Description
In this guest lecture, I explore genres and narratives of gender transition on two Polish YouTube channels (forming one collective) to illustrate negotiations between transnational and local understandings, performances and interpretations of (trans)gender identity. “Trans YouTube” is a valuable performative and discursive space, allowing (especially young) trans creators to maintain, present and communicate the desired sense of self. The seminar explores multilingual and multimodal practices on Polish trans YouTube, and discusses their role in localizing the “global” (or American disguising as global) LGBTQ+ sociolect within the local socio-cultural context. Applying the perspective of translation and exploring its role in localizing the transnational concepts of gender and sexuality makes it possible to trace the process of trans-creating the new language of the Polish trans community, a language that emphasizes trans social media users’ agency and better expresses their individualized and localized gender transition experiences.| Period | 26-Jan-2024 |
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| Held at | Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Netherlands |
| Degree of Recognition | National |