Janik Bastien-Charlebois

Janik Bastien-Charlebois is a Canadian sociologist, professor, and advocate for intersex rights.^[1] She teaches at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and her areas of study include cultural democracy, testimony, epistemology, homophobia and feminism.^[1][2][3]

Dr. Janik Bastien-Charlebois
Occupation	Professor
Employer	Université du Québec à Montréal
Known for	Sociologist and intersex advocate

Personal life and activism

In an interview with the Montreal Gazette, and with Être, Bastien-Charlebois describes the medical "normalization" of her body at age 17 as a process of dispossession.^[4][5][6] Her activism began slowly following a meeting with Curtis Hinkle, the founder of Organisation Intersex International, in Montreal in 2005.^[4] She has participated in the second and third International Intersex Forums.^[2]

Career

Janik Bastien-Charlebois is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she works in research groups on "Testimonial Cultures", homophobia,^[7] and the Institute for Research on Feminist Studies. During 2014 and 2015, Bastien-Charlebois was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies (Zentrum für transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien), Humboldt University of Berlin.^[3]

Her book, La virilité en jeu (Manhood at stake), examines the inevitability of boys' homophobic behaviors through interviews with adolescent boys. Bastien-Charlebois disputes arguments focused on human nature and male identity formation, suggesting instead that heterosexuality is socially constructed.^[8]

In recent work, Bastien-Charlebois critiques the medical treatment of intersex voices.^[2][9]

Bastien-Charlebois speaks internationally,^[2] and has been interviewed by the Montreal Gazette,^[4] Le Nouvelliste,^[10] Le Devoir^[6] and Être.^[5]

Selected publications

Book

• Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2011). La virilité en jeu. Editions du Septentrion. ISBN 9782894486658.

Journal articles

• Bastien Charlebois, Janik (December 2017). "Les sujets intersexes peuvent-ils (se) penser ?. Les empiétements de l'injustice épistémique sur le processus de subjectivation politique des personnes intersex(ué)es". Socio. La nouvelle revue des sciences sociales (9): 143–162. doi:10.4000/socio.2945. ISSN 2266-3134.
• Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2014). "Femmes intersexes: Sujet politique extrême du féminisme (Intersex Women, Feminism's Extreme Political Subject)". Recherches féministes. 27 (1): 237. doi:10.7202/1025425ar. ISSN 0838-4479. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
• Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2011). "Au-delà de la phobie de l'homo : quand le concept d'homophobie porte ombrage à la lutte contre l'hétérosexisme et l'hétéronormativité". Reflets: Revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire. 17 (1): 112–149. doi:10.7202/1005235ar. ISSN 1203-4576.

Editorials

• Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (October 24, 2016). "How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people". Intersex Day. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
• Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (September 2, 2016). "De la lourdeur d'écrire un article universitaire sur les enjeux intersexes lorsqu'on est soi-même intersexe". Observatoire des transidentités. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
• Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (October 2015). "Sanctioned sex/ualities: The medical treatment of intersex bodies and voices". International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
• Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (August 9, 2015). "My coming out: The lingering intersex taboo". Montreal Gazette.

See also

• Intersex human rights