Publication: El "sarampión travesti" de la Transición española. Género, patologización y representaciones trans
Loading...
Identifiers
Publication date
Reading date
Event date
Start date of the public exhibition period
End date of the public exhibition period
Authors
Martínez-Gil, Juan
Advisors
Authors of photography
Person who provides the photography
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Abstract
El presente artículo examina la representación trans en la Transición española, un periodo en el que convergieron el afloramiento de visibilidad de estas identidades en el contexto del destape, con la llegada al país de la categoría médica de transexualidad, que ya tenía un largo recorrido en otros contextos nacionales. Tras introducir la cuestión y comentar brevemente las relaciones que la crítica ha establecido entre lo trans y el proceso político transicional, el artículo remarca la importancia que tuvo este periodo de visibilidad sin precedentes para la configuración de una identidad trans en España. Asimismo, se propone la denominación de este fenómeno como “sarampión travesti” en un acto de reapropiación de las teorías de contagio social que circulaban en la época. Por último, el artículo se centra en el análisis de una sección de entrevistas del seminario Party denominada “El travesti de la semana”, donde múltiples mujeres trans contaron sus experiencias y expectativas vitales y explicaron cómo entendían su identidad.
This article examines the representation of trans identities during the Spanish Transition, a period in which the increasing visibility of these identities coincided with the arrival of the medical category of transsexuality, which already had a long history in other national contexts. After introducing the issue and briefly discussing the relationships that critics have established between trans identities and the political transitional process, the article highlights the importance of this period of unprecedented visibility for the shaping of a trans identity in Spain. Additionally, we propose the term “sarampión travesty” (transvestite measles) to describe this phenomenon, as an act of reappropriation of the social contagion theories circulating at the time. Finally, we exemplify its magnitude through the analysis of a section of interviews from the seminar Party, titled “Transvestite of the Week,” where multiple trans women shared their experiences and life expectations and explained how they understood their identities.
This article examines the representation of trans identities during the Spanish Transition, a period in which the increasing visibility of these identities coincided with the arrival of the medical category of transsexuality, which already had a long history in other national contexts. After introducing the issue and briefly discussing the relationships that critics have established between trans identities and the political transitional process, the article highlights the importance of this period of unprecedented visibility for the shaping of a trans identity in Spain. Additionally, we propose the term “sarampión travesty” (transvestite measles) to describe this phenomenon, as an act of reappropriation of the social contagion theories circulating at the time. Finally, we exemplify its magnitude through the analysis of a section of interviews from the seminar Party, titled “Transvestite of the Week,” where multiple trans women shared their experiences and life expectations and explained how they understood their identities.
Doctoral program
Related publication
Research projects
Description
Bibliographic reference
RELIES: Revista del Laboratorio Iberoamericano para el Estudio Sociohistórico de las Sexualidades, ISSN-e 2659-8620, Nº. 14, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: RELIES. Revista del Laboratorio Iberoamericano para el Estudio Sociohistórico de las Sexualidades)




