| 5:05p |
Moving forwards from Bindel and Stonewall to...what?
Crossposted - and because I've been writing this journal since 2001 and I have much the same sentiments still.
This seems to be going round a few people's heads at the moment, where do we go next? Is there an agreement that there can be an ideological space created that is inclusive of all factions including (above and beyond):
Genderqueer
Transsexual
Lesbian
Feminist
Humanist
Because surely all these groups are actually about increasing the respect for and rights of all human beings.
Personally, I don't see the need for myself having a binary gender, or even a gender at all - but I realise that by observing others who clearly do and define as a gender, that there might be a place for that in an inclusive diverse ideology that also includes me. Some feminist and transsexual factions are just as binary as patriarchal society as a whole, speaking about men and women doing womens and mens things, when really people are people first.
People wanting gay marriage and gay adoption rights (amongst other things) should first be calling for a real thorough questioning of why we label people men and women, and so gay and straight. Think about how a couple could be in a seemingly 'straight marriage' but might have the same genitalia - and how a couple in a seemingly 'gay civil partnership' might not have the same genitalia - trans people, binary and not, are already fucking with your world, undoing it from the inside. Sure it may be due to medical defects or psychological issues which are then corrected to the best abilities of the medical world, but surely not having MALE and FEMALE (and therefore 'straight' and 'gay') stamped on everybody from birth, and leaving everyone to choose their own bodies and roles as far as is medically possible, would be better for all. |