Post #1826521
2026-04-24 22:02 UTC
This is why queer liberation requires the destruction of essentialism, immutable categories, and the biologization of queer identities. They uphold a culture of intolerance and exclusion masked as assimilationist acceptance. They inform doomed quests to find a neurological or genetic cause of queerness - a line of research clearly inspired by eugenics. The naturalization of queerness got us here. The denaturalization of sex/gender and sexuality categories as a whole is the way forward.
All that to say, maybe some of y'all cishets should kiss more people whom you typically wouldn't.
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@lina@neuromatch.social 2026-04-24 22:43
on a related note, I'm super excited to read Beans Velocci's new book, "Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary", which explores the research histories that contributed to the biologization of male/female sex categories. When I said that "gay gene"/"trans brain" research is inspired by eugenics, I mean it very literally... the gender binary was codified into biological science in eugenics labs. https://www.dukeupress.edu/sex-isnt-real