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A Mere Switch or a Fundamental Change? Theorizing Transgender Marriage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Ruthann Robson
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Abstract

Focusing on the legal cases that have been litigated in the United States, and making references to popular culture, this article considers whether marriages in which one of the partners is transgendered necessarily challenge or necessarily reinforce heterosexual hegemony.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 22 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Writing Against Heterosexism , Winter 2007 , pp. 58 - 70
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Copyright © 2007 by Hypatia, Inc.

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