Janik Bastien-Charlebois
| Dr. Janik Bastien-Charlebois | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Known for | Sociologist and intersex advocate |
Janik Bastien-Charlebois is an intersex woman, sociology 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]
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]
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]
Selected publications
Book
- Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2011). La virilité en jeu. Editions du Septentrion. ISBN 9782894486658.
Journal articles
- Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2011). "Au-delà de la phobie de l'homo : quand le concept d'homophobie porte ombrage à la lutte contre l'hétérosexisme et l'hétéronormativité". Reflets: Revue d’intervention sociale et communautaire. 17 (1): 112. doi:10.7202/1005235ar. ISSN 1203-4576. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2014). "Femmes intersexes: Sujet politique extrême du féminisme (Intersex Women, Feminism's Extreme Political Subject)". Recherches féministes. 27 (1): 237. doi:10.7202/1025425ar. ISSN 0838-4479. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
Editorials
- Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (October 24, 2016). "How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people". Intersex Day. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (September 2, 2016). "De la lourdeur d'écrire un article universitaire sur les enjeux intersexes lorsqu'on est soi-même intersexe". Observatoire des transidentités.
- Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (October 2015). "Sanctioned sex/ualities: The medical treatment of intersex bodies and voices". International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.
- Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (August 9, 2015). "My coming out: The lingering intersex taboo". Montreal Gazette.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Janik Bastien-Charlebois". Université du Québec à Montréal. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Valenza, Alessia (October 26, 2015). "An introduction to «Sanctioned Sexualities: The Medical Treatment of Intersex Bodies and Voices»". International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.
- 1 2 "Janik Bastien Charlebois - Finding Intersex Voices". Humboldt University of Berlin.
- 1 2 3 Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2015-08-09). "My coming out: The lingering intersex taboo". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- 1 2 "Janik Bastien-Charlebois : la prof qui monte". Être. March 28, 2012. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- 1 2 Daoust-Boisvert, Amélie (September 14, 2013). "Intersexualité - Fille, garçon ou «sexe indéterminé»?". Le Devoir. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ↑ "Janik BASTIEN-CHARLEBOIS, Ph.D.". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ↑ La virilité en jeu. Editions du Septentrion. 2011. ISBN 9782894486658. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ↑ Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (September 2, 2016), De la lourdeur d’écrire un article universitaire sur les enjeux intersexes lorsqu’on est soi-même intersexe, Observatoire des Transidentités, retrieved 2016-09-05
- ↑ "De Maude à Janik en passant par Hermaphrodite". Le Nouvelliste. April 13, 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-05.