R. Lucas Platero

R. Lucas Platero holds a PhD in Sociology and Political Science from the National Distance Education University of Spain (UNED), and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid. He currently serves as a social and community intervention instructor for the Community of Madrid and as director of publications for trans* studies at Bellaterra Publishing House. His current collaborative research focuses on the experiences of trans* people with children. He has participated in international research groups on topics such as “Cruising the 1970s,” “Multiple voices, plural knowledges, and biomedical technologies,” intersectionality, intimate citizenship, and constructions of LGBT political agendas.  He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in international and domestic journals, and is the author of several books, including Lesbianas: Discursos y representaciones (Melusina, 2008), Intersecciones: Cuerpos y sexualidades en la encrucijada (Bellaterra, 2012); Trans*exualidades: Acompañamientos, factores de salud y recursos educativos (Bellaterra, 2014) and Por un chato de vino: Historias de travestismo y masculinidad femenina (Bellaterra, 2015).