Changing “Sex”

Abstract Can you change sex? Can you change the meaning of the concept “sex”? Does changing “sex” make changing sex possible? Would changing “sex” to make changing sex not only possible but also easy be a good thing? Might it, as some argue, help us bring about a new way of thinking and of acting that liberates us from the logic of heteronormativity and colonialism? This paper takes the coincidence of socio‐cultural and theoretical interest in what are sometimes called “trans rights” as an invitation to reflect on what is involved in “re‐engineering” concepts in general, and to inquire if the change to the episteme represented by a revision of the concept “sex” is progressive in the way envisaged by those who advocate for it.