Clarkson explains this point by analyzing the treatment of transgender people similar to that of terrorists. Because trans people threaten the gender binary, and are seen as deceptive, criminal,and concealing, America has been forced to incorporate this element into its security imaginary. The link of terror and transgenders is not limited to the scope of nationalism, but further reaches to the U.S’s effort of counterterrorism and treats trans individuals and symbols of threat. Clarkson asserts that the U.S’s ignorance of transgender issues has given it power to justify institutional negligence (i.e medial control, employer laws..etc). The politicization of gender has contributed to the growth of nationalism because it has forced a conversation about identity
Clarkson explains this point by analyzing the treatment of transgender people similar to that of terrorists. Because trans people threaten the gender binary, and are seen as deceptive, criminal,and concealing, America has been forced to incorporate this element into its security imaginary. The link of terror and transgenders is not limited to the scope of nationalism, but further reaches to the U.S’s effort of counterterrorism and treats trans individuals and symbols of threat. Clarkson asserts that the U.S’s ignorance of transgender issues has given it power to justify institutional negligence (i.e medial control, employer laws..etc). The politicization of gender has contributed to the growth of nationalism because it has forced a conversation about identity