nts of Gender studies in tertiary institutions were left with nothing controversial to trade on, so they had to come up with a new area related to gender and/or sexuality to justify their existence.
The malleability of gender roles provided the perfect solution….
Correspondingly, gay activist organisations like Stonewall, having achieved their aims and with nothing left to trade on, took up the trans agenda – with Queer theory ideology helpfully supplied by the gender studies academics.
The basic ideas proposed by Queer theory are not new: society does influence our understanding and beliefs about sexualities (straight, gay or bi) and gender roles. The feminist movement of the 1970s-80s was all about challenging the restrictions imposed on females simply because of their biology. Also in that period, gay rights groups peacefully sought to have their sexuality acknowledged and recognised as a normal variation in human sexuality.
But Queer theory takes this to a new level which becomes nonsensical when the aim is to challenge norms just because they are norms. Paradoxically, queering the definitions of sex and gender creates new norms which then, according to trans activists, aren’t allowed to be challenged. For example, lesbians must accept “transbians”, who typically retain male genitals, in their groups. And rules such as using preferred pronouns must be obeyed. Queer theory in practice is the ultimate hypocrisy….
In the wake of the Cass report, it is time for gender-affirming health professionals to consider the real possibility that they have been conned by a sophisticated, well-organised network of trans activists who want to reshape society into their version of normal. It is time for health professionals to reflect on how they came to put their faith in the gender-affirming model as the best form of care for gender-questioning clients.
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