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The Vocabulary of Transgender Theory

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The article considers the nascent vocabulary of transgender theory. What are the implications of separating “sex” from “gender” and such locutions as someone “being a woman in the body of a man”? It suggests that this vocabulary is problematic and based on a false view that I alone can control the vocabulary others use to refer to me.

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  1. Department of English 12B, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 21402, USA

    Bruce Fleming

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Fleming, B. The Vocabulary of Transgender Theory. Soc 52, 114–120 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-015-9870-x

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