Unrestricted.2016-11-142012-06-012016-11-142008-12http://hdl.handle.net/2346/14679This rhetorical analysis uses close textual methodology to analyze a speech, court case, and play that each construct transgender identity through language. The close textual analysis reveals that gender is constructed through language thus constraining transgender agency through labels.application/pdfengLawTheatreSpeechIdentityTransgenderGenderI am (wo)man: The rhetoric of transidentity in politics, law, and performanceThesis