Gender-nonconformity and the quest for 'recognition' in the United Kingdom, from the 1970s to thepresent day

该项目将研究从20世纪70年代到现在英国性别不一致性的变化性质，特别关注个人性别认同的表达与更广泛的社会和政治斗争之间的相互联系，以实现对这些身份的正式承认。它问如何以及为什么有组织的跨性别权利运动出现在过去的五十年里;为什么承认成为这些运动的决定性问题;以及跨性别者在社会，法律，医学和政治上得到承认意味着什么。通过探索这些问题，这个项目将是第一个研究历史化的性别不一致性和英国跨性别权利运动在历史上context.The研究将基于档案来源在Transology博物馆，女同性恋和同性恋新闻媒体档案馆，霍尔-卡彭特档案馆，收集同性恋者超越伦敦，跨性别档案馆在加拿大，和跨运动团体的记录，如新闻改变。我还将进行一个口述历史的采访计划，与有影响力的或公开著名的跨活动家，如克莉丝汀伯恩斯，斯蒂芬惠特尔，莉莉马迪根，以及政策制定者，医生，记者，和其他谁帮助塑造英国跨生活。这个项目源于一个长期的兴趣，在身份形成，性别，和性生活在社会边缘的人。我在剑桥大学的本科历史论文，“20世纪50年代保守派政治家对同性恋的态度”，重点是通过与政治机构的对话来构建“受人尊敬的”同性恋身份。我以一等学位毕业，随后写了一篇关于20世纪早期英国与德国性学接触的哲学硕士研究论文。我的哲学硕士论文继续通过研究通过海洋遗产赋予经济贫困社区权力的边缘化和身份这一主题。我将我的技能扩展到口头和物质历史，获得了一个区别，并将研究改编成一篇发表在国际遗产研究杂志上的文章。我在遗产领域有广泛的工作经历，包括在埃塞克斯的一个主要的遗产彩票资助项目，在那里我加强了我的项目管理技能和我的能力，使专业研究吸引广大观众。

The project will research the changing nature of gender-nonconformity in Britain from the 1970s to the present, looking specifically at the inter-connections between expressions of personal gender identity and broader societal and political struggles to achieve formal recognition of these identities. It asks how and why an organized transgender rights movement emerged in the previous five decades; why recognition became the defining issue in these campaigns; and what it means for transgender people to be recognized socially, legally, medically, and politically. By exploring these questions this project will be the first study to historicize gender-nonconformity and the British trans rights movement in historical context.The research will be based on archival sources at the Museum of Transology, the Lesbian and Gay News Media Archive, the Hall-Carpenter Archives, the collections of Queer Beyond London, the Transgender Archives in Canada, and the records of trans campaign groups like Press for Change. I will also conduct a programme of oral history interviews with influential or publicly prominent trans activists like Christine Burns, Stephen Whittle, and Lily Madigan, as well as policy-makers, doctors, journalists, and others who have helped to shape British trans life.This project stems from a long-standing interest in identity-formation, gender, and sexuality amongst people living at the margins of society. My undergraduate History dissertation at the University of Cambridge, 'Attitudes to Homosexuality among Conservative Politicians during the 1950s,' focussed on the construction of 'respectable' homosexual identities through dialogue with the political establishment. I graduated with a first-class degree, and subsequently wrote one of my MPhil research essays on British engagement with German sexology in the early twentieth century. My MPhil dissertation continued on this theme of marginalization and identity by researching the empowerment of economically deprived communities through maritime heritage. I expanded my skillset into oral and material history, received a Distinction, and adapted the research into an article published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies. I have worked extensively in the heritage sector, including a major Heritage Lottery Funded project in Essex, where I strengthened both my project-management skills and my ability to makespecialist research appealing to wide audiences.