ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to contribute to a critical reflection on the ways (trans)gender (in)visibilities should be thought of as material, embodied, relational, and contextualized in wider social, cultural, and historical contexts that inform and condition gendered social interactions and processes. Activists, artists, and academics have been calling for the visibility of trans people, the education of cisgender people in relation to gender diversity issues, and the de-stabilization of gender binaries, namely through a focus on gender fluidity and non-binary gender expressions. Trans people who want be recognized “simply” as “stereotypical” “men” or “women” have also been accused of dishonesty in some contexts. In contrast, several authors talk about trans men’s gains of masculine privileges, even if these are often unwanted and/or if trans men try to complexify what are perceived to be sexist, homophobic, and transphobic dominant cis-heteronormative masculinities.
