Dean Spade will be presenting selections from his recent book, “Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of the Law.” In “Normal Life,” Dean uses Critical Race Theory, women of color feminism, and other intellectual traditions to analyze the role of law reform in contemporary queer and trans policies. He examines the poverty, violence, criminalization and immigration enforcement facing trans populations, and questions the utility of anti-discrimination law and hate crimes laws for addressing these harms.
