So instead we shove a pronoun badge on an oil rig and call it a day.â But those tasks feel too hard, and unreachable, and unfathomable, and require us to actually imagine and work. Because ultimately what it would mean is the upheaval of the gender binary, and the removal of the gender binary, the removal of the importance of the gender binary in society. âAnd so what we keep on seeing is these kind of gestures that are maybe made in goodwill towards the idea of inclusion, without really thinking about what it means to have a future where non-binary people are liberated. ÂAs we see non-binary being turned into a third understandable gender in the UK, something thatâs legible to a liberal project, what that means is that we are getting these false ideas of inclusion without actually thinking structurally how we can liberate gender non-conforming people,â Travis explains. I say that Iâd definitely watch if they did. ÂMaybe Iâll apply!â they say, joking obviously. For anyone who has ever seen, heard, or read their work, youâll know that Travis is an expert in imagining other ways, in asking for more. (FYI: No â¤ď¸ we all know youâre cis baby). I want street safety, and to spend less time advising my cis friends as to whether they need to put their pronoun in their email signature. In fact, if we are thinking in terms of trans liberation â should we even want this at all? Why should we want inclusion into something that is already so poorly designed to hold space for us? I want healthcare and legislative reform (although thatâs a whole other topic). ÂWhy should we want inclusion into something that is already so poorly designed to hold space for us?â But when wins like this occur, are we actually supposed to care? To be grateful? Iâm being cynical, of course, and there are countless positives to more mainstream visibility. Exposure and visibility are useful to a very slight degree one which might help some kids have productive conversations with parents, or perhaps even one day become fake-tanned reality stars themselves. Good for you girl, I love my cheese grater.īut no, the sigh of disappointment I let out was one of yet again further misunderstanding about what people in positions of power think it is that trans, non-binary and gender-nonconforming people need. While itâs likely inclusion of people like us into the show will bring about some positive change, add to the mix that the UK is hardly the most welcoming place for trans people at this present time and all I can foresee are endless think pieces and Piers penguin-style opinions about how he should be able to identify as a cheese grater, if I can identify as non-binary. Not, of course, for the potential trans person who ends up in the villa this year â Iâm sure this person will need as much support as they can get, since witch-hunts and online tirades are seemingly a large part of the culture surrounding the Love Islanders and how people respond to them online. So when I read the joyous news about how the villa will now welcome enbies like me, I breathed a sigh of deep disappointment.
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