Potential thesis area numero 1

border-crossings. homelands. transcending gender as a movement across national borders- one state to another, one gender to another. resisting definition of identities (national, gender, etc.) as natural, immutable categories. living in the borderlands- issues of choice, privilege, access. mestiza consciousness, nomadicism. marking territory on bodies, autonomy through transgender surgeries and hormone therapies, intersections of homelands and communities. investigation of immigration policies for queer and transgender individuals; gender policing, (DSM and medical institution, etc.) identity as home, retreat - construction of borders for protection. problems of phobia, violence, demonizing otherness. examination of "the other" within.