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"Public debates about transgender issues are often framed as disagreements over
evidence or safety.
In my new article published in the
International Journal of Transgender
Health, I argue current policy shifts are better understood as part of a
recognisable escalation pattern.
I call this “trans eliminationism” – efforts to remove trans people from
social, legal or physical existence.
The concept of eliminationism was developed by political scientist Daniel
Goldhagen to describe ideologies that frame a targeted group as incompatible
with society and therefore as requiring removal.
Trans eliminationism exists on a continuum.
At the less severe end, though still deeply harmful, is social and legal
erasure such as restricting healthcare access, prohibiting changes to identity
documents, removing gender as a protected category, banning trans content from
schools and libraries, and pushing trans youth into conversion practices.
Some of these measures are now occurring in many jurisdictions. For example,
across the United States, anti-trans bills continue to be introduced in various
states and in New Zealand, the
Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man)
Amendment Bill is currently open for submissions.
Social and legal eliminationism can create conditions in which more severe
forms of harm, including incarceration and physical violence, become easier to
justify by weakening legal protections, normalising exclusion, and reducing the
social and political costs of further restrictions.
For some of the most marginalised trans people, incarceration and violence are
already a lived reality."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
