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| Frequent anti-LGBT narratives include: | Frequent anti-LGBT narratives include: | ||
| * That LGBT people are inherently unnatural, sexual, fetishistic |
* That LGBT people are inherently unnatural, sexual, fetishistic, ], or otherwise dangerous. | ||
| * That LGBT people cannot know their identities or only identify as such due to media exposure, peer pressure, or ]. | * That LGBT people cannot know their identities or only identify as such due to media exposure, peer pressure, or ]. | ||
| * That LGBT people overall have greater societal power than ]/] people. | * That LGBT people overall have greater societal power than ]/] people. | ||
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| * That LGBT identities should be cured, treated, or suppressed<ref name="O'Conner et al."/> - commonly referred to as ], advocates often use terms such as ] or ] and may justify it in scientific or religious terms. | * That LGBT identities should be cured, treated, or suppressed<ref name="O'Conner et al."/> - commonly referred to as ], advocates often use terms such as ] or ] and may justify it in scientific or religious terms. | ||
| * That LGBT people should be forced to undergo medical or psychological treatments, procedures, or testing on the basis of their identity.<ref name="O'Conner et al."/> | * That LGBT people should be forced to undergo medical or psychological treatments, procedures, or testing on the basis of their identity.<ref name="O'Conner et al."/> | ||
| * That transgender people should be unable to change their gender, and that ] is unsafe and should be banned or otherwise made inaccessible.<ref name="APA-statement"/><ref name="O'Conner et al.">{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/jme.2022.84 |title=Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations |date=2022 |last1=o'Connor |first1=Aoife M. |last2=Seunik |first2=Maximillian |last3=Radi |first3=Blas |last4=Matthyse |first4=Liberty |last5=Gable |first5=Lance |last6=Huffstetler |first6=Hanna E. |last7=Meier |first7=Benjamin Mason |journal=Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=409–424 }}</ref> | * That transgender people should be unable to change their legal gender, should be invariably excluded from gendered spaces, and that ] is unsafe and should be banned or otherwise made inaccessible.<ref name="APA-statement"/><ref name="O'Conner et al.">{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/jme.2022.84 |title=Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations |date=2022 |last1=o'Connor |first1=Aoife M. |last2=Seunik |first2=Maximillian |last3=Radi |first3=Blas |last4=Matthyse |first4=Liberty |last5=Gable |first5=Lance |last6=Huffstetler |first6=Hanna E. |last7=Meier |first7=Benjamin Mason |journal=Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=409–424 }}</ref> | ||
| Queerphobic editors on Misplaced Pages frequently think: | Queerphobic editors on Misplaced Pages frequently think: | ||
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 | This page in a nutshell: It is well within the scope of the disruptive editing policy to block editors for queerphobia per WP:HATEISDISRUPTIVE and WP:NORACISTS. This essay expands them by laying out common queerphobic beliefs and how to handle users who consistently express and advance them. |
Many people are drawn to edit Misplaced Pages in order to promote anti-LGBT views, mistakenly believing that their beliefs are protected by the WP:NPOV policy. Expressions of homophobia, lesbophobia, biphobia, transphobia, arophobia, acephobia, or general queerphobia are not welcome here. They disrupt the encyclopedia by promoting WP:FRINGE viewpoints and drive away productive LGBT editors.
The essay WP:HATEISDISRUPTIVE lays out why denigrating minorities is not allowed on Misplaced Pages and results in blocking and banning; others such as Misplaced Pages:No racists, Misplaced Pages:No Nazis, and Misplaced Pages:No Confederates lay out more specific guidelines for those forms of bigotry; this essay specifically serves to outline common anti-LGBT beliefs, disruptive manifestations of them, and the systems of recourse on English Misplaced Pages.
Context of this essay
Discussions have raged on for decades about how Misplaced Pages should write about LGBT people and topics. Gender and sexuality (WP:GENSEX) are currently considered a contentious topic (formerly "discretionary sanctions"), meaning that editors contributing to articles and discussions about these topics must strictly follow Misplaced Pages's behavioral and editorial guidelines. MOS:GENDERID and the supplementary essay MOS:GIDINFO contain the most up-to-date guidelines for writing about transgender people on Misplaced Pages.
