The Radical Truths of Transgender Studies | Levi Hord | TEDxWesternU

What is transgender studies, why is it important, and how can it redefine our worldview? This talk debates the place of trans theory in both academia and activism, in a moment when our society’s views on gender and identity politics are rapidly shifting. By demonstrating how trans lives are lived in between conflicting conversations, transgender studies can bring experience, embodiment, and knowledge together to challenge our epistemologies. Levi Hord is a gender theorist, spoken word artist, and 2018 Rhodes Scholar-Elect committed to radically challenging the very systems through which we define identity. Combining academic engagement with community advocacy, Levi works to illuminate moments where both theory and creativity can help move communities and discussions forward. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@chrispaige8880]

It's been "philosophically proven"? What is that? I didn't know philosophy could prove anything. What does that mean? Some % of philosopher have agreed?

[@tashaadolph677]

Nonsense. Am I the only twenty-some year old with a brain that's left? This whole country is corrupt.

[@johnarmstrong3782]

Chris Paige Indeed. I prefer plumbers to philosophers because plumbers serve a useful purpose.

[@johnarmstrong3782]

Tasha Adolph Your entire country is corrupt? Wow!

[@youngbahss3220]

I think, therefore i am... something completrly different to my born identity :/

[@youngbahss3220]

If philosophy could prove things, we wouldnt call it philsophy

[@Androse546]

I am not trying to be rude, but there were no “radical truths” revealed during this talk. Just a personal testimony.

[@LeafyGreenDA]

I was trying to skim through where the radical truths were. Thank you for leaving this comment. It allows me more time to continue searching for more information regarding the topic.

[@Androse546]

@@LeafyGreenDA You are welcome

[@michaelatkinson1949]

I’ve been looking for evidence so long

[@austinh.1293]

I'm trying to prove a point against my blue haired cousin but google blocks all the anti trans websites and videos 😂😂 snowflakes

[@Mobius118]

@@austinh.1293 Yoo I'm encountering the same issue with google lol

[@jimmichels7844]

That is some serious narcissism...

[@basiclee5770]

yeah dude, I want to see the heaps of dollars wasted from transition to Ted talk. Scholarship like this does NOTHING for the GDP. These people will have a real tough time humbling themselves as economic realities continue to bear down on us all

[@Jamarisphinxeyez]

I’m both relieved and terrified that others are recognizing the narcissism in the trans argument.

[@walidbtts3396]

@@Jamarisphinxeyez can you be more precise please ? I don't get what it is that is "narcississtic" in our lives...

[@enochianwolf]

Our global masters sit in their seat of power and fund academic thinking such as this, it is an old trick, we never won the cold war, no one won, certain people are chosen by god and all work together for the detriment of everyone else, who are to them like cattle, because of their supreme narcissism and fear that perhaps their slaves will revolt up against them, look who owns media companies, look who owns banking, government lobbying, tech companies, blue chip companies, who killed JFK, organized mafia? who was it? look who created federal reservere... banking clans? who were they? who perpetrated 9/11? what is the common thread that ties everthing up oh so neatly? did we win WW2? or were we simply used as "tools" to achieve an end? wake up, wake up WAKE UP

[@XixiSplash]

Thank u!!

[@ScottEMyers]

Nobody who says "philosophically it's been shown that... " should ever be trusted.

[@jacosaur2287]

and let me guess you believe in a god? thats philosophy too there is no inherant truth that a god exists you just want to believe you're going somewhere good when you die

[@rackelhahn8645]

@@jacosaur2287 And let me guess you've got the ability to magically know if someone is a theist just by looking at their profile pic.

[@ScottEMyers]

@@jacosaur2287 lol

[@bumfricker2487]

science is a philosophical framework

[@relaxingsounds1386]

@@bumfricker2487 nothing this woman is saying is scientific

[@AB-vj4nr]

Good golly. Remember back in the 00's, when you thought TED talks would help the world grow intellectually?

[@ruyaesu4449]

Yes, that was a misnomer. Life evolves. Not academia.

[@wyvern274]

"academics is only okay when it agrees with what I believe."

[@Goosewitdajuice317]

@@wyvern274 they gave no facts

[@xmanhall360]

4:21 - uses the tactic of.. ‘go do your own research’ I’m not explaining it to you. I’ve studied law, economic, accounting and psychology and never in those disciplines did I ever hear, ‘go do your own research’ . It was always come talk to me after class, I will be happy to explain it to you. This comes across to me as dishonest.

