Thumbs up, thumbs down, part 3: The debate on gender identity; transphobia

"On the Barricades" s05e23

#CancelCulture #LGTBQ+ #Transphobia #Pride #Left #FreeSpeech #Azis

This is the third of three installments on this week's “On the Barricades'' release. This episode is part of our regular series, which we co-produce and co-host with Youri Smouter of 1+1. Boyan and Youri continue the discussion of cancel culture on the left as commonly surrounds, and hampers, debate on LGTBQ+ issues. What plagues such debates? What are the roles of the NGOs who advocate for these groups in Eastern Europe? And what is the educational approach that would take the left forward toward queer liberation and in general?

1:50 Youri on cancel culture to do with transphobia. He recommends Laura Miles’ book on socialism and trans liberation, and the documentary “The Codes of Gender”
5:20 Boyan on what education can achieve – need for a universal solution for all oppressed groups
7:30 Boyan on the scale of transphobia and homophobia, and role of the NGOs in Poland
9:15 Gay marriage and trans rights in Poland
14:25 Gender identity in the public sphere – side-tracking the Left?
18:55 NGOs’ portrayal of Eastern Europe as less progressive than the West on LGTBQ+ issues
19:50 Azis, the Bulgarian musician
23:45 What’s the way forward? Not the model of the west-backed NGOs.
29:00 The need for debate on morality on the left