Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 389-408

Journal: European journal of politics and gender

Volume number: 3

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 2515-1088

eISSN: 2515-1096

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1332/251510820X15780296516691

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Abstract: 
Trans* people and trans* issues have been part of the scientific literature for over a decade, though framed most of the time under umbrella terms such as 'LGBT' or 'LGBTIQ*' and often without further consideration regarding trans*-specific issues. In this article, we take an emancipatory approach and focus on trans* people as political subjects. For the first time, we thus present data on the political preferences, attitudes and voting behaviour of trans* people in Germany, and put them in relation to the parties' manifestos for the 2017 German general election (the 2017 Bundestagswahl). We discuss our findings in the theoretical context of trans* citizenship and trans* visibility. This approach positions trans* people as citizens in the centre of analysis and adds to our understanding of the citizenship of minority groups in our modern societies.

Harvard Citation style: Hunklinger, M. and Ferch, N. (2020) Trans* voting: demand and supply side of trans* politics in Germany, European journal of politics and gender, 3(3), pp. 389-408. https://doi.org/10.1332/251510820X15780296516691

APA Citation style: Hunklinger, M., & Ferch, N. (2020). Trans* voting: demand and supply side of trans* politics in Germany. European journal of politics and gender. 3(3), 389-408. https://doi.org/10.1332/251510820X15780296516691