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