Ethnographer, entrepreneur, lecturer; looking for world peace
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[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
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
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
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…
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[AGTRT-BT3] How can we arrive at an alternative to the LGBTQ acronym that is more scientifically based?
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). Read more about our research on sexual orientation:Sexual orientation: general principles Today, references to ST…
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[AGTRT-BF89] The arguments against the now-discontinued “new transgender law” may be overstated, but not all are invalid
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In the opinion piece Blocking Transgender Bill by Lower House does not help emancipation move forward (archive.ph) of April 15, Marijke Naezer, Renée Römkens, Toine Lagro-Jansen and Iva Bicanic write about arguments raised against the bill for the new atransgender law. This piece, by the way,…