Author: Laurens Buijs
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![[AGTRT-BF93] The primary gender identity (PGI) is of utmost importance in decisions about gender transition](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-05-05-at-09.15.17.png)
[AGTRT-BF93] The primary gender identity (PGI) is of utmost importance in decisions about gender transition
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team The concept of gender identity is by far the most complex and impenetrable notion in gender theory. Without a concept of gender identity, gender theory is hard to get going, but what exactly gender identity is is very difficult to put into words. To date, we…
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![[AGTRT-BF92] Gender transition: terminology for practice](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-05-05-at-09.24.53.png)
[AGTRT-BF92] Gender transition: terminology for practice
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team With formal gender theory(FGT), we try to arrive at a clear narrative of gender theory that involves choices but also avoids, to the best of our ability, the use of language in such a way that some extreme positions cannot even be put into words. Helen…
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![[AGTRT-BF91] Amsterdam UMC says it offers care for transgender people with nuance, but contributes to polarization about gender itself](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aumc-1-scaled.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF91] Amsterdam UMC says it offers care for transgender people with nuance, but contributes to polarization about gender itself
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team The Amsterdam UMC published a position statement on the Cass report on transgender care on its own website this week. Last week, pediatrician Hilary Cass published the long-awaited review of British care provision for transgender youth. Her report revealed fundamental problems with the diagnosis and treatment…
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![[AGTRT-BT5] Dignitas Infinita: a step forward for acceptance of sexual orientation diversity](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DI.jpeg)
[AGTRT-BT5] Dignitas Infinita: a step forward for acceptance of sexual orientation diversity
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Published in April 2024 Dignitas Infinita , a statement from the Vatican on various aspects of human dignity. Now we know in advance that such a document is conservative in nature, yet at #55 we read this: “The Church wishes, first of all, ‘to reaffirm that…
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![[AGTRT-BT4] Monadic sexual orientations described in terms of physical gender](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-19-at-10.21.51-1.png)
[AGTRT-BT4] Monadic sexual orientations described in terms of physical gender
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team We view sexual orientation (SO) as a main topic in theoretical sexology. We want to try to discuss the topic of SO “bottom-up” in a series of blogs (see also AGTRT-BT1). In this blog, we look at how we can arrive at different definitions of sexual…
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![[AGTRT-BF90] Cees Zweistra sees in both woke and anti-woke an expression of individualism](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-05-05-at-09.28.39.png)
[AGTRT-BF90] Cees Zweistra sees in both woke and anti-woke an expression of individualism
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Cees Zweistra’s recent book is called Woke theater: How we escape from the grip of woke and anti-woke (2023). A smooth title that immediately indicates what the author is getting at: an interpretation of woke and anti-woke that invites one to seek a third alternative that…