The Politicization of Trans Identity

An Analysis of Backlash, Scapegoating, and Dog-Whistling from Obergefell to Bostock

Loren Cannon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

236 Seiten

2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2381-2 (ISBN)

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Two LGBTQ affirmative US Supreme Court Rulings occurred in the second decade of the twenty-first century: the 2015 Obergefell ruling in support of same sex marriage, and the 2020 Bostock decision ruling that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited by Title VII. In The Politicalization of Trans Identity: An Analysis of Backlash, Scapegoating, and Dogwhistling from Obergefell to Bostock, Loren Cannon critiques the opinions of the court in both cases. Cannon carefully presents the evidence that transgender identity itself has become politicized post Obergefell and provides a thorough consideration of the ramifications of this politicization across the nation, especially in the form of proposed legislation and violence. Cannon argues that the politicization of trans identity can rightfully be understood as a backlash response to the Obergefell decision and increased LGBTQ equality. According to Cannon, aspects of the politicization can be characterized as scapegoating and as dog whistling. This book offers unique contributions to the understanding of these ideas, including a creative application of Rene Girard’s theory of scapegoating. Lastly, Cannon argues that conceptually, virtue signaling needs to be paired with dog whistling to have the political result that the whistler intends.

Loren Cannon is lecturer of ethics at Humboldt State University.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: The Obergefell Decision

Chapter Two: The Anti-Trans Offensive

Chapter Three: The Case Against Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bills

Chapter Four: Backlash

Chapter Five: Scapegoating: The Over-Blaming Account

Chapter Six: Scapegoating, The Girardian Account

Chapter Seven: Dog Whistles and Virtue Signaling

Chapter Eight: But for and the Bostock Decision

Epilogue

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2021
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 228 mm
Gewicht	531 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-7936-2381-3 / 1793623813
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-2381-2 / 9781793623812
Zustand	Neuware