Janik Bastien-Charlebois

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]

Dr.

Janik Bastien-Charlebois
OccupationProfessor
EmployerUniversité du Québec à Montréal
Known forSociologist and intersex advocate

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

Editorials

See also

References
  1. "Janik Bastien-Charlebois". Université du Québec à Montréal. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "Janik Bastien Charlebois - Finding Intersex Voices". Humboldt University of Berlin.
  4. Bastien-Charlebois, Janik (2015-08-09). "My coming out: The lingering intersex taboo". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  5. "Janik Bastien-Charlebois : la prof qui monte". Être. March 28, 2012. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. Daoust-Boisvert, Amélie (September 14, 2013). "Intersexualité - Fille, garçon ou "sexe indéterminé"?". Le Devoir. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  7. "Janik BASTIEN-CHARLEBOIS, Ph.D." Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  8. La virilité en jeu. Editions du Septentrion. 2011. ISBN 9782894486658. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  9. 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, archived from the original on August 14, 2017, retrieved 2016-09-05
  10. "De Maude à Janik en passant par Hermaphrodite". Le Nouvelliste. April 13, 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
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