[@jstanton4561]

All of trans ideology is dishonest. Starting with the first principle " trans women (aka men) are women!"

[@ambientjohnny]

Because it is. Apparently these days, not agreeing means you "aren't educated". Completely sick.

[@TheDdm1234]

If you do research using google all the opposing arguments of gender identity debate is censored. Welcome to 1984!

[@chrispaige8880]

No, no, no - this is nonsense. The point of the framework is accuracy, not feelings. We rejected Aristotle's model of the solar system because IT WAS WRONG. We should reject the "current" understandings of gender if and only if they are wrong. The question here is whether or not those models are wrong, not how they make you feel.

[@leroyMXII]

Any time anyone tries to imply they aren't correct cisgender people get furious. Look at this entire comment section, a lot of these are exactly the empirical proof if you will of the phenomenon the person in the video is talking about. + How exactly you can do that in a lab, (prove that understanding of gender that people have now isn't entirely correct) if it is based on inner personal feeling\identification of oneself? Furthermore what considers to be ''male behavior'' in one culture might not be the case in the other culture, which, in my opinion, really shakes down the idea that gender identity solely based on biology.

[@champymanchamps2591]

Well put

[@leroyMXII]

@Burner Fire lol

[@prestonsadler35]

@Burner Fire Checkmate!

[@pebblepod30]

@@leroyMXII Well, I think I can, I haven't heard any good arguments for gender being a "social construct" and quite good ones that it isn't. For the other side of the story, by actual Gender Researchers who call out rather than than submit to the bullying tactics and biased approach to research by Trans Activists, try Deborah Soh. Or by Trans people who de-transitioned and now call out the toxic culture of it, check out Benjamin Boyce's Channel. I think it matters because of the lives that get ruined from transitioning and then transitioning because of the influence of the ideology and culture. If I had born at a different time, perhaps it would have been me. But luckily I wasn't, and I never had to suffer this.

[@chrispaige8880]

No knowledge is neutral? Really? So the fact that humans need access to oxygen or they'll die isn't neutral? It's somehow dependent upon context. In what context don't humans need access to oxygen? Ugh - these are such platitudes. Again, even if you agree with this stuff, this "defense" is terrible.

[@cobyjames9044]

There is a difference between knowledge, data, facts and information. They are all related, but thet are not all the same item. Knowledge is something that people can all agree on, or even just something you believe is true, but it does not mean that you knowledge is correct. There are times when we have knowledge, but then we find out that we were wrong the whole time.

[@heddalee]

The world we live in proves her point - where one of our deranged prexy's appointees argued that more carbon dioxide in the air isn't such a bad thing. Suddenly, we're being told that we need less oxygen than we have available now, in order to excuse away more burning of petroleum. THAT is when knowledge is proven to be contingent and political - always so.

[@ryanthomas9306]

@@cobyjames9044 knowledge isnt what you believe is true. Just because a narcissist believes they know everything, that doesnt make them knowledgeable. This leads to the Kruger effect... Just info

[@DarknessIsThePath]

@@cobyjames9044 What you are talking about is "knowledge" based on subjective truths and worldview, also known as a belief, which in itself is almost an opposite to knowledge.

[@ethanreason]

So is this what Gibby from iCarly is up to nowadays?

[@azultequila6882]

😂🤣👍🏼

[@CumOfficial]

god damn it

[@Yenchantress1isaStarr]

ethan reason Let’s not forget Sam & Cat! Although they are missing candor in the moment...

[@marcusambrose2493]

Epic! Pure epic

[@musicofMEC]

Bruh lmfao i was tryna think who this person looked like

[@wilpasina4845]

5 minutes into the video and still nothing that resonates...

[@cobyjames9044]

Well, at least I know that you sat through 1/4 the talk. I watched the entire thing and managed not to get upset. Crazy, right?

[@voidinteractive9308]

Coby James since when was saying that a video spend way too much time to get to the point getting “upset”.

[@joesquillacioti4107]

The best part of this video is the comments below. Thank you all for your contribution to this Ted Talk. Otherwise it was 20 minutes I ll never get back.

[@brandonsolanes9217]

Frrrrrrrrrr😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bibaolaitan5189]

👏👏👏...

[@loubieloujones5698]

An absolute bore fest

[@dylannguyen3859]

Her talk actually begins at 20:02 if any of yall are wondering...

