Paul B. Preciado
Paul Preciado | |
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Preciado in 2017 | |
| Born | 11 September 1970 Burgos, Spain |
| Education | |
| Education | New School (MA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
| Main interests | Sexuality, gender identity, history of technology |
| Notable ideas | The pharmaco-pornographic regime |
Paul B. Preciado (formerly Beatriz Preciado; born 11 September 1970) is a Spanish writer, philosopher and curator whose work focuses on applied and theoretical topics relating to identity, gender, pornography, architecture and sexuality. In 2010, Preciado began a process of "slow transition" where he started taking testosterone to medically transition. From this point on he has publicly considered himself transgender as well as a feminist.