- Janice Raymond
Janice G. Raymond (born 1949) is professor emerita of
women's studies andmedical ethics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Raymond is also Co-Executive Director of theCoalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW).Raymond has been the recipient of grants from the
U.S. Department of State , the U.S.National Institute of Justice , theFord Foundation , theUnited States Information Agency , theNational Science Foundation , the Norwegian Organization for Research and Development (NORAD), andUNESCO . [http://www.catwinternational.org/bio_JaniceRaymond.php Biography of Janice Raymond] via Coalition Against Trafficking in Women]Raymond is also known for "The Transsexual Empire: the making of the she-male", [ [http://worldcat.org/isbn/0807762725 book] ] a
1979 book ontranssexuality , a manifesto which contends that male-to-female transsexuals are part of a plot by men to infiltrate thewomen's movement . Raymond maintains that transsexualism is based on the "patriarchal myths" of "male mothering," and "making of woman according to man's image." Raymond is widely cited as one of the architects of transphobic, or anti-trans, feminism. She claims this is done in order "to colonizefeminist identification, culture, politics and sexuality," adding:References
Publications
*Raymond J. "The Transsexual Empire" (1979 and 1994; reprinted by Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; Editions du Seuil, Paris)
*Raymond J. "A Passion for Friends" (1986: Beacon Press, Boston; the Women's Press, London; Frauenoffensive, Munich)
*Raymond J. "RU 486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals" (1991: Spinifex Press, Melbourne; Konkret Literatur Verlag, Hamburg; Narigrantha Prabartan, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
*Raymond J. "Women as Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle Over Women's Freedom" (1993: HarperSanFrancisco; Spinifex Press, Melbourne; Frauenoffensive, Munich)
*Raymond J. "Report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women: Prostitution and Trafficking" (1995: Coalition Against Trafficking in Women).
*"The Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism" byDorchen Leidholdt and Janice Raymond, published1990 by Pergammon Press ISBN 0-08-037457-3External links
* [http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/~sandy/empire-strikes-back The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto] by Sandy Stone.
* [http://my.execpc.com/~dmmunson/tsc2k/StephenWhittle.htm Where did we go wrong? Feminism and trans theory- two teams on the same side?] by Stephen Whittle, 2000.
*worldcat id|lccn-n78-90411
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