Marquis Bey Bücher

Exploring the intersection of blackness and cisgender identity, the author questions the implications of being cisgender in a world where feminist theory has challenged traditional notions of sex. Using cultural references and personal experiences, Bey critiques the limitations of cisgender categories, arguing that they fail to encompass the diverse expressions of gender. The text posits that blackness disrupts the normative coding of cisgender as white, advocating for an antiracist gender abolition that dismantles the regulatory frameworks of gender binaries.

A complex articulation of the ways blackness and nonnormative gender intersect—and a deeper understanding of how subjectivities are formed A deep meditation on and expansion of the figure of the Negro and insurrectionary effects of the “X” as theorized by Nahum Chandler, The Problem of the Negro as a Problem for Gender thinks through the problematizing effects of blackness as, too, a problematizing of gender. Through the paraontological, the between, and the figure of the “X” (with its explicit contemporary link to nonbinary and trans genders) Marquis Bey presents a meditation on black feminism and gender nonnormativity. Chandler’s text serves as both an argumentative tool for rendering the “radical alternative” in and as blackness as well as demonstrating the necessarily trans/gendered valences of that radical alternative. Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

Marquis Bey offers a meditation on blackness and gender nonnormativity in ways that recalibrate traditional understandings of each, conceiving of black trans feminism as a politics grounded in fugitivity and the subversion of power.

What Black liberation and anarchism have in common, and what they can offer each other.

Exploring the intersections of Blackness and non-normative gender, this debut collection serves as an unconventional guide that challenges established norms and assumptions. Through a blend of essay and sermon, it invites readers to reconsider their understanding of identity and societal structures. Bey's work is a thought-provoking examination that remixes conventional wisdom, urging a deeper reflection on the complexities of race and gender.

Marquis Bey meditates on the antagonistic relationship between blackness and cisgender, showing that as a category, cisgender cannot capture how people depart from gender alignment and its coding as white.