Heaney Emma
a William Paterson University.
J Lesbian Stud. 2018 Apr 3;22(2):136-152. doi: 10.1080/10894160.2017.1342443. Epub 2017 Aug 2.
This article reads sexological case studies of the fin-de siècle that contain accounts of trans women's lives in the period. It argues that these sources contradict the diagnostic criteria that doctors determine as the factors that define trans feminine identity in the period: desire for men, social isolation, and tortured bodily dissatisfaction. Chief among these contradictions is the prevalence of the expression of trans women's desire for women and easy participation in women's social and kinship networks. Therefore, this article considers these narratives to be a crucial and overlooked resource for considering the breadth of lesbian identity and sociality in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
本文探讨了世纪末的性学案例研究，其中包含了对这一时期跨性别女性生活的描述。文章认为，这些资料与医生所确定的诊断标准相矛盾，这些标准被认为是界定这一时期跨性别女性身份的因素：对男性的欲望、社会孤立以及对身体的痛苦不满。这些矛盾中最主要的是，跨性别女性对女性的欲望表达普遍存在，并且她们能够轻松融入女性的社会和亲属网络。因此，本文认为这些叙述是考虑19世纪末20世纪初女同性恋身份和社会性广度的关键且被忽视的资源。
