EssenceOfThought | Refuting Anti-Trans Propaganda - RE: What Would You Say? @EssenceOfThought | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 17 hours ago
*Transcript & Content Warning*
docs.google.com/document/d/1CxigSCxYccTZhRTi1fubvUjPStgKGc_Gsmha9N6UlsY/edit?usp=sharing
*Timestamps*
00:00 - Intro to What Would You Say?
01:12 - Content Warning
01:28 - What Is Sex?
03:25 - Variations of Sexual Characteristics, Not Disorders
08:17 - How ‘WWYS?’ Have Undermined Themselves
09:15 - Trans Folk Are Nothing New
10:30 - What Is Gender Identity?
13:19 - Why Can’t Trans People Just Be Gender-Non-Conforming?
15:15 - What Is Gender Expression?
18:05 - What Are Gender Roles?
20:18 - Why Gender Identity Takes Precedence
22:17 - ‘WWYS’ Trivialises Psychological Health As ‘Feelings’
26:18 - Trans People Are Not Bound By Stereotypes
30:16 - Trans People Haven’t Destroyed ‘Man’ & ‘Woman’
34:54 - ‘WWYS’ Pushes Conversion Attempts
35:52 - Being Trans Is Not Contagious
*Quick References*
[1] What Would You Say (2019) "How Do Transgender Activists View Sex and Gender?”, YouTube.com
Accessed 1st November 2020:
youtube.com/watch?v=sOk8fS7EA4g
[2] Emily Quinn (2019) “The Way We Think About Biological Sex Is Wrong”, YouTube.com
Accessed 18th April 2019;
youtube.com/watch?v=stUl_OapUso
[3] Melanie Blackless, Anthony Charuvastra, Amanda Derryck, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Karl Lauzanne andEllen Lee (2000) “How Sexually Dimorphic Are We? Review And Synthesis”, American Journal of Human Biology, 12(2), pp.151-166
[4] Human Rights Watch (2017) "I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me", HRW.org
Accessed 11th November 2020;
hrw.org/report/2017/07/25/i-want-be-nature-made-me/medically-unnecessary-surgeries-intersex-children-us#:~:text=The%20genital%20surgeries%20done%20on,limit%20options%20for%20future%20surgery
[5] David Greenberg (1988) “The Construction of Homosexuality”, pp.64, Chicago: University Of Chicago Press
[6] Valentinian II, Theodosius I, & Arcadius (390) Code of Theodosius 9.7.6.
[7] Tony Enos (2017) “8 Things You Should Know About Two Spirit People”, Indian Country Today
Accessed 26th January 2018:
indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/social-issues/8-misconceptions-things-know-two-spirit-people
[8] Alexandre Coello De La Rosa (2002) “Good Indians", "Bad Indians", "What Christians?": The Dark Side Of The New World In Gonzalo Fernández De Oviedo Y Valdés (1478-1557)”, Delaware Review Of Latin American Studies, 3(2)
[9] Gayatri Reddy (2006) “With Respect To Sex; Negotiating Hijra Identity In South India”, The University Of Chicago, pp.26-28
[10] Kristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Madeleine DeMeules, Katie A. McLaughlin (2016) “Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities”
[11] Kristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Katie A. McLaughlin (2017) “Mental Health And Self-Worth In Socially Transitioned Transgender Youth”, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 56, Issue 2, pp.116–123
[12] Ann P. Haas, Philip L. Rodgers, and Jody L. Herman (2014) “Suicide Attempts Among Transgender And Gender Non-Conforming Adults Findings Of The National Transgender Discrimination Survey”, The Williams Institute
[13] Nodin, N. and Peel, E. and Rivers, I. (2015) “The RaRE Research Report: LGB&T Mental Health - Risk And Resilience Explored”, PACE
[14] San Francisco State University (2009) “Supportive Families, Healthy Children: Helping Families with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Children”
[15] The Trevor Project (2019) “Trevor National Survey On LGBTQ Youth Mental Health”, The Trevor Project
[16] Turban, J. L., Beckwith, N., Reisner, S. L., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2019) "Association Between Recalled Exposure To Gender Identity Conversion Efforts And Psychological Distress and Suicide Attempts Among Transgender Adults", JAMA Psychiatry
[17] UK Council for Psychotherapy (2015) “Memorandum Of Understanding On Conversion Therapy In The UK”, psychotherapy.org.uk
[18] American Academy Of Pediatrics (2015) "Letterhead For Washington DC 2015", American Academy Of Pediatrics
[19] American Medical Association (2018) “Health Care Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Populations H-160.991”, AMA-ASSN.org
[20] Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (2015) Ending Conversion - Supporting And Affirming LGBTQ Youth", SAMHSA.gov
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*Transcript & Content Warning*
docs.google.com/document/d/1CxigSCxYccTZhRTi1fubvUjPStgKGc_Gsmha9N6UlsY/edit?usp=sharing
*Timestamps*
00:00 - Intro to What Would You Say?
