Decolonial trans feminism

Decolonial Trans* Feminism represents a critical intersection of thought that interrogates the intersections of coloniality, power, and racialized gender identities within a framework of decolonial feminism. I propose this framework as a transformative critique against traditional transfeminist theories and practices, which have often overlooked the intricate ways colonialism has intertwined with gender and race (Salas-SantaCruz 2024). Decolonial Trans* Feminism roots itself in a rejection of the colonial and Eurocentric narratives that have historically dominated transgender and queer studies and cishetero patriarchies within post and decolonial studies, and which reduce or fragment people into unitary subjectivities (Yarbro-Bejarano 1994).

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Author(s): Omi Salas-SantaCruz
Date Published: 2025
Author(s) Region of Origin: North America

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