Janik Bastien-Charlebois Explained

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Janik Bastien-Charlebois
Occupation:Professor
Employer:Université du Québec à Montréal
Known For:Sociologist and intersex advocate
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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.[2] [3]

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] Her activism began slowly following a meeting with Curtis Hinkle, the founder of Organisation Intersex International, in Montreal in 2005. She has participated in the second and third International Intersex Forums.

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,[5] 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.

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.[6]

In recent work, Bastien-Charlebois critiques the medical treatment of intersex voices.

Bastien-Charlebois speaks internationally, and has been interviewed by the Montreal Gazette, Le Nouvelliste,[7] Le Devoir[8] and Être.[9]

Selected publications

Book

Journal articles

Editorials

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Janik Bastien-Charlebois . Université du Québec à Montréal. September 5, 2016.
  2. Web site: An introduction to "Sanctioned Sexualities: The Medical Treatment of Intersex Bodies and Voices" . Valenza . Alessia . . October 26, 2015.
  3. Web site: Janik Bastien Charlebois - Finding Intersex Voices . .
  4. News: Bastien-Charlebois. Janik. My coming out: The lingering intersex taboo. . 2015-08-09. 2016-09-05.
  5. Web site: Janik BASTIEN-CHARLEBOIS, Ph.D. . 2016-09-05 .
  6. Book: La virilité en jeu . 9782894486658 . 2011 . Editions du Septentrion . 2016-09-05.
  7. Web site: De Maude à Janik en passant par Hermaphrodite . April 13, 2013 . . 2016-09-05.
  8. Web site: Intersexualité - Fille, garçon ou "sexe indéterminé"? . . September 14, 2013 . Daoust-Boisvert . Amélie . 2016-09-05 .
  9. Web site: Janik Bastien-Charlebois : la prof qui monte . Être . March 28, 2012 . 2016-09-05.