Anti-LGBT editors frequently disrupt Misplaced Pages by promoting misinformation or pushing fringe viewpoints (particularly dangerous in medical articles), and create an unwelcoming environment for other editors. Editors who are unable to set aside their beliefs about the LGBT community when editing or who seek to promote WP:FRINGE viewpoints may be restricted from editing.
This essay outlines common queerphobic beliefs, popular misinformation about the LGBT community, and groups known to spread and support it, so that administrators and editors may recognize them, address them, and show queerphobes the door.
Arbitration remedy history
| Timeline of Arbitration Committee decisions regarding gender and sexuality disputes. |
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Beliefs, expressions, and actions
This essay and sister essays such as WP:NORACISTS, WP:NOCONFED, and WP:NONAZIS face a common criticism: "we should sanction editors for their behaviors, not their beliefs".
This is not an unfair argument so it bears exploration. The essay Misplaced Pages:Hate is disruptive addresses the issue like this (emphasis added):
| “ | So bigots can edit here? Sure, if they edit without engaging in any hate speech or hateful conduct (which includes self-identification with hate movements). While this will be impossible for many bigots, presumably some number do manage this, people who write articles about botany without letting on that they think the Holocaust was a hoax, or fix lots of typos and never mention that they think it was a mistake to let women vote. Misplaced Pages policy does not concern itself with people's private views. The disruption caused by hateful conduct lies in the expression, not the belief.
The flip side of this is true too: If someone uses a bunch of racial slurs because they think it's funny, or posts an edgy statement about gay people on their userpage as a "social experiment", they are engaged in disruptive editing, even if they don't personally harbor hateful views. |
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This essay is based on that underlying principle, put succinctly as "your right to swing your fist stops where my nose begins". If you believe LGBT people are amoral deviants who need conversion therapy, but practice civility, never bring it up, and solely contribute to articles about entomology and highways, you have nothing to worry about and your contributions to Misplaced Pages are welcomed. This essay isn't about you. If you try to change the first sentence of LGBT to All LGBT people are amoral deviants who need conversion therapy...—or insist on talk pages that this is the case and Misplaced Pages needs to take your POV seriously—that is a behavioral issue and the focus of this essay.
Queerphobic beliefs
 | This is an essay, not a content or behavioural guideline. This section provides a working definition of queerphobia by way of editing behaviors and POVs considered disruptive, hateful, insulting, or FRINGE. Some topics listed may be controversial or matters of ongoing debate. Their inclusion here alone is not an accusation of queerphobia, bigotry, a restriction on editing, or a consensus-backed judgement on due weight. |
Queerphobia is the fear, hatred, or dislike of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and otherwise queer people. Queerphobes commonly believe that LGBT people and identities are deviant, and should be denied rights and protections.
Frequent anti-LGBT narratives include:
- That LGBT people are inherently unnatural, sexual, fetishistic, predatory, pedophilic, or otherwise dangerous.
- That LGBT people cannot know their identities or only identify as such due to media exposure, peer pressure, or social contagion.
- That LGBT people overall have greater societal power than cisgender/heterosexual people.
- That marriage, same-sex adoption, or parenting should be restricted to heterosexual couples.
- That recognizing same-sex marriage is a slippery slope towards legalizing bestiality or other strange sexual practices.
Overlapping with the narratives and beliefs above are more medically-related pseudoscientific/unevidenced proposals and typologies. The guideline WP:FRINGE addresses how to handle these in articles (we don't include them in articles on the broader topic, but if notable we can discuss them in their own articles while making clear they're fringe).
- That LGBT identities and/or gender dysphoria are the result of mental illness.
- That LGBT identities should be cured, treated, or suppressed - commonly referred to as conversion therapy, advocates often use terms such as reparative therapy or gender exploratory therapy and may justify it in scientific or religious terms.
- That LGBT people should be forced to undergo medical or psychological treatments, procedures, or testing on the basis of their identity.
