Author: Laurens Buijs
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![[AGTRT-BT3] How can we arrive at an alternative to the LGBTQ acronym that is more scientifically based?](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-18-at-08.14.30-1.png)
[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](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-17-at-15.38.42-1.png)
[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,…
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![[AGTRT-BF88] Helen Joyce wrote an instructive yet unclear book with TRANS](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-17-at-09.09.18-1.png)
[AGTRT-BF88] Helen Joyce wrote an instructive yet unclear book with TRANS
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team The book TRANS: When Ideolgy Meets Reality (2021) by Helen Joyce was published in hard cover in July 2021 and the paperback version in March 2022. The book was quickly very successful and became the book of the year for a number of media outlets. At…
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![[AGTRT-BF87] Transgender politics: striving to maintain “trans acceptance”](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-16-at-15.17.05.png)
[AGTRT-BF87] Transgender politics: striving to maintain “trans acceptance”
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team For incomprehensible reasons, transgender activists (transactivists) want to give the impression that it is completely unnecessary, stupid and foolish to even consider for a second the arguments put forward by opponents of their positions (see also AGTRT-BF12 and AGTRT-BF85). Read more about the arrogance of transactivism:Valentijn…
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![[AGTRT-BF86] Trans activism increasingly experiments with transgender rights, endangering original rights](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/risk.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF86] Trans activism increasingly experiments with transgender rights, endangering original rights
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team There are several organizations and groups that claim to stand up for transgender interests and rights. For example Stonewall but also closer to home the Transgender Network Netherlands (TNN). But this is a careless and difficult claim to maintain, because it too easily assumes the accuracy…
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![[AGTRT-BT2] Sari van Anders’ Sexual Configurations Theory (SCT): looking for a connection to formal gender theory (FGT)](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-16-at-10.05.50.png)
[AGTRT-BT2] Sari van Anders’ Sexual Configurations Theory (SCT): looking for a connection to formal gender theory (FGT)
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research TeamPhoto: Queen’s University From the now famous publication Beyond Sexual Orientation: Integrating Gender/Sex and Diverse Sexualities via Sexual Configurations Theory (2015) by Sari van Anders (Queen’s University), we extract the following excerpt from the introduction: “Sexual orientation is largely used as the primary way to describe a…