[@kylepomeroyk-pom5499]

Dylan Nguyen thanks for stopping me from wasting my time 😂

[@carsonfujita-turnbull4549]

I actually clicked it thinking it was then realised. Big oof

[@bigsgamer6155]

thank you

[@cherishali7372]

😂😂😂😂😂😀 Thank you for letting us know

[@clairevalentine1610]

He

[@deidara6200]

Each pause for a laugh that doesn’t come brutally attacks my brain cells..

[@cherishali7372]

🤣🤣🤣 She was talking nonsense the whole time.

[@wheatleyjoestar]

Lol

[@ArikIkirA]

same, yet... how do we know what cells are? lmao

[@94kDesigns]

what is cells

[@shihoblade]

@@94kDesigns I feel like if I said an X Cell was really a Y cell, someone with a brain would actually stop me say, what aee talking about? Her analogy isnt very good.

[@aoo1521]

"we can stop turning to truths." About sums up their argument...

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

It's funny that nobody laughed at her jokes. Yes, there *were* jokes

[@m.a.i.a6430]

I was about to say the same thing until I saw your comment..

[@pauls6416]

Yeah I bet this woman gets really offended a comedy and tries to get them canceled.

[@toongamer2810]

@@pauls6416 she looks like someone that would do that

[@xenomorph6599]

This whole thing was a joke that was morbidly unfunny

[@LuluNoLimit]

really they were jokes?

[@roberthyde6362]

I listened to this presentation with the hope it would give me some understanding and clarity. It's given me neither. To talk about biochemistry and cells (a well established and proven arm of scientific research) in the same sentence as seeking to logically justify transgenderism is not valid - it's a 'straw man' argument. The presenter also played the victim card really well (I have some sympathy as to why), but it doesn't strengthen the argument . . ."then maybe we can stop turning to truths like science to take trans people down." Science doesn't take anyone down or lift anyone up - it simply is what it is! One of the dangers with this debate, is that when someone offers a different view to what the trans activists are saying, they are slapped down hard and threatened with prosecution under 'hate speech' laws. We need to understand that 'tolerance' is a two way street. If we don't, then we'll have a form of liberal fascism which is very intolerant indeed. That appears to be where we are heading.

[@worldof2ndfluteclarinet353]

As a Trans and Liberal person I agree fully

[@rainjaydd8213]

I have yet to see a rebuttal to anything branded as hate speech.. That seems drastic

[@llIlIlllII]

It seems like, in the absence of religion, people have some need to act religous. So they're twisting science into the new God. 50 years ago, progressive thinking was questioning religious texts. Yet today, it's progressive to blindly repeat the dominant narrative. Questions are a sin that can and will get you demonized and excommunicated (cancelled, fired.)

[@mr.sandwich4883]

THANKS finally someone who says more than "Fukin BS". your a good man. you need to spread your word

[@audiojack2540]

To me gender identity is just like saying racial identity and to me it seems both are a bit disconnected from reality but i mean if you wanna be an attack helicopter i wont stop you

[@PhoenixPestControlTN]

So because you cant justify or explain it, we should stop. Then move forward without understanding. Rediculous. That is not scientific at all.

[@lotsofteabutnonetodrink5843]

Phoenix Pest Control TN that's literally cult thinking

[@icorrectly]

Rediculous is a decent red IPA.

[@alanorange9376]

@@icorrectly For real? It sounds tasty.

[@ImALeadFarmerMF]

PC culture is ignorance in a nutshell ignorance over reality 9:09 and this statement proves it probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard come from someone claiming to have a high degree of education

[@evolveaxsym9422]

@@ImALeadFarmerMF We made up the words. But when you compare to root languages we have created a way for it be fully understood based off changes from previous languages. Although we made them up, we still understand it. If it was just made up gibberish then she would sound like she at least passed 1st grade but nope.

[@gzuspeterson4748]

this is a joke right?

[@penske_material]

Unfortunately, they truly believe this and will soon force our children to learn it in schools.

[@DonnaSCurran]

It's science

[@drearperry8727]

@@penske_material It's pure manipulation and nothing more.

[@penske_material]

@@drearperry8727 agreed

[@user-vk8ml6ym3j]

@@penske_material they've been forcing children to learn this already unfortunately. it's time for sane people to pull their kids out of public school

[@m7up69]

Good grief..get to the point!

[@johnnysunrocket8618]

Michele Lynn When you give a Tedtalk you have to build around your fundamental thesis. This must be your first I take it.

