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Cary Gabriel Costello
Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello
Alma mater	Yale College (BA, 1986); Harvard Law School (JD, 1990); University of California, Berkeley (MA, 1994; PhD, 1999)
Occupation	Professor
Employer	University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Known for	Transgender and intersex advocacy

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Cary Gabriel Costello is an intersex trans male professor and advocate for transgender and intersex rights.^[2] His areas of study include identity, sexuality, privilege, and marginalization.^[3]

Career and personal life[edit]

Assigned female at birth, Costello first attempted a gender transition in 1991, while working as an attorney in Washington, D.C.^[4] Due to the discrimination he experienced, he postponed his transition, and left the legal profession to pursue a degree and career in sociology.^[4] He transitioned to male after securing tenure as an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,^[1]^[4] where he leads the LGBT Studies program.^[5]

Costello has advocated for transgender and intersex people on issues including intersex surgery,^[6] eugenics,^[7] bathroom bills,^[5] TSA airline passenger screening,^[8] and the sometimes fraught relationships between intersex and transgender communities.^[9]^[10] He has analyzed the controversy over the gender testing of South African athlete Caster Semenya from an intersex perspective.^[11] Costello has suggested using the term ipso gender instead of cisgender for intersex people who agree with their medically assigned sex.^[12]

Costello is the gestational father of a daughter, and is married to an intersex trans woman.^[2]^[6]^[13]^[14]

In February 2017, Costello and his wife lost access to transition-related healthcare when the state of Wisconsin reinstated an exclusion on these services. Additionally, his employer required that he obtain and submit new proof of his gender identity, despite the fact that he had transitioned over a decade earlier. A blog post Costello wrote about the situation went viral.^[15]^[16]

Selected publications[edit]

Almeida Ana; Vásquez Elizabeth (January 2010). "Caster Semenya: Una Perspectiva Intersex". Cuerpos Distintos: Ocho Años de Activismo Transfeminista en Ecuador. Manthra Editores. pp. 69–72.
Batchelor, Bob (December 7, 2011). "The Real Me: Selfhood in the Virtual World". Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream. ABC-CLIO. pp. 187–204. ISBN 9780313357817.
Mindy Stombler; Dawn M. Baunach; Wendy Simonds; Elroi J. Windsor; Elisabeth O. Burgess (December 2013). "Sexuality in a Virtual World". Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader (4th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 178–185.
Gibson, Margaret F. (January 2014). "Not a 'Medical Miracle': Intersex Reproduction and the Medical Enforcement of Binary Sex and Gender". Maternity and Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives on Queer Conception, Birth and Parenting. Demeter Press. pp. 63–80.
Costello, Cary (January 2016). "Saving Face: Disfigurement and the Politics of Appearance". Contemporary Sociology. 45 (1): 91–93. doi:10.1177/0094306115621526pp. S2CID 146436005.
Horlacher, Stefan, ed. (November 10, 2016). "Intersex and Trans* Communities: Commonalities and Tensions". Transgender and Intersex: Theoretical, Practical, and Artistic Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 83–113. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-71325-7. ISBN 978-1-349-71325-7.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Cary Costello". University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Cary Gabriel Costello". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ "Cary Costello". ResearchGate. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Costello, Cary Gabriel. "Cary Gabriel Costello (1992)". UC Berkeley Sociology Department. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 19, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Crowther, Katie (April 19, 2016). "North Carolina law sparks questions in Wisconsin". TMJ4. Scripps TV Station Group. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Costello, Cary Gabriel (August 10, 2015). "Advice on Being an Ally to Intersex People". Patheos. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ Dykerman, Katelyn Dykstra (March 3, 2015). "Eugenics and Intersex: The consequences of defining "normal" bodies". NOTCHES: (re)marks on the history of sexuality. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ Cory Doctorow (January 7, 2016). "Flying while trans: still unbelievably horrible". Boing Boing. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ Costello, Cary Gabriel (September 14, 2014). "Are Trans Communities Losing Intersex Allies in the TERF Wars?". TransFusion.
^ Costello, Cary Gabriel (September 2014). "An intersex perspective on the trans, intersex and TERF communities". TransAdvocate. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ Costello, Cary (August 23, 2009). "Caster Semenya - An Intersex Perspective". National Sexuality Resource Center. Archived from the original on August 10, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Sandeen, Autumn (September 18, 2014). "Ipso gender: A third term for intersex people". LGBT Weekly. Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ "Cary Gabriel Costello, "Intersex and Trans* Communities: Sex and Gender Struggles"". Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Ohio State University. October 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ Pate, James (January 21, 2012). "Dr Cary Gabriel Costello: Intersex Fertility". James Pate, MD. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ Allen, Samantha (March 9, 2017). "Wisconsin Trans Employee Faces 'Detransition' Catch-22". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
^ Costello, Cary Gabriel (March 5, 2017). "A Red State is "Detransitioning" State Employees--Like Me". TransFusion. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

External links[edit]

[uwm-1] "Cary Costello". University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[ttoday-2] "Cary Gabriel Costello". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[rgate-3] "Cary Costello". ResearchGate. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[ucbsoc-4] Costello, Cary Gabriel. "Cary Gabriel Costello (1992)". UC Berkeley Sociology Department. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 19, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[tmj4-5] Crowther, Katie (April 19, 2016). "North Carolina law sparks questions in Wisconsin". TMJ4. Scripps TV Station Group. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[patheos-6] Costello, Cary Gabriel (August 10, 2015). "Advice on Being an Ally to Intersex People". Patheos. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[notches-7] Dykerman, Katelyn Dykstra (March 3, 2015). "Eugenics and Intersex: The consequences of defining "normal" bodies". NOTCHES: (re)marks on the history of sexuality. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[boing-8] Cory Doctorow (January 7, 2016). "Flying while trans: still unbelievably horrible". Boing Boing. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[9] Costello, Cary Gabriel (September 14, 2014). "Are Trans Communities Losing Intersex Allies in the TERF Wars?". TransFusion.