- That transgender people should be unable to change their legal gender, should be invariably excluded from gendered spaces, and that gender-affirming healthcare is unsafe and should be banned or otherwise made inaccessible.
Queerphobic editors on Misplaced Pages frequently think:
- That pushing anti-LGBT narratives is protected by free speech or or neutral point of view policy.
- That deadnaming or misgendering transgender subjects is necessary to preserve "neutrality", "the historical record", or "biological reality".
- That LGBT editors have an inherent conflict of interest and cannot write or speak neutrally about LGBT-related topics because of their identity.
Possible manifestations
These beliefs may manifest in various ways that damage the encyclopedia. Below is a non-exhaustive list of possible ones.
- WP:TENDENTIOUS promotion of WP:FRINGE viewpoints about the LGBT community, commonly civil POV-pushing.
- Hostility toward other editors, such as regarding LGBT editors as inherently biased, or refusing to gender them correctly.
- Denigrating comments about the LGBT community in articles and talk space, particularly through the use of dog whistles.
- Userboxes or userpages expressing anti-LGBT sentiments.
- Deadnaming or misgendering article subjects, or arguing against using their current pronouns in violation of Misplaced Pages's MOS:GENDERID guidelines.
Aspersions
Further information: Misplaced Pages:Casting aspersionsCasting aspersions of queerphobia (as well as -ist or -phobe aspersions) should not be used as a trump card in disputes over content or a coup de grâce on a noticeboard. They have the potential to permanently damage reputation, especially when the accused's account is publicly tied to a real-world identity. As such, unsubstantiated aspersions are a form of personal attack which may lead to the accuser being blocked.
Aspersions make the normal dispute resolution process difficult to go through and may create a chilling effect. Editors are encouraged to work through the normal dispute-resolution process when it comes to legitimate content disputes, such as disagreements on the interpretation or quality of sources.
What to do if you encounter queerphobia
You should always assume good faith and exercise civility. However, our social policies are not a suicide pact; we don't have to treat every harmful edit as the result of non-malicious ignorance.
For a new editor, understand that they are likely ignorant of Misplaced Pages systems and standards. Point them toward relevant guidelines and policies. If they are editing material related to gender identification, make them aware of the GENSEX topic restrictions via the {{Contentious topics/alert/first|gg}} or {{Contentious topics/alert|gg}} templates. If they are arguing against the guidelines, make it clear that you can't change the guidelines in an article discussion and direct them toward where such discussions can take place.
If an editor consistently and chronically disrupts the encyclopedia by promoting queerphobic opinions/viewpoints, you should collect relevant diffs and report them. If an editor was already made aware of the GENSEX topic restrictions, then you can request enforcement at WP:AE. Otherwise, request administrator attention at WP:ANI.
Editors brazenly vandalizing articles or using slurs may be immediately blocked. Misplaced Pages has zero tolerance for such behavior. If an edit is grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive, it may be subject to revision deletion. If an edit breaches someone's privacy, you should request Oversight.
It can be very tempting, especially in article talk pages, to debate or rebut anti-LGBT talking points on their own merits. However, remember that Misplaced Pages is not a forum. Stick to source-based and policy-based discussions which serve to improve articles. If a conversation is blatantly unconstructive or off-topic, then consider collapsing, refactoring, or moving it so that you and other editors don't waste others' time.
See also
Sister essays
- Misplaced Pages:Hate is disruptive
- Misplaced Pages:No Nazis
- Misplaced Pages:No racists
- Misplaced Pages:No Confederates
Sociological context
- 2020s anti-LGBT movement in the United States
- Anti-gender movement
- Anti-LGBT rhetoric
- LGBT and Misplaced Pages
References
- ^ "APA Policy Statement on Affirming Evidence-Based Inclusive Care for Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Nonbinary Individuals, Addressing Misinformation, and the Role of Psychological Practice and Science" (PDF).
- ^ o'Connor, Aoife M.; Seunik, Maximillian; Radi, Blas; Matthyse, Liberty; Gable, Lance; Huffstetler, Hanna E.; Meier, Benjamin Mason (2022). "Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations". Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. 50 (3): 409–424. doi:10.1017/jme.2022.84.