[@weebymemes3865]

yare yare daze

[@leonardoalvarenga7572]

@@weebymemes3865 yer yer days

[@weebymemes3865]

@@leonardoalvarenga7572 za wa-ru-dou

[@josephtrujillo5790]

Johnny Sanchez you gave a Ted talk before? And she rambled for 10 minuets about nothing beneficial to her argument

[@terrance8817]

“Tropes like science” did she really say that without wincing!

[@heddalee]

She said nothing that suggested she doesn't believe in science. But hey, hear what you want to, sure.

[@heddalee]

@300bpm So you hear whatever you want to, that confirms what you already think. Why bother listening to people in the first place, if you're just going to make up what they say? (Also, perhaps you just don't understand the word 'trope.' In fact, I think it's quite clear that you don't, allowing you to invent a story and apply it to the speaker. Kudos, you.)

[@ryanthomas9306]

@@heddalee the person is so delusional, she thinks shes a man and that philosophy proves that transgenderism is biological

[@teghan05]

I'm pretty sure this is a he

[@sparkledog9066]

@@teghan05 No, how tf is that a guy? Trans doesn't mean just a male to female. That's a girl who thinks she's a guy but doesn't even come close to passing.

[@samihijer4824]

"Hey biologist, believers in facts, and people who know what chromosomes are, you are all idiots!" - person who majors in gender studies

[@DoctorHver]

Thats about as bad as saying earth is flat.

[@ascotter]

Gender is notchromosomes. Anyone who has studied gender sciences knows this.

[@Dadflinn92]

@@ascotter XX = female XY = Male TNSGNDR = attention seeker

[@gea2663]

@@Dadflinn92 😂😂

[@Dadflinn92]

@@gea2663 good comment lol

[@gravespeculum5605]

Almost as cringy as the "slim privilege" talk.

[@brockcharz2104]

wtf lol, you bet im about to search for that right now

[@research_before_u_type]

That's my favorite leftist movement hahahaha

[@names1842]

@@brockcharz2104 you mean big boy privilege because they get to eat milkshakes all the time and I don’t

[@mattlombard2919]

The jokes were lame. Was there an actual audience?

[@mikeyt7880]

I’m really disappointed in Ted right now

[@HalJikaKick]

You're ONLY discovering that TedX (and Ted) features completely useless humans?!

[@antonioespecializados9586]

In conclusion "No idea what to say, please don't ask me"

[@GrandpaParrotNHB]

Hey, I think our theory isn’t boding well with science. Hmm… Ooh, I know! Let’s change science!

[@Mobius118]

About sums it up

[@Nicball505]

I tried to watch this to get some sort of understanding about something I know little or nothing about. This person hasn’t said anything of any relevance, I feel like in some ways they may be much smarter than me, but they are completely incapable of making a point.

[@xenomorph6599]

She's not smart. She thinks she's wise because she took a philosophy based class and thus can base her worldview off her drug trips and call it fact.

[@ryanfrancis9134]

I second that thought. I truly watched the video to be educated about this new phenomenon called transgenderism and 20 minutes later I have the same amount of knowledge I started with 20 minutes prior.

[@bumfricker2487]

their point is about language

[@jstanton4561]

This is the most insightful, eye opening, and educational explanation by a trans ideologue you are ever going to get. That should tell you everything you need to know about trans. 🤨

[@sunshine-wu9gl]

Trust me she is not more intelligent than you..that's just gender studies word salad..it's all bs

[@ibrahimseck8520]

"No knowledge is neutral" Sorry but this is nonsense !

[@ReidGarwin]

From a Trans perspective: ?????????

[@arturlindstrom653]

“Gender neutral language”!?! Might work in English... but are we supposed to reform whole grammatical structures in Slavic or Romance languages??

[@Jcon4002]

Exactly

[@TV-kh4yq]

That simply will never happen.

[@sammo7017]

Semitic languages are based on genders, I wonder how they are going to change that 🙄

[@itsallperspective7415]

No, gender neutral language in English and Spanish make absolutely no sense. I'm a writer so I hyper analyze most writing and grammer. It's almost impossible to translate somthing from Spanish to English and keep it "gender neutral" as Latina and Latino both mean basicly "person" but are gendered.

[@steelwix]

@@itsallperspective7415 I'm french and indeed, no one can talk to you as neutral. So I saw that most of them just don't care about the gender used

[@FAHRENHEIT451JL]

9:18 when's she's waiting for applause. Go home and rewatch your ted talk and figure out why it went so wrong

[@kingfillins4117]

Her waiting for it alone calls for applause.

