Victoria Thomas

SFU professor discusses risks of hypervisibility for Black trans community

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Content warning: Racism, transphobia, sexual harassment, and violence. Dr. Victoria Thomas is an assistant professor of media, communication, and public engagement in SFU’s School of Communication. Her research primarily focuses on the hypervisibility of different genders and sexualities, particularly the representation of Black trans women in media.  Her newest seminar, Transformative Justice: A Revolutionary Praxis for Reducing Anti-Trans Sentiment, examined these ideas.  Thomas started her lecture discussing the state of visibility for trans women in media. She started by addressing trans actress Laverne Cox’s debut on the cover of TIME magazine in 2014. This was…

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