ABSTRACT

This essay considers how transgender and non-conforming people and their bodies are medically organised in society by surgery. The surgical normalisation of these bodies is not however enough for some in society. ‘Once a man, always a man’ claim those who oppose and abuse TGNC people and the UK daily press, radio and TV routinely encourage and facilitate this abuse. This essay focuses on themes of genitalia, tattoos, self-harm, self-mutilation and auto-castration to understand how and why society and medical practices seem to be obsessed with normalising bodies. It does so in relation to one body, that of a non-binary individual. That body is my own and it is my hope that this essay will open up and add to literature on trans folk in organisational discourse whilst also introducing the issues of gender dysphoria and ‘self-mutilation’ as themes for further organisational research and debate.

摘要

本文考虑了变性和不合格者及其身体如何通过外科手术在社会上进行医学组织。然而，这些身体的手术正常化对于社会中的某些人来说是不够的。反对和虐待TGNC人士的人声称“曾经是男人，永远是男人”，英国的每日新闻，广播和电视台定期鼓励和促进这种虐待。本文重点讨论生殖器，纹身，自残，自残和自动cast割的主题，以了解社会和医学实践为何以及为何沉迷于身体正常化。它是针对一个非二元个体的身体。