Trans Manhood: The Intersections of Masculinities, Queerness, and the South

Author:

Rogers Baker A.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA

Abstract

Using qualitative interviews with trans men across the Southeastern United States, this article examines how regional constructions of masculinities and manhood shape how trans men understand and do gender in this region of the country. This analysis is situated at the intersections of three areas of study—southern studies, masculinities studies, and trans studies—and demonstrates how trans masculinities in the South broaden the conversations occurring in each. The key finding in this study is that trans men, despite not being assigned male-bodied at birth and despite not being socialized as boys/men through childhood, understand and do masculinities and manhood in similar ways to their southern cis counterparts. Through three primary mechanisms, southern trans men uphold southern gender ideology and performances of masculinities. These mechanisms include (a) understanding gender as binary and essential; (b) performing stereotypical versions of southern manhood; and, (c) maintaining mastery, honor, and independence.

Funder

Georgia Southern University

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Literature and Literary Theory,Sociology and Political Science,History,Gender Studies

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