Philosophy is an academic discipline that examines the general and fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, existence, reason, values, mind, and language. Because of its scope, several subfields of philosophy are important to transgender issues in specific ways, including:
- Philosophy of science
- Philosophy of gender
Trans and gender diverse philosophers
Note: This is an uncategorized list of academics and public intellectuals whose work touches on philosophical matters related to gender identity and expression. Some of the people listed below do not consider themselves professional academics, and some do not consider themselves transgender. For others, philosophy is not the primary focus of their scholarly interests.
- Talia Mae Bettcher
- Judith Butler (vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/judith-butler)
- Loren Cannon (philosophy.humboldt.edu/people/loren-cannon-0)
- Mel Y. Chen (wgs.fas.harvard.edu/people/mel-y-chen)
- Eli Clare (eliclare.com)
- Robin Dembroff (robindembroff.com)
- Alyson Escalante (philosophy.uoregon.edu/profile/aescalan)
- Miqqi Gilbert (http://www.yorku.ca/tpi/overview/bio.html)
- Jack Halberstam (english.columbia.edu/content/jack-halberstam)
- Jacob Hale (csun.edu/~hcphi002/)
- Grayson Hunt (liberalarts.utexas.edu/lgbtq/faculty/gh22499)
- Veronica Ivy (veronicaivy.com)
- Ephraim Das Janssen (chicagostate.academia.edu/DasJanssen)
- Tamsin Kimoto (goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/geographies-of-justice/faculty/tamsin-kimoto)
- Quill Kukla (quillrkukla.xyz)
- Leif Hancox-Li (boltzmann-brain.github.io)
- Amy Marvin (gettysburg.academia.edu/AmyMarvin)
- Viviane Ki Namaste (explore.concordia.ca/viviane-namaste)
- Andrea Pitts (pages.charlotte.edu/andrea-pitts/)
- Laurie Schrage (https://case.fiu.edu/about/directory/profiles/shrage-laurie-jeanne.html)
- Julia Serano
- Sandy Stone (sandystone.com)
- Yannik Thiem (religion.columbia.edu/content/yannik-p-thiem)
- Abigail Thorn (youtube.com/user/thephilosophytube)
- Ash Williams (clpp.hampshire.edu/conference-speaker/ash-williams)
- Rachel Williams (transphilosopher.wordpress.com/about)
- Natalie Wynn (contrapoints.com)
- Perry Zurn (perryzurn.com)
Gender-supportive philosophy
Some people engaged in philosophical inquiry have done so in ways that were accidentally or intentionally supportive of trans and gender diverse people, including:
- Aleardo Zanghellini
Gender-critical philosophy
Some people engaged in philosophical inquiry have done so in ways that were accidentally or intentionally harmful to trans and gender diverse people, including:
References
Marvin, Amy (September 21, 2019). A Brief History of Trans Philosophy. Contingent Magazine. https://contingentmagazine.org/2019/09/21/trans-philosophy/
Bettcher, Talia (2014). Feminist Perspectives on Trans Issues. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feminism-trans/