California professor calls to abolish identities like ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ since they ‘harm trans people’ Brandon Robinson argued ‘gender essentialism’ harms transgender people through gender stereotypes
University of California, Riverside associate professor Brandon Robinson argued that a sexual identity label like “gay” or “lesbian” “harms trans people” and called for abolishing sexual identities altogether. While promoting the book “Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom,” Robinson, a member of the Gender & Sexuality Studies Department, spoke with UC Riverside about …