UC-Riverside Prof Wants to Get Rid of Terms Like ‘Gay’ and ‘Lesbian’ Because They Harm Trans People
“If being ‘gay’ means being a man attracted to men, it assumes ‘man’ is a stable, inherent category, when history shows the definition of manhood is constantly changing”
Once again, the world must be turned upside down in order to make things comfortable for the trans community.
FOX News reports:
California professor calls to abolish identities like ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ since they ‘harm trans people’
University of California, Riverside associate professor Brandon Robinson argued that a sexual identity label like “gay” or “lesbian” “harms trans people” and called for abolishing sexual identities altogether.
While promoting the book “Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom,” Robinson, a member of the Gender & Sexuality Studies Department, spoke with UC Riverside about gender identities on Friday.
Robinson, who uses they/them pronouns, explained the importance of moving beyond “gender essentialism” from sexual identities, which the professor claims can be built around gender “stereotypes.”
“If being ‘gay’ means being a man attracted to men, it assumes ‘man’ is a stable, inherent category, when history shows the definition of manhood is constantly changing,” Robinson said. “Gender essentialism also harms trans people, who often complicate those binary boundaries.”
Robinson included traditional labels like “gay” or “lesbian” as ones to abolish, wanting readers to question “why we privilege gender and genitals above all other attributes” in our desires.
“I think the risk is worth it. While those communities are important, moving beyond those labels allows us to see people more accurately. It leads to a more complex — and more biologically accurate — understanding of ourselves as human beings. It allows us to explore our desires beyond labels that often confine and constrain us. And it allows us to explore our desires beyond shame that often comes with many labels as well,” Robinson said.
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“when history shows the definition of manhood is constantly changing,”
Only to the stupid, gullible, and those with ulterior motives.
same people that dont want voter id
sick fookers
Yup gay people time for you to wake up and realize “progressives” are throwing you under the bus just like they did to women, Jews and anyone who doesn’t support their completely insane agenda. Now you can’t say your a lesbian because it might harm some dudes feelings whose pretending to be a woman attracted to other women while he’s actually just a guy in a dress. Yup no room for sexual predators there at all.
I always wondered if any real homosexual believes that. It sounds like gay-conversion via ideology.
When will they get rid of boy cause it rhymes with soy? And I will ALWAYS be a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.
You’re not alone.
You just want to play from the ladies’ tees.
OK, let’s get rid of all those “objectionable” terms. We can replace them with one word:
Psychotic.
History has shown the exact opposite of those definitions constantly changing. Why do supposedly intelligent people make such intellectually dishonest statements?
Not intelligent, but they self-identify as smart.
A prime example of someone educated beyond *his* (?) intelligence.
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This story proves that God has a devilish sense of humor.
So he’s calling for gay genocide, right? That’s how this works.
Harm??? What harm? Being offended is being harmed? If so, he’s harming me.
This bullshit can only be the product of a diastrophic mind with too little productive work to do.
Language Police queering reality. Make the maps gay! These maleducated freaks run you $250k in student debt to excel at playing word games. Good luck getting a job (other than making copies at the Gender & Sexuality Studies Department).
Orwell vs Darwin. Cage Match of the Year!
Again: the radical left eating its own.