 {"id":10,"date":"2025-11-18T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:46:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-36 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/chris-briggs-V72Hk6LjjjI-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/chris-briggs-V72Hk6LjjjI-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/chris-briggs-V72Hk6LjjjI-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/chris-briggs-V72Hk6LjjjI-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/chris-briggs-V72Hk6LjjjI-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/chris-briggs-V72Hk6LjjjI-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#bcb9b2\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\"><strong>Trans Studies Research <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\"><strong>Platform <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Karlstad University<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>The Trans Studies Research Platform at Karlstad University brings together different scholars whose research relates to or is deeply embedded in the field of Transgender Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transgender Studies participates in the ongoing project of analysing and undoing the western and eurocentric paradigm of the gender binary. Transgender Studies stands as an umbrella term including intersectional research on non-binary, trans, and intersex experiences but also cisgender lives from a trans-specific perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transgender Studies is anchored in grassroot activism and advocacy work. It is political by nature, and within the context of recent global shifts and the threat those pose to human and LGBTIQ+ rights, the field is more than relevant and crucial in understanding and combating the violent rhetorics concerning gender and sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within this research platform, we regularly organise events, such as lectures (in Sweden called \u201chigher seminars\u201d), workshops and conferences. On an annual basis three trans scholars have the opportunity to become <a href=\"https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/trans-studies-research-residency\/\">Trans Studies Research Residents <\/a>and visit us at Karlstad University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignright is-light wp-duotone-duotone-1\" style=\"min-height:415px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-73 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/mads-schmidt-rasmussen-6YmzwamGzCg-unsplash-1-768x1024.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/mads-schmidt-rasmussen-6YmzwamGzCg-unsplash-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/mads-schmidt-rasmussen-6YmzwamGzCg-unsplash-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/mads-schmidt-rasmussen-6YmzwamGzCg-unsplash-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/mads-schmidt-rasmussen-6YmzwamGzCg-unsplash-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sola.kau.se\/transresearchplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1500\/2025\/12\/mads-schmidt-rasmussen-6YmzwamGzCg-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#fbfbfb\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">The logo of this platform refers to the style of writing trans* &#8211; the asterisk in trans* serves as a &#8220;wildcard&#8221; symbol to indicate a broad, open-ended umbrella for gender identities that fall outside of the cisgender binary. The tilde symbol ~ indicates the connection between the trans- and homophobia, racism, ableism, colonialism and the ecological exploitation of Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The logo of this platform refers to the style of writing <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/tsq\/article\/1\/1-2\/26\/91872\/Asterisk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/tsq\/article\/1\/1-2\/26\/91872\/Asterisk\">trans* &#8211; the asterisk<\/a> in trans* serves as a &#8220;wildcard&#8221; symbol to indicate a broad, open-ended umbrella for gender identities that fall outside of the gender binary. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrain.org\/2014\/currents\/trans-waters-coalitional-thinking-on-art-and-environment\/\">tilde symbol ~ <\/a>indicates the connection between trans- and homophobia, racism, ableism, colonialism and the ecological exploitation of Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trans Studies Research Platform at Karlstad University brings together different scholars whose research relates to or is deeply embedded in the field of Transgender Studies. Transgender Studies participates in the ongoing project of analysing and undoing the western and eurocentric paradigm of the gender binary. 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