GNDS 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Jordan Peterson, Trans Woman, Knowledge
29 Nov 2017
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Used as an umbrella term, it generally aims to group several different kinds of people such as transsexuals, drag queens and kings, some butch lesbians, and heterosexual male cross dressers . The term currently flags the political stance, especially in the anglo united states, of resisting medical pathologization of trans people. Professor at university of toronto, who refuses to use gender nonconforming pronouns. Has engaged in many debates about his freedom of speech and political correctness. Feels that he is being policed for his language, believes anthropology, sociology, and english literature are corrupt. The hale rules: you are not the expert on transgender issues, trans people are. Listening is the most important aspect of solidarity and allyship, we are not experts: interrogate your own subject position. Do not trust the opinions of people who wrote about this topic years ago, take these academic opinions with a grain of salt.
