Normal Life

"Wait-what's wrong with rights? Much of the legal advocacy for trans and gender nonconforming people in the US has reflected the civil rights and equality" strategies of mainstream gay and lesbian organizations-agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee equal access, nondiscrimination, and equal protection under the law. This approach assumes that the state and its legal, policing, and social services apparatus-even its policies and documents of belonging and non-belonging-are neutral and benevolent. While we all have to comply with the gender binaries set forth by regulatory…