#reflection on course

Throughout the course, I have realized how much my thinking has been still very US-centered and Western-based when approaching the terms “transgender” and “gender variant.” This course has done a lot to deflate my ego in terms of knowing about gender variance in every space. Being trans, I felt as if I knew what was going on through experience, especially also having other intersecting oppressed identities. While I didn’t assume my experience was the end-all, it was still eye opening to learn about gender variance in other places, and how the study of these things and calling them “gender variant” may be problematic in certain contexts.