Boycunts and Bonus Holes: Trans Men’s Bodies, Neoliberalism, and the Sexual Productivity of Genitals

Abstract

Recent theorizations of trans embodiment have brought attention to the ways neoliberalism limits the productivity of nonnormatively gendered bodies. This article deals with the discursive framing of embodiment and sexual desirability among trans men and other transmasculine persons negotiating Internet-mediated homoerotic spaces. Micro-level analysis of discourse structure and macro-level analysis of socio-political context together show how trans men navigate homonormative sexual economies by linguistically recuperating their bodies' sexually productivity. Instead of undermining claims of embodied masculinity and homoerotic value, potential sites of exclusion-i.e., trans genitals-become sites of flexible accumulation that enhance rather than detract from their bearers' desirability.

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“…11 "To situate trans men as 'female-bodied men' suggests that gender is open for self-identifi cation, whereas 'sex' constitutes an immutable category that is fundamentally diff erent from gender. Yet even trans men who forego genital surgery-or anybody modifi cation at all-may claim the descriptor male-bodied for themselves (Zimman, 2014). In doing so, they make a rather bold claim, suggesting that sex is, in fact, open to self-determination such that a "male body" can be defi ned as the body of a (self-identifi ed) man."…”

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