01:12 - Content Warning
01:28 - What Is Sex?
03:25 - Variations of Sexual Characteristics, Not Disorders
08:17 - How ‘WWYS?’ Have Undermined Themselves
09:15 - Trans Folk Are Nothing New
10:30 - What Is Gender Identity?
13:19 - Why Can’t Trans People Just Be Gender-Non-Conforming?
15:15 - What Is Gender Expression?
18:05 - What Are Gender Roles?
20:18 - Why Gender Identity Takes Precedence
22:17 - ‘WWYS’ Trivialises Psychological Health As ‘Feelings’
26:18 - Trans People Are Not Bound By Stereotypes
30:16 - Trans People Haven’t Destroyed ‘Man’ & ‘Woman’
34:54 - ‘WWYS’ Pushes Conversion Attempts
35:52 - Being Trans Is Not Contagious
*Quick References*
[1] What Would You Say (2019) "How Do Transgender Activists View Sex and Gender?”, YouTube.com
Accessed 1st November 2020:
youtube.com/watch?v=sOk8fS7EA4g
[2] Emily Quinn (2019) “The Way We Think About Biological Sex Is Wrong”, YouTube.com
Accessed 18th April 2019;
youtube.com/watch?v=stUl_OapUso
[3] Melanie Blackless, Anthony Charuvastra, Amanda Derryck, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Karl Lauzanne andEllen Lee (2000) “How Sexually Dimorphic Are We? Review And Synthesis”, American Journal of Human Biology, 12(2), pp.151-166
[4] Human Rights Watch (2017) "I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me", HRW.org
Accessed 11th November 2020;
hrw.org/report/2017/07/25/i-want-be-nature-made-me/medically-unnecessary-surgeries-intersex-children-us#:~:text=The%20genital%20surgeries%20done%20on,limit%20options%20for%20future%20surgery
[5] David Greenberg (1988) “The Construction of Homosexuality”, pp.64, Chicago: University Of Chicago Press
[6] Valentinian II, Theodosius I, & Arcadius (390) Code of Theodosius 9.7.6.
[7] Tony Enos (2017) “8 Things You Should Know About Two Spirit People”, Indian Country Today
Accessed 26th January 2018:
indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/social-issues/8-misconceptions-things-know-two-spirit-people
[8] Alexandre Coello De La Rosa (2002) “Good Indians", "Bad Indians", "What Christians?": The Dark Side Of The New World In Gonzalo Fernández De Oviedo Y Valdés (1478-1557)”, Delaware Review Of Latin American Studies, 3(2)
[9] Gayatri Reddy (2006) “With Respect To Sex; Negotiating Hijra Identity In South India”, The University Of Chicago, pp.26-28
[10] Kristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Madeleine DeMeules, Katie A. McLaughlin (2016) “Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities”
[11] Kristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Katie A. McLaughlin (2017) “Mental Health And Self-Worth In Socially Transitioned Transgender Youth”, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 56, Issue 2, pp.116–123
[12] Ann P. Haas, Philip L. Rodgers, and Jody L. Herman (2014) “Suicide Attempts Among Transgender And Gender Non-Conforming Adults Findings Of The National Transgender Discrimination Survey”, The Williams Institute
[13] Nodin, N. and Peel, E. and Rivers, I. (2015) “The RaRE Research Report: LGB&T Mental Health - Risk And Resilience Explored”, PACE
[14] San Francisco State University (2009) “Supportive Families, Healthy Children: Helping Families with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Children”
[15] The Trevor Project (2019) “Trevor National Survey On LGBTQ Youth Mental Health”, The Trevor Project
[16] Turban, J. L., Beckwith, N., Reisner, S. L., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2019) "Association Between Recalled Exposure To Gender Identity Conversion Efforts And Psychological Distress and Suicide Attempts Among Transgender Adults", JAMA Psychiatry
[17] UK Council for Psychotherapy (2015) “Memorandum Of Understanding On Conversion Therapy In The UK”, psychotherapy.org.uk
[18] American Academy Of Pediatrics (2015) "Letterhead For Washington DC 2015", American Academy Of Pediatrics
[19] American Medical Association (2018) “Health Care Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Populations H-160.991”, AMA-ASSN.org
[20] Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (2015) Ending Conversion - Supporting And Affirming LGBTQ Youth", SAMHSA.gov
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(Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)
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