[@dsjf364]

Looooool

[@dsjf364]

@@kingfillins4117 lool to the both of u

[@John-lf3xf]

joe lewington Lool

[@John-lf3xf]

Kingfillins Lool

[@autmnra2705]

Did she just compare the cells that bring us life... to a feeling ?

[@OnyxStudios720p]

🤣

[@yunfella11]

She could be asked the simple question “can you explain what you just said there” after every “point” and her entire world would fall apart. Not one thing she said stands up to the most basic of logical questioning? But they just lecture and hardly never debate. Any debate you’ll find is just them falling apart and resorting to the narrative of “respect “ and “acceptance”.

[@sakura-tu2pm]

i agree

[@TheDdm1234]

I tried debating with a PhD guy that teaches this stuff at university level. He had the incapability to actual debate as he kept using it's Science, it's Science. He said my views are like I believe the earth is flat. There was absolutely no axions available for mathematic logic proof which Im good at.

[@Vic2point0]

"Any debate you’ll find is just them falling apart and resorting to the narrative of “respect “ and “acceptance”." That's not true, they also have narratives about "transphobia" and "hate"!

[@zereimu]

It's hilarious how the algorithm keeps promoting pro-trans views, but most of the world is like "wtf is this bs?" online. they try to make you think you're alone or crazy, while shaming you if you try and question it, the reason is exactly as you mentioned because questioning it is the greatest weakness.

[@porteal8986]

When you propose ideas, you need to prove yourself and defend them. There was a time when the existence of cells was controversial, and they didn't become accepted because of self important righteously indignant moralizers

[@GeDePeU]

If the idea that cells are a thing was not accepted, the only reason was you could not see them. Once that was solved cells changed status from presumption to knowledge and that was it. As simple and benign as that! Otherwise, I agree with you.

[@belle326]

This is ridiculous. The connections she made are so lacking in logic and thought. Trans people are not an exception to the rule. They are quite well within it: men or women. Our subjective, narcissistic and imagination-fueled view of ourselves does not change who we are scientifically. How can she approach science with that mindset?... you know what is literally a physical, biological exception to the rule? Intersex people. And science is well aware of them and their biological makeup😂 and guess what? They never asked us to redefine the system for them, or reform our society and our language. Even though they make a bigger percentage of society than trans people, btw. they are a valid part of the rules, because despite her misinformed argument, exceptions do exist (*ahm ahm* l'hopital's rule). Its just like saying that just because some people are born with 6 fingers, science is wrong for describing humans as having 5 fingers(?!?!)

[@federalboobieinspector]

You said it the best.

[@gloryus8892]

Right; the idea that gender (thoughts about ourselves and others) is as real as cells or bodily organs is harmful. No wonder depression and suicide run so closely along these same lines. Being unable to distinguish individual thoughts and feelings from the rest of the world would incapacitate most people. Gender cannot be pulled out of your body and shown to other people. We cannot see the thoughts we have about the world, we can't show them to other people. We employ language or crafts as tools instead, but the thoughts and feelings remain as individual conscious experience. If someone reports otherwise they should be able to prove it or at least provide a thesis of how that is possible. Radical gender theory has yet to do any of that and the rest of the world remains utterly bewildered while trying to be nice, kind of like when a parent plays with their small child.

[@Jacobxiong613]

Why is it so hard for you to accept that there are people whose subjective experience compels them to particular gender identity; one with which just because you are not familiar, you are invalidating, which is counter-indicated in any person-centered therapeutic work or simply being a good person. A person's experience is quite different from their imagination. Wanting to wear pants versus a dress is not something you can argue against. It's a want, that does not have any real utilitarian consequences except that it rubs people with power and privilege the wrong way.

[@gloryus8892]

@@Jacobxiong613 It's not hard to accept that people have these compulsions. It is hard to accept a compulsion that requires others to alter their own ideas about identity under threat of being labeled a "bad person." If it's subjective either way and there are no utilitarian consequences, the categorization does not matter.

[@latinidade7899]

You used the fallacy of false equivalence when citing a person with 6 fingers, in addition to trying to use the existence of intersex people to legitimize your internalized transphobia. How much dishonesty! Gender roles are a social construction, but gender itself is not. Trans people exist for a biological reason. I suggest you read some scientific articles produced by PHDs on the subject, people who really look into the issue of transgenderism, and stop commenting on nonsense and fallacies on the internet. This vicious anti-trans rhetoric needs to stop. The mental and emotional health of trans people will be grateful for it.

