Transpolitisk Forum – Manifest
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Transpolitisk Forum vil skabe en platform for transaktivisme, som kæmper for mere end juridiske rettigheder for en bestemt marginaliseret befolkningsgruppe. Lige nu ser vi en stigende interesse for transkønnede identiteter i mainstreammedierne og i partipolitiske sammenhænge. Hvilke kampe går tabt? Hvilke identiteter bliver u
synliggjorte? Vi stiller os kritiske over for den overordnede LGBT kamp, fordi den i takt med at homoseksuelle rettighedskampe er blevet vundet, har indoptaget heteronormative diskurser, der undertrykker og usynliggør visse transpersoner.
• Vi ser kampe som værende sammenhængende, fordi normalitet ALTID kræver en ”Anden”. Og den gør det uanset hvilken norm, der er tale om.
• Vi ser kritisk på hetero- såvel som homonormativitet.
• Vi ser undertrykkelse som et strukturelt fænomen. Når nogen ”normaliseres” skabes der i samme bevægelse en ny ”Anden”. Det ser vi både i en overordnet LGBT kamp, internt i transbevægelsen og i et bredere intersektionelt perspektiv.
• Transpolitisk Forum er solidarisk over for andre marginaliserede befolkningsgrupper, der er i konflikt med normer for køn, krop, race , klasse og seksualitet. Trans political Forum – Manifest
Trans political forum wishes to create a platform for trans activism, that fights for more than just legal rights for a specific marginalized groupe of people. Rather, a trans activism, that takes a critical stance towards and fights against structures in society. At the moment we are witnessing an increasing interest in trans identities in mainstream media and in political contexts. We are worried about the price that we are having to pay in exchange for an increase in trans visibility. Which fights are we losing? Which identities are being made invisible? We take a critical stance to the general fights for LGBT rights, because while gay rights are being won, heteronormative discourses are being adopted that suppress and make trans people invisible.
• We view struggles as being connected because normality is ALWAYS related to the existence of the concept of "Other". And this is the case no matter the norm in question.
• We are critical towards heteronormativity as well as homonormativity.
• We view repression as a structural phenomenon. As soon as anyone or anything is "normalized", a new "Other" is created. We see this in the general LGBT fight for human rights, within the trans movement and in a wider intersectional perspective.
• Trans political forum shows solidarity towards other groups that are marginalized, groups that are in conflict with norms regarding gender, body, race, class and sexuality.
