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More Shameful Nonsense from ‘Gay Shame’
Regarding trans people, Gareth Roberts asks: ‘Who exactly invited the vampire in’?
In Gareth Roberts’s new book, Gay Shame, he takes the position that trans people are delusional, misguided, fake, destabilizing to society, and probably dangerous. He’s writing as a gay man to other gay men, and the phrase “new homophobia” in his book’s subtitle refers to this trope: If trans people exist and are recognized by others as full-fledged members of our genders, the gender binary shall go wobbly and the premise of sexual orientation shall collapse, which means that no one can be gay, so accepting trans people is homophobic, QED.
A couple days ago, I wrote about Gay Shame.
For the record, I have more to say.
“For the Record” and “I Have More to Say” are the titles of the A and B sides of the mix cassette tape I make in my head every time I read an anti-trans book.
