Being Trans in Philosophy / Edited by Ding & Willow Starr

Philosophical conversations about trans people do not happen in a vacuum. They happen in a political context where trans people are relentlessly attacked and a material context where trans lives are particularly vulnerable. These contexts make it impossible to "just ask questions" about trans people. And trans people and our loved ones are not okay -- in, with, and because of our discipline.

So what is it like to be a table in a discipline that has been busy writing table-burning instructions? Being Trans in Philosophy collects first-personal accounts from 22 trans philosophers and philosopher-parents of trans kids. The zine details the material and on-the-ground consequences of our discipline's role in providing intellectual cover for a global transmisogynistic and transphobic moral panic -- one that has been increasingly institutionalized into laws and policies.

Trans philosophers have been seen by the profession but not heard in our own words. The stories told by Being Trans in Philosophy address a broad range of experiences from harassment, discrimination, and marginalization to solidarity, moral progress, and our shared love for philosophy.

We encourage allies to make and distribute copies at their discretion (at conferences, in your departments, etc.).