The sky is trans, why wouldn’t I be

Dec 10 2024 42 ep. 37 mins 23
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This podcast is an audio repository of Florence Ashley‘s scholarly writing on trans law, bioethics, and more!

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Genderfucking as a critical legal methodology

Dec 10 2024 55 mins  
Florence Ashley, "Genderfucking as a critical legal methodology" (2024) 69:2 McGill Law Journal 177 Abstract: In this essay, I theorize genderfucking as a critical legal methodology. Genderfucking is defined by its focus on the needs and experiences of those who ‘fuck’ with gender, resisting attempts at gender governance through laws, policies, and practices. Adopting a politi

Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth: Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?

Oct 08 2024 78 mins  
Florence Ashley, "Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth—Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?" (2024) 62(1) Alberta Law Review 87–119 Abstract: Parental rights are increasingly being invoked to oppose the growing inclusion of trans youth in education. Recently, some provinces have proposed or adopted laws and policies predicated on the belief that parents have a ri

Gender self-determination as a medical right

Jul 01 2024 9 mins  
​F Ashley. ​“Gender self-determination as a medical right.” (2024) CMAJ, 196, E833–35 Abstract: In this article, I argue that the principle of gender self-determination grants trans people have a presumptive right to gender-affirming care, and that physicians should accordingly rethink barriers to gender-affirming care. By considering gender self-determination as a presu

Do trans/humanists dream of electric tits? CRISPR and transgender bioethics

Jul 01 2024 18 mins  
F Ashley. "Do Trans/Humanists Dream of Electric Tits? CRISPR and Transgender Bioethics" in Neal Baer (ed), Reshaping Human Nature: The Promise and Peril of CRISPR (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024) Abstract: ​This chapter explores on the possibilities and risks of CRISPR gene editing for trans lives, discussing its potential use in conversion practices and medical

Beyond the trans/cis binary: introducing new terms will enrich gender research

Jun 11 2024 10 mins  
F Ashley, S Brightly-Brown, GN Rider,. Beyond the trans/cis binary: Introducing new terms will enrich gender research. Nature, 630, 293–95 Abstract: Human experiences are inevitably richer than the categories we carve out for them. But finding the right concepts and language to describe their diversity is an essential part of the scientific endeavour. The term ‘gender modality

Reflecting on the rhetoric of adoption in trans youth care

Jan 03 2024 49 mins  
Florence Ashley, “Reflecting on the Rhetoric of Adoption in Trans Youth Care” (2023) 2 Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies 249–75 Abstract: Adoption is increasingly being discussed as an alternative to procreation for trans youth given the impact of gender-affirming medical care on fertility. In this article, I caution against idyllic views of adoption and offer a criti

Do gender assessments prevent regret in transgender healthcare? A narrative review

Oct 17 2023 38 mins  
Florence Ashley, Neeki Parsa, til kus, & Kinnon R MacKinnon, “Do gender assessments prevent regret in transgender healthcare? A narrative review” (2023) Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity Abstract: Gender assessments are traditionally required before accessing gender-affirming interventions such as hormone therapy and transition-related surgeries. Gender

The Saint of Christopher Street

Jul 11 2023 40 mins  
Florence Ashley & Sam Sanchinel, “The Saint of Christopher Street: Marsha P. Johnson and the Social Life of a Heroine” (2023) 134 Feminist Review 39–55 Abstract: This article analyses the legacy of Marsha P. Johnson as a heroine through the notion of labour, emphasising how heroine narratives are both a product of labour as well as a form of labour. After offering a short

What is it like to have a gender identity?

Jul 02 2023 42 mins  
Florence Ashley, “What Is It like to Have a Gender Identity?” (2023) MIND Abstract: By attending to how people speak about their gender, we can find diverse answers to the question of what it is like to have a gender identity. To some, it is little more than having a body whereas others may report it as more attitudinal or dispositional—seemingly contradictory views. In this

Randomized-controlled trials are methodologically inappropriate in adolescent transgender healthcare

Jun 24 2023 26 mins  
Florence Ashley, Diana M. Tordoff, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, & Arjee J. Restar, “Randomized-controlled trials are methodologically inappropriate in adolescent transgender healthcare” (2023) International Journal of Transgender Health Abstract: Despite multiple rigorous observational studies documenting the association between positive mental health outcomes and access to puber