Gender Fluidity
The present contribution focuses on the trajectory of Khookha, a Tunisian techa, who represents a figure of the margin because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. Based on a corpus of three interviews, Khookha’s life story informs on a trajectory marked by fluidity in self-definition and the diversity of his positionings, first as a gay man with a feminine gender expression, then as a woman who does not conform to the socially valued model of femininity. Despite the various forms of discrimination Khookha experiences, both in the family environment and in the social space, a sensitivity to issues of feminism and gender inequality develops her agency, which aims to deconstruct gender norms and the model of valued femininity.