Abiam M., 7–8
aggression: racialized gender/sexuality and, 5–6, 9–10, 13, 19–20, 30–31, 36, 38, 41, 53–55, 87–96, 100, 116, 143, 153, 158–61, 168, 178n26
Ahmed, Sara, 18
ambiguity, 15, 66, 80–81, 97, 106, 123–24, 144, 164, 179n5
anonymity, 13–14, 84, 101, 103–34
antiracist hegemony, 93–94
Anton G., 2
Araujo, Gwen, 20–21. See also Assembly Bill 1160 (CA)
Assembly Bill 1160 (CA), 4–5, 21
attention, 9, 22, 29, 53–54, 64, 87, 92, 136; “negative attention-seeking behavior,” 55–57, 74–75, 118–20, 130–34; phenomenology and, 15, 42, 48, 65, 133–34
Averi, 21
“baby” (address): Emmett Till murder and, 64; Latisha King murder and, 7, 58, 60, 65
bathroom bills, 162–69
Beauvoir, Simone de, 80, 106, 179n5
being (philosophical), 67, 102, 104, 106, 122–25, 129, 137, 141, 144–45, 150; human being, 113–20
being-in-the-world, 14
being-with-others, 134
Benjamin, Jessica, 126
Best, Wallace, 20
Bettcher, Talia, 5
Black, Rosalie, 151
blackness: gender and, 22, 40, 88; violence and, 13, 19–20, 64, 88–89, 91, 94
bodily orientation, 11, 18, 45, 48, 50, 60; disorientation, 155–56. See also comportment
body schema, 44
Boldrin, Dawn, 21, 25, 32–35, 87, 138–42
Bond, Justin Vivian, 25
“boys will be boys,” 37–38
Bramson, Robyn, 21, 54–55, 75, 79, 86, 117–18, 130–31, 135, 139–41
break (phenomenological), 42–43, 63–66, 91–92, 109–12
Brown, Shirley, 73–74, 84, 157–59
bullying, 3, 11–12, 28–31, 36–37, 63, 116, 118–19, 129, 132, 143, 152–53, 157, 168–69
Cairns, Dorion, 105
cisgender people, 21, 164, 168–69
clothing, 11, 26–30, 38, 52, 54, 64, 85, 91, 102, 115, 131–32, 153, 155, 158; caps, 48–51, 53, 81; dress, 9, 135–42, 146–47; high-heeled boots, 8–9, 25, 33–34, 59, 66–68, 71–83, 87, 116, 130, 135–39, 146–47, 152, 154. See also cross-dressing; style
common sense, 14, 103, 107–13, 121, 131–32, 134, 168
comportment, 11, 25–61, 75, 85, 150. See also bodily orientation
Constable, Marianne, 178n23
Corbett, Ken, 9, 37, 116; A Murder over a Girl, 10
Cox, Laverne, 166–67
cross-dressing, 38; cross accessorizing, 33, 116–17, 130–31
Crowley, Susan, 117–20, 130–33
Cunningham, Marta: Valentine Road, 3, 20, 151, 157–58
Currah, Paisley, 168
deVos, Betsy, 181n2; Dear Colleague letter about bathrooms, 162
disclosure, 12, 27–28, 32, 67, 112, 135
Drummond, John, 148
Edelman, Lee, 98
effeminacy, 52–53, 118. See also femininity
embodiment, 5, 13, 16, 19, 43–44, 55, 60–61, 64, 80, 82, 92, 94–95, 121, 134, 145, 148, 150; ambiguity and, 106; anonymity and, 121–26, 128; gendered, 11–12, 14, 26–28, 32–34, 41, 48–51, 54–57, 66, 71–72, 85–86, 88–91, 103, 115, 135–39, 142, 165–66; gesture and, 69–72, 81–86; habit-body, 32; racial, 20, 88–91; sexual, 48–51, 67, 97, 103, 122; uprightness and, 41–46. See also bodily orientation; body schema; gender; gesture; intercorporeality; movement; race; sedimentation; sexuality
Embree, Lester, 148
enmeshment, 5, 16, 18, 42, 92, 119, 126, 133. See also horizon
