1. El Colonialismo como Imposición del Binarismo de Género.
El colonialismo se identifica como una fuerza que impuso sistemas de género binarios rígidos, suprimiendo las identidades de género diversas que existían previamente en muchas culturas.
- Colonialism is actually when the west attacked the world and enforced a binary gender system on communities that acknowledged a diversity of genders. Including restructuring religions to erase trans deities, anti-cross dressing laws, etc. Like all cultures, including judaism, have trans mythology.
- In fact part of deconstructing colonialist oppression and imperialism is destroying the binary gender system that colonialism imposed on many cultures and societies.
- Did you know colonialism enforced strict gender binaries to control entire populations? diverse gender traditions were erased. Anti-trans rhetoric isn’t new—it’s part of a history of oppression. Why align with a legacy of erasing individuality and freedom instead of embracing it?
2. Transfobia como Legado del Control Colonial.
Se argumenta que la transfobia moderna tiene sus raíces en el control colonial y la supresión de las identidades de género no occidentales.
- One of the most insidious legacies of european colonialism is the insistence on erasing trans people, enforcing western gender norms by force, then having the gall to tell us trans is a modern invention. Fight for trans rights.
- Colonialism sought to erase these identities, enforcing a rigid gender binary that marginalised those who didn't fit neatly into "male" or "female" categories. Today, we see how this byproduct of white supremacy is fuelling transphobia in western countries, and spilling into nonwestern countries.
- Hell, given how many non-european cultures accept trans people (or accepted them prior to colonization) i can say that transphobia is a branch of colonialism, which is white supremacy.
3. La Lucha Contra el Colonialismo y la Defensa de la Diversidad de Género.
La resistencia a la opresión colonial se vincula con la aceptación y promoción de la diversidad de género, argumentando que la lucha por los derechos LGBTQ+ es inherentemente anti-colonial.
- I called for an end to colonialism that includes allowing other cultures to have more than two genders and removing the colonialist oppression of forcing binary gender systems on the people. There's no hypocrisy in being anti-colonialist.
- To supplement this point, transphobia is heavily tied to colonialism. Indigenous cultures were categorized as “uncivilized” if they had social roles for trans or nb people, and were then violently “civilized” via the persecution of those people. An example of this is the hijra community in india.
- Colonialism is the removal of autonomy from the nation’s body politic & transphobia/homophobia are the removal of autonomy from the individual’s body. Queer rights are anti-colonial.
4. Críticas a la Simplificación del Colonialismo como Causa Única de la Queerfobia.
Se cuestiona la idea de que el colonialismo sea la única fuente de la queerfobia, señalando que la intolerancia hacia las personas LGBTQ+ también existía en algunas culturas precoloniales.
- Blaming colonialism is lazy and simplistic. Especially since nowadays in many post-colonial countries, lgbtq is framed as colonial western infleunce.
- A certain kind of leftist loves to contort history to blame colonialism for queerphobia & anti-queer discrimination everywhere, but you really just have to look at this map to see how implausible that is. Bigotry is a homegrown part of an awful lot of cultures *outside* the imperial core, too.
- No, dumbass. It's a very trans take. Transphobia has nothing to do with colonialism or slavery. Intersectionality is about oppressed groups supporting each other's struggles, not grabbing the oppotunity to use one's plight to highlight their own.
5. La Interseccionalidad y la Complejidad de las Identidades en el Contexto Colonial.
Se destaca la importancia de considerar la interseccionalidad de las identidades, reconociendo que las experiencias de las personas trans y LGBTQ+ están moldeadas por factores como la raza, la clase y el legado del colonialismo.
- White trans people are not really equipped to understand gender as a *colonial* construct directly from our own lived experiences. (go learn about it asap, it's essential for understanding why trans people are targeted as threats under colonialism. And important for supporting our trans siblings.).
- I've noticed this in colonized cultures, that there's this commonality of rejecting colonialism only to double down on "traditional" gender roles and reject queerness/feminism as "white" - a filipina friend experiences the same thing.
- Under imperialism and colonialism for hundreds of years. The white trans struggle is incredibly new and yet is very centered in these conversations when we should be centering those *most* affected and marginalized.