[transad-10] Costello, Cary Gabriel (September 2014). "An intersex perspective on the trans, intersex and TERF communities". TransAdvocate. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[nsrc-11] Costello, Cary (August 23, 2009). "Caster Semenya - An Intersex Perspective". National Sexuality Resource Center. Archived from the original on August 10, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[lgbtweek-12] Sandeen, Autumn (September 18, 2014). "Ipso gender: A third term for intersex people". LGBT Weekly. Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[13] "Cary Gabriel Costello, "Intersex and Trans* Communities: Sex and Gender Struggles"". Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Ohio State University. October 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[14] Pate, James (January 21, 2012). "Dr Cary Gabriel Costello: Intersex Fertility". James Pate, MD. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[beast-9mar2017-15] Allen, Samantha (March 9, 2017). "Wisconsin Trans Employee Faces 'Detransition' Catch-22". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

[transfusion-5mar2017-16] Costello, Cary Gabriel (March 5, 2017). "A Red State is "Detransitioning" State Employees--Like Me". TransFusion. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

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-Costello is the gestational father of a daughter, and is married to an intersex [[trans woman]].<ref name="ttoday" /><ref name="patheos" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Cary Gabriel Costello, "Intersex and Trans* Communities: Sex and Gender Struggles"|url=https://wgss.osu.edu/events/cary-gabriel-costello-intersex-and-trans-communities-sex-and-gender-struggles|website=Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies|publisher=[[The Ohio State University]]|accessdate=August 19, 2016|date=October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pate|first1=James|title=Dr Cary Gabriel Costello: Intersex Fertility|url=http://jamespatemd.com/blog/?p=1945#.V7ebmrUodQU|website=James Pate, MD|accessdate=August 19, 2016|date=January 21, 2012}}</ref>
+Costello is the gestational father of a daughter, and is married to an intersex [[trans woman]].<ref name="ttoday" /><ref name="patheos" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Cary Gabriel Costello, "Intersex and Trans* Communities: Sex and Gender Struggles"|url=https://wgss.osu.edu/events/cary-gabriel-costello-intersex-and-trans-communities-sex-and-gender-struggles|website=Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies|publisher=[[Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->|accessdate=August 19, 2016|date=October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pate|first1=James|title=Dr Cary Gabriel Costello: Intersex Fertility|url=http://jamespatemd.com/blog/?p=1945#.V7ebmrUodQU|website=James Pate, MD|accessdate=August 19, 2016|date=January 21, 2012}}</ref>
 In February 2017, Costello and his wife lost access to [[transgender health care|transition-related healthcare]] when the state of Wisconsin reinstated an exclusion on these services. Additionally, his employer required that he obtain and submit new proof of his gender identity, despite the fact that he had transitioned over a decade earlier. A blog post Costello wrote about the situation went viral.<ref name="beast-9mar2017">{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Samantha|title=Wisconsin Trans Employee Faces 'Detransition' Catch-22|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/09/wisconsin-trans-employee-faces-detransition-catch-22.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]]|accessdate=April 3, 2017|date=March 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="transfusion-5mar2017">{{cite web|last1=Costello|first1=Cary Gabriel|title=A Red State is "Detransitioning" State Employees--Like Me|url=http://trans-fusion.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-red-state-is-detransitioning-state.html|website=TransFusion|accessdate=April 3, 2017|date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
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 *{{cite journal|last1=Costello|first1=Cary|title=Saving Face: Disfigurement and the Politics of Appearance|journal=[[Contemporary Sociology]]|date=January 2016|volume=45|issue=1|pages=91–93|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288857002|doi=10.1177/0094306115621526pp|s2cid=146436005}}
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+*{{cite book|editor1-last=Horlacher|editor1-first=Stefan|title=Transgender and Intersex: Theoretical, Practical, and Artistic Perspectives|date=November 10, 2016|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=978-1-349-71325-7|pages=83–113|chapter-url=http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137543523|chapter=Intersex and Trans* Communities: Commonalities and Tensions|doi=10.1057/978-1-349-71325-7|url=https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A37639}}
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 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Intersex men]]
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-[[Category:Transgender and transsexual men]]
+[[Category:Transgender male writers]]
-[[Category:Transgender and transsexual writers]]
+[[Category:American transgender writers]]
 [[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]
 [[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]]
 [[Category:University of Wisconsin&ndash;Milwaukee faculty]]
-[[Category:LGBT rights activists from the United States]]
+[[Category:American LGBT rights activists]]
 [[Category:Intersex rights activists]]
 [[Category:Intersex rights in the United States]]
 [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
 [[Category:Intersex academics]]
-[[Category:Intersex writers]]
+[[Category:American intersex writers]]
 [[Category:Yale College alumni]]
 [[Category:Transgender academics]]
+[[Category:21st-century American LGBT people]]
+[[Category:American transgender men]]
+[[Category:Intersex transgender men]]

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