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Queering Tactical Technical Communication: DIY HRT

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ABSTRACT Given the barriers for transgender people to access affordable gender-transition care, online environments have witnessed a rise in user-generated instruction sets providing direction on the self-administration of hormone therapy.… Click to show full abstract

ABSTRACT Given the barriers for transgender people to access affordable gender-transition care, online environments have witnessed a rise in user-generated instruction sets providing direction on the self-administration of hormone therapy. These ethical forms of tactical technical communication demonstrate the need to consider a new materialist approach to queer theory, which refuses to align queer agency with stable identities. Drawing directly from these user-generated instructions, this article articulates a theoretical framework for queer, tactical technical communication.

Keywords: diy hrt; communication diy; communication; technical communication; queering tactical; tactical technical

Journal Title: Technical Communication Quarterly
Year Published: 2019

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