Del Tachi
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« on: July 06, 2021, 11:23:01 AM » |
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The primary reason the Western gay rights movement has been so successful was that it settled on marriage, an inherently conservative social institution, as it primary goal by the mid-1990s (which is, non-coincidently, when we start to see huge strides in representation/protection for gay and lesbian couples.) It is not hard to imagine an alternative history where the post-Stonewall movement stays more true to the idea of sexual liberation for LGB people instead of co-opting them into heteronormative institutions like marriage; however, such a change probably results in gay and lesbian causes being seen as more radical and much less popular today.
What totalizing, universally popular, conservative institution like marriage do trans activists have to latch onto? Trans people can already marry whoever they want thanks to Obergefell and have employment protections thanks to Bostock. What is the perpetual wrong that Middle America is going to be convinced it has to right for trans people?
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