I grewupontheeastsideofCleveland, partof a Jewishcommunity, andbythetime I wasinhighschool, I waspoliticallyactive, but I wasalsotakinguniversitycoursesinphilosophy.
I remainconvincedthatonedoesneedtoknowhistoryinordertomakesureitdoesnotrepeat, andthatonewantsjusticenotjustforthegrouptowhichonebelongs, butforanygroupthatsuffersin a similarway.
Inthe 70s and 80s, I waspartof a movementofpeoplewhowererethinkinggenderduringthattime.
70年代から80年代にかけて、私はジェンダーを再考する人々の運動に参加していた。
Queertheorywasemerging.
クィア理論が台頭しつつあった。
Itwasin a complicatedconversationwithfeminism.
それはフェミニズムとの複雑な対話の中にあった。
Transissueshadnotyetsurfacedaspartofourcontemporaryreality, soitwas a momentinwhichweaskedquestionslike, whathassocietymadeofusandwhatcanwemakeofourselves?
I thinkatthetimethat I wroteGenderTrouble, peopletreatedgenderasifitwas a naturalfactor a sociologicalreality, buttheydidn't treatitassomethingthatyoucouldmakeandremake.
Evenamongprogressiveandliberalpeople I know, therecansometimesbe a realresistancetothinkingabouttransrightsorlesbianandgayrights, orevenwomen's rights.