Cotton_ceiling

Cotton ceiling

Cotton ceiling

Purported marginalization of trans women in queer spaces

Cotton ceiling is the purported marginalization of trans women in queer sexual spaces.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] [excessive citations]

History

The term was coined in 2015 by trans porn performer Drew DeVeaux, referring to the feeling of being invisible as a trans woman in queer sexual spaces.[9]

References

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    Trier-Bieniek, Adrienne; Householder, April Kalogeropoulos (12 July 2016). Feminist Perspectives on Orange Is the New Black: Thirteen Critical Essays. McFarland. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-4766-2519-5.
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    Srinivasan, Amia (19 August 2021). The Right to Sex: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2022. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5266-4525-8.
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    Banerjea, Niharika; Browne, Kath; Ferreira, Eduarda; Olasik, Marta; Podmore, Julie (2019). Lesbian Feminism: Essays Opposing Global Heteropatriarchies. Zed Books. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-78699-532-2.
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    Beck, Koa (7 September 2021). White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-3442-6.
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    Rossiter, Hannah (2016). The Cotton Ceiling and the Ghost Penis: Sex, Sexual Orientation and a Transwoman's Body. Conference of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  6. [6]
    Steinbock, Eliza (2014). "Pornography". Transgender Studies Quarterly. 1 (1–2): 156–158. doi:10.1215/23289252-2399893 – via Duke University Press.
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    Kaas, Hailey (2016). "Birth of Transfeminism in Brazil: Between Alliances and Backlashes". Transgender Studies Quarterly. 3 (1–2): 146–149. doi:10.1215/23289252-3334307 – via Duke University Press.
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    Zamantakis, Alithia (2021-12-13). Thinking Cis: Racialized Cissexism, Cis-Heterosexual Men, And Cis-LBQ Women. Georgia State University (Thesis). doi:10.57709/26163765.
  9. [9]
    Steinbock, Eliza (2017-08-08). "Representing trans sexualities". In Smith, Clarissa (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality. Routledge Handbooks Online. doi:10.4324/9781315168302. ISBN 978-1-138-77721-7. S2CID 158377654.


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