E.O. Green Junior High School, 1, 8–9, 25, 28–29, 53, 66, 72, 79, 151, 153, 155, 166
erotic structuralism (Bettcher), 5
ethics, 6, 18; of ambiguity, 106; phenomenological, 147–50, 161
ethos, 149–50; of unknowing, 159
experience, 23, 66, 77, 93, 101, 149; phenomenology and, 5, 16–19, 43–47, 80, 105–6, 109, 111, 126–28, 143, 145, 149–50; racialized gender and, 19–20, 87, 146, 155
expression, 10–13, 37, 42, 48–49, 51, 67, 69–70, 81–83, 86, 89, 102, 115, 139, 141, 176n31; gender expression, 4–5, 15, 27–30, 32, 34, 41, 66, 71, 116, 135, 152–55, 158, 164, 169
femininity, 24, 28, 41, 52–53, 63; perceptions of Latisha and, 5, 26–27, 31, 33–35, 71–72, 77, 83, 86, 116, 130–31, 136, 137, 139; racialized, 88, 91. See also effeminacy
feminism, 126; feminist phenomenology, 14
flamboyance, 54
Fox, Maeve, 1–2, 6–8, 21, 33, 59, 70–71, 76–77, 84–85, 116, 130, 135
France, 15
Freud, Sigmund, 13, 34, 95–96, 100–101, 143
fundament, humanly-wrought, 123
futurity, 47; gender and, 38, 91; queerness and, 98–99, 101; race and, 23, 91
gay and lesbian studies, 96–97
gay identity, 90, 97–102; gender identity conflated with, 3–5, 7–8, 19–23, 26–29, 39–40, 50–59, 86–87, 151–52, 166. See also homosexuality; queerness; sexual orientation
“gay panic” defense, 4–5, 21. See also “trigger incident”
gaze, 56–57, 61, 70; in courtroom, 11, 14
gender, 17, 119, 140, 165–66; aggression read through, 5–6, 9–10, 13, 19–20, 30–31, 36, 38, 41, 53–55, 89–96, 100, 116, 143, 153, 158–61, 168, 178n26; anonymity and, 126–30; futurity and, 38, 91; gender expression, 4–5, 15, 27–30, 32, 34, 41, 66, 71, 116, 135, 152–55, 158, 164, 169; gender identity, 30, 162, 164, 168; as gesture, 14, 32–35, 49, 52, 67–80, 84–87, 135–36, 142, 152; meaning and, 12, 32, 41, 48–49, 52, 80–87, 135–39; movement and, 12, 29–36, 32, 41, 50–51, 55, 63–102, 133, 136–37, 164; normativity and, 5, 11, 23, 27, 30–31, 56, 58, 63, 66, 87, 102, 117, 129, 132–33, 145, 156, 168, 181n16; as object, 14, 124, 136–37, 143, 147, 152; perception and, 19, 28, 33; as performance, 11, 41, 56, 115–16, 146; as projectile, 34, 87; queerness and, 7, 10, 12–13, 27–28, 33, 36, 39, 52–53, 58, 83, 87, 152; racialized, 19–23, 37–40, 88, 91, 114; sexuality and, 3–8, 10–13, 24, 26–31, 39, 48–54, 56–59, 69–71, 83, 87, 103, 126, 151–54, 161, 168; shock of, 68–80, 137; sound and, 11, 30, 66–80, 82, 87–88; style and, 34, 51, 71–72, 75, 85–87, 128–29, 137, 142; weaponized, 15. See also “boys will be boys”; femininity; feminism; “girls will be girls”; masculinity
gender-nonconforming people, 5, 161
genocide, 162
gentrification, 9
Germany, 15
gesture, 12–13, 48, 81–83; gender as, 14, 32–35, 33, 49, 52, 67–80, 84–87, 135–36, 142, 152; race and, 88–89
“girls will be girls,” 38, 140
Goldstein, Debi, 153–56
Gooding-Williams, Robert, 94
Greer, Rosie, 118–19
Grimm, Gavin, 164
Guenther, Lisa, 17
Gyllenhammer, Paul, 148
habit, 16, 64, 66, 68, 111, 121, 127, 149, 161
habit-body, 32
