Judith Butler "From Imitation to Gender Insubordination"

Question 1

What is her Foucaldian perspective?

Answer 1

perspective states that the affirmation of ‘homosexuality’ is itself a homophobic discourse
This discourse can be both an instrument/effect of power and a hindrance
Identity categories tend to be invariable stumbling-blocks creating trouble
The discourse of coming out has its own purposes
‘Can sexuality even remains sexuality once it submits to a criterion of transparency and disclosure, or does it perhaps cease to be sexuality precisely when the semblance of full explicitness is achieved?’
By proclaiming your sexuality, you are last to know what it means
Creates a type of concealment