Patrícia Soley-Beltran, born in Barcelona, ​​holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in cultural history from the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of Transsexuality and the Heterosexual Matrix: A Critical Study by Judith Butler (2009). He is part of the research group in studies of history of science (Pompeu Fabra University), Coslogy, anthropology working group of the body (Institut Català d'Anthropologia-CSIC) and the editorial committee of the journal Critical Studies of Fashion and Beauty His works have been published in numerous scientific and informative journals.