Looking for info to disprove this stigma, I don’t really have much other than one academic research paper I found but I don’t think if the guy I’m arguing with would be willing to sit through and read that. He dismissed it as queer theory which he says has been “debunked” idk what the hell queer theory is. Anyway from what I can tell with this dude the simple and more obvious the better but it must also be backed by peer reviewed research

  • Umechan [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    9 months ago

    He dismissed it as queer theory which he says has been “debunked”

    My understanding is that queer theory is critically analyzing things (such as media or societal structures and norms) through a queer lense. I don’t see how that can be “debunked”. By debunked, he probably meant conservatives have started calling it woke.

    I would guess that the study you found wasn’t actually within the field of queer theory if it was about comparing figures and not about critical analysis.

            • Umechan [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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              9 months ago

              I looked at the front page, and the first thing that stuck out was the 2000s web design aesthetics and color scheme. His blog also ended in 2017, which I think may have been before LGB was adopted by transphobes. One of his last blog posts was about the Pulse nightclub shootings where he uses LGBT and mentions trans kids becoming " the focus of a newly revived culture war" in a section about discrimination against queer people.

              I think it’s safe to assume there was no malicious intent behind his choice of words. He seems to focus on things from a queer cis perspective, so maybe he felt it was better not claim any expertise on trans issues.

      • Umechan [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        9 months ago

        It’s critically analyzing claims people make. I don’t think that falls under queer theory, just as debunking a factually incorrect claim doesn’t fall under critical theory.

        It sounds like he just wants to dismiss it. Is still be interested in knowing how queer theory has been debunked. I don’t see how you can debunk an entire field of academics. There are plenty of valid criticisms of modern economics, and although I would consider many of them to be accurate, I would never claim that economics has been debunked.