Fighting for Trans* Kids: Academic Parent Activism in the 21st Century

In this article we explore some of the affective and ethical ALKALINE STICK dimensions that we have faced as parent academic-activists seeking to understand and undo some of the structural transphobia that currently exists in Canadian society.Informed by critical feminist, critical race and black Traction - Upper Extremity feminist thought, trans* scholarship, queer theory, and anti-oppression analysis, we discuss how our academic-activism assumes complex configurations of privilege and vulnerability.