@grvsmth

It was by no means an exhaustive search, but here are three sources that helped me with this:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/no-existence-of-trans-people-doesn-t-validate-gender-essentialism/

https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/effects-gender-neuroessentialism-transprejudice-experimental-study

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_essentialism

Definitely a focus on countering essentialism, but I can see space in the concept for some trans folks to have an essentialist aspect to their personal experiences of gender identity.

#GenderEssentialism
#TransIdentities

@grvsmth Thank-you for the reminder. I didn't understand what you meant at first, so I did a bit of reading on essentialism as it relates to trans identities and paths.

What a rich and amazing variety there is!

I will look for language that avoids built-in assumptions when talking about this stuff.

#GenderEssentialism
#TransIdentities

Khadija Mbowe taking apart gender essentialism

https://youtu.be/DCH3qFurDeU

#gender #genderessentialism #gendertheory #lgbtq #books