ABSTRACT
In deconstructing heteronormativity, it is important not only to render sexualities fluid, but also to contest the assumptions of sex and sexed bodies that often structure definitions of ‘heterosexual’, ‘lesbian’ and ‘gay’. This is significant because where gender/sex are fluid, basing one’s identity on sexuality becomes like “building your house on a foundation of pudding” (Scott 1997, 67). Challenging the primacy of sexual orientation and identity in queer studies, Stryker argues, “All to often queer remains a code word for ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’, and all too often transgender phenomena are misapprehended through a lens that privileges sexual orientation and sexual identity as the primary means of differing from heteronormativity” (Stryker 2004, 214).
