Citation

Upadhyay N. Fem. Criminol. 2021; 16(4): 539-544.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1557085121991337

PMID

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Abstract

In this comment, I challenge Burt's colonial epistemological framework in her theorizations of sex, gender, and transness. Drawing upon anti-racist, decolonial, and trans of color feminisms, I argue that transphobia is inherent to white feminisms due to its roots in colonialism. Heteropatriarchy and cisnormativity are products of colonialism, and feminists who espouse transphobic discourses invariably reproduce colonial and white supremacist frameworks of patriarchy and gender violence.

Language: en

Keywords

colonialism; coloniality; transphobia; white feminism; white supremacy