transnormative

— In this metaphor, transnormative subjects “before the law” are likely to be those in the “but for” group, closest to the floor above. A transnormative approach seeks inclusion in existing political and social arrangements, and, like its cognate, “homonormative,” describes a politics in which “'equality' becomes narrow, formal access to a few conservatizing institutions” (Duggan 2003, 65). Aren Z. Aizura describes “transnormative” as an imperative to fade “into the population ...”

— 7.3 The Function and Form of Transnormative Law Recapitulating ongoing debates, five distinct but overlapping characteristics of this kind of transnormative law can be observed: Intercontextualty: Nation-state law [...] […] Despite the entangled character and coevolutionary structure of national and transnormative law, the relationship is potentially ...