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Gender Abolition?

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Host: Bette (she/her) and Liz (they/them) w/ Special Guest Ludo (he/ze)

In this week’s episode, Bette (she/they), Lizard (they/them), and special guest Ludo (he/ze) discuss such thorny concepts as the so-called sex/gender distinction and whether or not gender should be abolished entirely. The conversation touches on sex as a “cluster concept”, social gender vs gender identity, gender as collaboration, gender nihilism, and the implications of the recent Tickle v Giggle ruling for self-ID.

Timestamps and Links:

01:09 - Community Events: New Farm Queer Film Festival
04:04 - Community News: BMA goes Neutral
06:04 - Who is our Special Guest? Ludo
08:36 - Terms Definition: Biological Sex
10:13 - Terms Definition: Gotcha Gametes
10:34 - Terms Definition: Cluster of Traits
11:20 - Terms Definition: Gender Identity
14:35 - Gender Abolition: A Personal Utopia
19:48 - Ludo: Biological Sex v Social Gender - A Truer Reality
20:54 - Ludo: Lived Gender
21:46 - Tickle v Giggle and the State Sanctioned Vagina
24:42 - Gender Nihilism