Connor Fraser

Trans philosophy of disability describes a growing set of approaches to theorizing trans and disability from the emerging subfields of trans philosophy and philosophy of disability. While the discipline of philosophy rarely addresses either trans or disability, trans philosophy of disability offers a space for examining how trans and disability can be theorized together, as well as the productive potentials of this theorizing for other areas of philosophical inquiry. At present, both ableist and cisgenderist views are gaining traction in philosophy and beyond; the emerging works of trans philosophy of disability offer critical and necessary contributions grounded in trans and disabled life. Among these emerging sites of inquiry, recent work in trans philosophy of disability examines existing trans disavowals of disability in philosophy, as well as how trans and disability appear entangled together in history, lived practice, and theory. Beyond exploring the ways that disability and trans operate as categories, some scholarship excavates the racial underpinnings of both trans and disability and their continued expressions across strategies of transition and passing. Other scholarship builds on theories and experiences of crip time to examine broader trans-crip potentialities and potentials for navigating and learning from negative affects and affective norms. Others still examine multiplicity and silence as responses to dominant practices of signification, the politics of identity categorization, and the limits of these approaches. Ongoing work in trans philosophy of disability continues to examine the entangled relationships and future potentials of trans and disability.