On the Necessity of Bad Trans Objects

Cáel Keegan

Stevenson 101
9:30 AM

How might dominant ways in which US pop culture now depicts transgender identities drive transphobic persecution? Professor Keegan explores why "good" trans representation might impede trans liberation, and why "bad" trans 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.