Black Trans Studies by

Enrique's Struggles with Hyper-masculinity: Dinner Scene

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:44:39 UTC

Familial and Cultural Expectations of Black Masculinity

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:44:57 UTC

What does Vanessa's transition signify to Enrique? How do the expectations placed on Black men impact the Black trans individuals/community?

Visibility and Hypervisibility of Black Trans Bodies

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:45:31 UTC

How are the dual forces of invisibility and hypervisibility present in Vanessa?

Angela's Quiet Support of Vanessa: Angela Cuts Michael's Hair

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:46:13 UTC

Familial Control over Gender Expression

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:46:36 UTC

How is gender policing (ungendering) present in this scene?

The Emotional Labor of Mothers in Black and Brown Communities

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:46:58 UTC

How is the paradox of care and violence present in Angela's actions?

Trans Representation in Film

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:48:09 UTC

How does Santana’s nomination for an Independent Spirit Award mark a shift in how trans actors are recognized in Hollywood?

How do both scholars (Bey & DeClue) think alongside the relationship between blackness and transness?

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:49:12 UTC

What are examples of the entanglements that point us to the nuances and complexities of Black genderings/ungendering?

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:49:25 UTC

What is the political and intellectual project of Black Trans Studies?

s2dsx5h6m6 — 2024-10-22 15:49:35 UTC

Thoughts? Hot takes?

2024-10-22 21:23:03 UTC

List them here!

"We also often find it difficult to separate race from class from sex oppression because in our lives they are most often experienced simultaneously” - Combahee River Collective

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blackness and trans*-ness ..cycles of breaking through/down and building up. an eternal act of self creation

I think Blackness and queerness defy the limitations and complexity of race and gender. What makes someone inherently more feminine or masculine ? - m

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I think that pop culture and especially celebrities strike up such a different conversation about including and exclusion. Sure on the one hand this music video was revolutionary for its time, there are still politics of wanting to "appeal" to their general audiences so its a fine line a think a lot of pop figures walk.

Question 3

2024-10-23 01:01:49 UTC

DeClue calls for a Black feminist politics that fully includes Black trans and gender-queer embodiments, both sonically and visually. She critiques the limits of "Formation " while acknowledging its potential, urging Black feminist thought to move beyond symbolic gestures toward full and radical inclusivity. The intellectual and political project of Black Trans Studies, then, is not just about representation but about fundamentally rethinking how we understand Black gender, queerness, and womanhood in ways that are life-affirming for all Black people.

-EH