Hardball with Chris Matthews, 166
Haritaworn, Jin, 20
Harney, Stefano, 178n26
hate crime law, 7, 9, 19, 38, 40, 115
HBO, 3
Heinamaa, Sara, 127–29
Hermberg, Kevin, 148
heterosexuality, 18, 31, 34, 49, 51, 53
Hoagland, Donald, 1–2, 6–7, 31, 58–59
homicide, 113. See also manslaughter; murder
homophobia, 3, 10–11, 15, 19, 24, 29, 37, 39–40, 89–90, 151, 161. See also “gay panic” defense
homosexuality, 8, 24, 49, 51–54, 56–58. See also gay identity; queerness; sexual orientation
horizon, 80, 92–95, 99, 101, 106, 145, 165; queer phenomenology and, 18–19. See also enmeshment
House Bill 2 (NC), 163–64
human (category), 14–15, 69, 95, 150; ambiguity and, 80, 106; anonymity and, 122–24; gait and, 42, 57; murder and, 113–14; posture and, 45–46, 176n23
Hunter, Tyra, 20
Husserl, Edmund, 16, 106, 111–12, 127–28, 148; on phenomenology, 14–15, 41, 105, 107, 110; on retroactive crossing out, 156
intention (phenomenological), 48, 104, 126
intercorporeality, 125
intersubjectivity, 16–17, 125–26, 148
“It Gets Better” campaign, 98–99, 101–2
Jackie, 6
John Muir High School, 91
Johnson, Galen, 82
Jones, Mr., 91
Keith L., 58
Kiesling, Mara, 166
King, Gregory, 141–42
King, Kendra, 140
language, 7, 37–38, 44–45, 58–68, 71, 102, 133, 136, 144, 163–64, 176n31, 178n23; gesture as, 52, 70; limits of, 4, 11–13, 54–55, 69–70, 86–87, 159; opacity of, 81–83. See also “baby” (address)
Lawlor, Leonard, 108
leathermen, 52–53
Levinas, Emmanuel, 16–17
Life magazine: “Homosexuality in America,” 49–53, 56–58
“like a girl,” 8, 11–12, 30, 41
lynching, 64
makeup, 9, 29, 33–34, 59, 71, 84, 130, 135, 137, 143, 146
Marina, 151
Marriott, David, 23
Martin, Trayvon, 87–89
Marx, Werner, 149–50
masculinity, 26, 33–34, 63, 71, 130, 132, 52–53
McInerney, Brandon, 15, 37, 90, 119, 134, 140, 142; gender and, 30, 58–61, 71, 115, 147, 152–53, 159; murder of Latisha King, 1, 3, 6–7, 10, 24–25, 30, 61, 70, 100, 103, 113–14, 153; trial of, 5, 7, 12, 21, 30, 36, 38–40, 68–70, 113–14, 150–52; violence supported by teachers, 156–60; white supremacist views, 19, 39–40
Mead, George Herbert, 80
meaning, 64–65, 68–70, 92, 104, 106, 110, 128; gender and, 12, 32, 41, 48–49, 52, 80–87, 135–39; gesture and, 80–87; phenomenology and, 15–16, 44–45
Menninger, Karl, 101
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 63, 139, 143–46; on ambiguity, 80, 106; on anonymity, 13, 104, 121–28, 133; on gender, 12, 14, 67–68, 72; on gesture, 81–83, 85; on the horizon, 92; on intersubjectivity, 16–17; on perception, 66; on phenomenological method, 107, 110
methodology, of book, 10–19. See also phenomenology
Mitsubjectivität, 16. See also intersubjectivity
Mock, Janet, 166–67
Morrison, Toni, 19
motricity, 12
movement, 16, 106, 111, 123, 144–45; gender and, 12, 29–36, 41, 50–51, 55, 63–102, 133, 136–37, 164; racially gendered, 12, 41, 55, 63–102, 133, 136–37, 164; sexuality and, 46, 48, 50, 53; at trial, 11–12, 60–61; uprightedness, 42, 45. See also motricity; the turn; walking
