Episode 7: The “Transsexual Empire” with Susan Stryker
Episode 7: The “Transsexual Empire” with Susan Stryker  
Podcast: In Bed With The Right
Published On: Mon Sep 25 2023
Description: Often considered the ur-text of trans-exclusionary feminism, Janice Raymond’s “The Transsexual Empire” came out in 1979, but rehearses a bunch of tropes you could just as well get off JK Rowling’s Twitter feed. In their conversation with historian Susan Stryker, Moira and Adrian explore the very specific milieu from which Raymond and her book emerged — a radical lesbian feminist theology deeply disappointed with the Catholic Church.