tiredsurely there are better ways to advocate for queer liberation than peddling biological essentialism (e.g. "we were born this way!"). this type of argument seems to imply "we can't help that we're like this, so leave us alone" as if it would be acceptable to deny us our humanity if it WAS a choice
Account inactive@ughsadkid When I was in college in 1992, the defense was "God made us this way," and I argued then that this didn't help anybody choosing to embrace the queer side of bisexuality and also handed power to the religious sphere at the expense of every gay atheist. I was shouted down then.
It's been 25 years, and we're still pushing bioessentialist arguments with new faces when we should be demanding the right to choose our identities and have those choices be respected.