MSNBC
Muñoz, José Esteban, 98–99
murder, 3, 7, 10, 20–21, 38, 83, 100, 103, 161; malice aforethought, 70, 113–14; trials and, 4, 9, 11, 13–14, 25, 30–31, 39–40, 60, 68–70, 98, 113–14, 150–51. See also “gay panic” defense; hate crime law; homicide; “trans panic” defense
names, 6–7, 20–24, 26, 64, 70, 102, 104, 114–15, 132, 153, 156, 158
Natanson, Maurice, 65, 106–9, 111–12, 132–33
National Center for Transgender Equality, 166
natural attitude, 106–7, 111–12, 121, 133
neo-Nazis, 115
Newsweek, 3–4
New York City, 57; Chelsea, 53; Greenwich Village, 53
New York Times, 166
normativity, 100, 109, 147–49; gender and, 5, 11, 23, 27, 30–31, 56, 58, 63, 66, 87, 102, 117, 129, 145, 156, 168, 181n16
North Carolina, 164
objects, 13, 18, 47–49, 67, 96, 101, 106, 123–25, 133, 180n9; gender and, 14, 22, 26, 117, 135–60
ontology, 91, 94, 150, 152; ontological being of others, 125
Oxnard, CA, 1
Parenti, Michael, 178n26
pedagogy: erotics of, 96
perception, 60, 78, 84; gender and, 19, 28, 33; phenomenology and, 15–16, 18, 66–67, 80, 82, 106–7, 111, 122–29, 144–45; race and, 19, 40; sexuality and, 11, 30, 40, 112
perspective, 47, 80, 92, 98, 105, 148, 156; perspectival situatedness, 14; perspectival thesis, 107
phenomenological reduction, 105
phenomenology, 165, 168, 179n5; anonymity in, 13–14, 103–34; attention in, 15, 42, 48, 65, 133–34; break in, 42–43, 63–66, 91–92, 109–12; as eidetic science, 14, 105; ethics of, 147–50, 159, 161; experience in, 5, 16–19, 43–47, 80, 105–6, 109, 111, 126–28, 143, 145, 149–50; feminist, 14; gender and, 12, 40–41, 103, 126–30; genetic, 128; intention in, 48, 104, 126; as method, 11, 15–19, 22, 41, 65, 95, 103, 105–7, 110–13, 148–49, 161, 175n4; perception in, 15–16, 18, 66–67, 80, 82, 106–7, 111, 122–29, 144–45; queer, 18–19; of walking, 40–49. See also phenomenological reduction
photography, 22, 51, 53, 56–57, 135, 141
Piaget, Jean, 144
Plato, 180n9
police/state violence, 88–94
positivism, 22
posture: upright, 12, 41–51, 176n23
problem of others, 125
projection (phenomenological), 18, 123, 125
projection (psychoanalytic): aggression and, 13, 29, 36–37, 89–91, 100, 142–43, 178n26
proprioception, 57
psychology, 6, 9, 41, 43–45, 58–59, 105; transphobic, 5, 31, 36
queerness, 18, 20, 50, 56, 96–102, 141, 179n17; gender and, 7, 10, 12–13, 27–28, 33, 36, 39, 52–53, 58, 83, 87, 152; race and, 91, 95, 98. See also gay identity; homosexuality; sexual orientation
race, 17, 32, 49, 50; aggression read through, 5–6, 9–10, 13, 19–20, 30–31, 36, 38, 41, 53–55, 87–96, 100, 116, 143, 153, 158, 161, 168, 178n26; gendered, 19–23, 37–40, 88, 91, 114; gesture and, 88–89; queerness and, 91, 95, 98; at trial, 19–23, 38–40, 114–15. See also blackness; whiteness
racism, 19, 23, 64, 87–90, 93–95, 115, 161. See also neo-Nazis; police/state violence; white supremacy
Republican Party, 165
retroactive crossing out, 153–60, 169
