Chapter 1. Queer Theory: The Core of the Problem Let's start here. After thinking about the fact that trans people shouldn't be in conflict at all with the long-standing archetypes of 'male' and 'female', I have come to the conclusion that Queer Theory is the problem at the heart of the recent toxicity of the trans discourse.
Indeed, the narratives of many, if not most, trans people wouldn't make sense at all without the archetypes of 'male' and 'female' being there, and meaning something concrete, in the first place. In a world without 'male' and 'female' as meaningful concepts, trans identity wouldn't make sense at all. The total deconstruction of the concepts of 'male' and 'female' would thus be as harmful for trans people as it is for non-trans people.
This, I think, leads us back to the source of the problem: Queer Theory. Basically, Queer Theory is postmodernized critical theory applied to LGBT issues, and I guess you could see it as a cousin of critical race theory, which is postmodernized critical theory applied to race. Queer Theory is also fundamentally rooted in the ideas and worldview of the postmodern thinker Michel Foucault. Queer Theory says that 'male', 'female', 'gay', 'straight', and so on are all social
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