Also if we would not have any gender identity. We are human beings and thus endowed with rights. Actually I don’t think that is so important. It seems we are all born with gender identity, probably in a rudimentary form. And when you are not aware of that, you easily end up with the wrong feminists. Careful with male and female, because these are not neutral terms. We write trans* with an * to include all diversity within trans* Some of our worst enemies call themselves feminists The Netherlands had two killings last year. In Europe Turkey and Italy are the worst. Since 2009 more than 1,700 trans* people have been murdered. More than 40% of trans* people have pondered suicide. Some trans people are bitchy and others are stupid or dumb. Gender diversity is global and of probably all times. Gender theory is evil, gender studies less so. Gender identity is the deeply felt personal conviction of being of some gender, and that is not by definition male or female. But many don’t do that, for various reasons, including lack of access to (affordable and good quality) trans health care. Trans people are those who choose medical assistance to get their body (better) aligned with their identity. Some identify as cross dressers, some don’t. Sometimes seriously, sometimes less seriously. Trans people are those who change their legal gender because that other option fits better. Some people just want to live their life. Maybe a bit of a comedown, but we are not all experts. I will give you a bit of basics on trans* and trans* people, because usually not even most trans* people directly know everything. Like who is trans*? And who counts as trans*? And for that I need to explain a lot of other things first. Unfortunately, we are living in anti-intellectual times, and neo-fascism is becoming more normalized.Tonight I want to talk you about the “cistem”, about the role of some “feminists” in the cistem. As important as it is, however, to make complex concepts available to a popular audience, it is equally important to encourage intellectual inquiry as part of public life. Yes, some work on gender is difficult and not everyone can read it, so we have to do better in reaching a broader public. Quiet and fearful conclusions take the place of considered judgements. The anti-gender movement circulates a spectre of "gender" as a force of destruction, but they never actually read any works in gender studies. So the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence, one that is mindful of the high rates of femicide throughout the world, which includes the high rates of attacks on trans and genderqueer people. The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times. So they will not be part of the coalition that seeks to fight the anti-gender movement. The Terfs (trans exclusionary radical feminists) and the so-called gender critical writers have also rejected the important work in feminist philosophy of science showing how culture and nature interact (such as Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, EM Hammonds or Anne Fausto-Sterling) in favor of a regressive and spurious form of biological essentialism. They don't seem to mind contradicting themselves. Sometimes they claim that "sex" alone has scientific standing, but other times they appeal to divine mandates for masculine domination and difference. The anti-gender ideology movement is not opposing a specific account of gender but seeking to eradicate "gender" as a concept or discourse, a field of study, an approach to social power. "It is very appalling and sometimes quite frightening to see how trans-exclusionary feminists have allied with rightwing attacks on gender. I'm re-typing the text of that screenshot below for folks with screen readers: I've been looking for the deleted text from that interview!
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