana and Lilly Wachowski: Sensing Transgender and co-editor of Somatechnics 8.1 on trans cinematic bodies. He serves as Special Editor for Arts and Culture at Transgender Studies Quarterly.