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Janik Bastien-Charlebois

Canadian sociologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Selected publications

Book

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

Journal articles

Editorials

See also

References

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