Paper short abstract:

In the presentation, based on my current research I shed light on these different (dis)identifications available for trans individuals and put them into dialogue with trans lifestories in order to explore questions of solidarity in the field of trans_gender in current Germany.

Paper long abstract:

The situation of trans people has tremendously changed in Germany during the last years. The "popular ideas about gender reassignment [which] reflect[s] the assumption that transness is the same for most people" (Aizura 2018) are challenged and questions around who counts as transgender are discussed in various spheres. In the public sphere, media coverage, public discourse, established politics, medical discourses and legal ones shape the (im)_possibilities of the existence of trans people. 'Transness' in trans internal spaces, such as communities spaces, publications, surveys or trans activism navigates between popular ideas on trans people and trans lifes. Lifestories of trans* people are told through/ around/ among/ in response to these specific forms of identity politics more or less successful.

In the presentation, based on my current research I shed light on these different (dis)identifications available for trans individuals and put them into dialogue with trans lifestories in order to explore questions of solidarity in the field of trans_gender in this specific time where right wing political attitudes are more and more socially acceptable, while at the same time (intersectional) struggles of people beyond the culture of dominance (Rommelspacher) and as such also different trans communities are more present and heard than before.