SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Invisibility, Judith Butler, Biphobia
24 Mar 2016
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Naming & claiming: all the letters of the alphabet. Implications for social work: beyond safe spaces. Learning, unlearning, relearning: resources to educate yourself. Suggests that identities are not fixed & do not determine who we are. Challenges the notion that lgbtq+ populations are one, homogeneous group with a collective identity. Works against the more traditional aop models of social work education that tend to surround binary categories. Believes that binaries perpetuate the belief that heterosexuality is dominant and. Normal , while queer identities are marginalized & oppressed; similar, static and unchanging. Is based, in part, on the work of judith butler, gender trouble (1990) Posits that we challenge all notions of fixed" identities. Defining homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, heterosexism/ heterosexual privilige & Irrational fear, hatred, prejudice or intolerance toward lesbians & gays. Can take overt and covert, as well as subtle and extreme forms. It can include behaviours ranging from jokes and name-calling to exclusion, and emotional and physical violence.