Reynolds, Jack, 104
Rodríguez, Juana María, 49
Rose, Jacqueline, 100–101
Saenz, Arthur, 86
San Francisco, CA, 52
Savage, Dan: “It Gets Better” campaign, 98–99, 101–2
#SayTheirNames, 20
Schütz, Alfred, 13, 65, 106–112, 121, 133
sedimentation, 16, 109, 121–22, 127–28, 161
Senate Bill 6 (TX), 163
Sessions, Jeff: Dear Colleague letter about bathrooms, 162
sex, 26–27, 71, 115, 137, 162–69
sexual difference, 127–28
sexual harassment, 11–12, 28, 30–31, 36–37, 63, 116, 118–19, 132, 153, 157, 163, 168–69
sexuality, 17–18, 46, 67, 112, 122, 124, 128, 137; aggression read through, 5–6, 9–10, 13, 19–20, 30–31, 36, 38, 41, 53–55, 90–92, 100, 116, 143, 153, 158, 161, 168, 178n26; embodiment and, 48–51, 67, 97, 103, 122; gender and, 3–8, 10–13, 24, 26–37, 39, 48–54, 56–59, 69–71, 83, 87, 103, 126, 151–54, 161, 168; race and, 37–40, 49, 114–15. See also sexual orientation
sexual orientation, 4–5, 7, 11, 18, 30, 39, 59, 151; mistaken for gender identity. See also gay identity; heterosexuality; homosexuality; queerness
Sheth, Falguni, 20
shock, 6, 57, 63–65, 109, 111–12, 168; of gender, 68–80, 137
Simi Valley, CA, 93
Snorton, C. Riley, 20
social world, 14, 92, 106–7, 112, 122
sound, 12, 61, 64, 141; gender and, 11, 30, 66–80, 82, 87–88; race and, 87–88
South Dakota, 165
space, 123; bodily orientation in, 45; inhabiting, 50, 105, 142–43, 152; public, 162–69
Stoller, Sylvia, 126–27
Strangio, Chase, 165–66
Stryker, Susan, 23
style: of dress, 54, 75, 77, 137; gendered, 34, 51, 71–72, 75, 85–87, 128–29, 137, 142; gesture and, 12, 68, 82–83, 85; of walking, 32, 36, 71–72, 86–87
Swanson, Dan, 40
Texas, 163–64
Till, Emmett, 64
Title IX: gender identity and, 162–64
Tom of Finland, 49
transgender (category), 20, 23, 29, 40, 163, 166
transgender people, 5, 10, 13, 20–24, 27, 29–31, 40, 50, 91, 97, 99, 101, 152, 157–58, 161–69, 162
transcendentalism, 14, 17, 106, 128; transcendentalist thesis, 107; transcendental phenomenology, 105
transitivity, 39–40, 110, 125, 151
“trans panic” defense, 21, 168. See also “trigger incident”
transphobia, 10, 23–24, 29, 40–41, 85, 89–90, 161–62; in psychology, 5, 31, 36. See also bathroom bills; “trans panic” defense
transsexuality, 158
Trump, Donald, 161; administration’s Dear Colleague letter about bathrooms, 162–63, 166
the turn, 31, 56, 58–61, 154–56
U.S. Department of Education, 162–63
U.S. Department of Justice, 163
U.S. Supreme Court, 164
“valentine” discourse, 3–4
Valentine Road, 3, 20, 151, 157–58
Ventura County Star, 25–28, 38–39
walking, 42–48, 50–51, 56–57, 82, 111, 123, 133, 135, 142, 144; gender and, 11–13, 30, 32, 34–37, 58–60, 63, 66–79, 83, 86–87, 147
Wallon, Henri, 144
Weber, Travis, 167–68
whiteness, 19, 40, 50, 98; violence of, 64, 87–88, 93–94
white supremacy, 9, 19, 39–40. See also neo-Nazis
Wolff, Tobias, 162
Yancy, George, 87–89
Young, Iris Marion, 12, 41, 45, 50
YouTube, 98
Zimmerman, George: killing of Trayvon Martin, 89