[@JoshBugg]

Gender is determined by biology not linguistics

[@matthewcrump7255]

I feel sorry for anyone that is looking for others for approval and acceptance. Especially strangers!!! That's going to be a rough life

[@moniqueparker5384]

Sais the person talking to strangers on the internet 😅

[@ethancaplinger7782]

I’m sure you’re the human paragon of stoicism

[@tubester4567]

@@moniqueparker5384 Hes not demanding approval from others though. He made a comment, an observation. Hes not forcing others to validate him.

[@dukenukem7043]

@@moniqueparker5384 it's a youtube comment section for a reason. people go on here to leave their opinion or view on the video. this is his

[@moniqueparker5384]

@@dukenukem7043 yea looking for approval and attention like the guy said up in the first comment 🤣

[@rachelpelfrey6647]

9:49 ". . .not having your pronouns used is a painful and visceral experience." As a woman, seeing congress change the word 'mother' to 'birthing person' is painful, hearing biological men say 'I can't tell you what a woman is because it's whatever you feel it is.' This is painful and rights off my entire 'lived experience' as a woman

[@myafrank4600]

It is so degrading for men posing as women to tell me what my experience as a woman is in some type of caricature parody trying to assimilate poorly the sacredness of a woman. it is profoundly painful for women to have to subject themselves to being called a "birthing parent" and leaving behind the sacred meaning of mother for 1% of a delusional population

[@patrickortiz2898]

I totally agree. It’s misogyny.

[@tilly704]

Dear I am trans… Politics are the worst… but trans man can get pregnant, so is not that you gonna stop being call a mother, that will remain to you, but a term is needed to refer to a father that can give birth. Thats all… I insist politicians are the worst, acuse take measures without asking the people affected, no one ask us the trans about that. We may have refused it, cause for what bother you once, we get punched every day, so believe we are sensitive to that. Politicians are not in contact with trans needs, nor cis needs, they want votes and gonna push everything and everyone under the train to keep power. We are not in opposite sides, we are all victims of politicians wimp’s.

[@sunshine-wu9gl]

Exactly 100%

[@TheDdm1234]

Science seams to be emmotion based these days.

[@silasplom]

Aaaaaand I just lost all credibility for Ted X talks.

[@johnarmstrong3782]

Word smithing jargon waffle at its finest.

[@kaybeekal]

Jargon waffle indeed.

[@fatimachaaban2640]

ok so what’s the point of the video tho

[@bochini1]

This person doesn't know what she's talking about. Linguistics is the science of language and no one in the field has ever said or hold the assumption that language is "static, fixed and reflects the real world", on the contrary, language is ever-changing, it's not fixed and it reflects the social world. This person built the whole argument on a straw man, it's ridiculous that she calls herself an academic. Is this a philosopher or a linguist? She speaks about language and about philosophy, but she's not an expert in any of those fields, she's an activist. What does gender theorist mean anyway? Language was invented for communication purposes, the oldest written language that we know about are lists of animals a king owned and how many taxes he should collect. This whole 20 minute performance is just pseudo-science.

[@bochini1]

@Nicholas Hord Why does the USA thinks of itself as a rational country while God is part of the government's discourse? There are so many backward situations. Credentials aren't important when you only care about advancing an agenda, not about understanding issues. Plus, having many scholarships doesn't make your opinion right, in this context, it's all about brownie points.

[@pwebbo1979]

lots of words, nothing said. someone loves oneself!

[@mrshittles9424]

Yeah..."I have to do a TedTalk. I have nothing actual to say...so I'm going to try to compose a delicious word salad."

[@jacosaur2287]

a lot was said you just choose not to listen to further your own narative

[@elperrodelossimpsons.6076]

Trans people are people who couldn’t do anything important in there male life and switch gender just to get humiliated

[@snoww1481]

@@jacosaur2287 no she legitimately said nothing of important towards her “narrative”. Individuals in which whom believe they are of a different gender, or a combination of the 2, are highly negating simple laws and values of natural existence and even moral qualities. With further research and non naive views would lead you to further understand your narrative and therefore, with an unbiased look into it, start to understand the gaps in your logic and reasonings.

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

Even if it’s based on lies? :)

[@bowennace4343]

In order for there to be wide spread acception there must be wide spread knowledge. You can't expect the world to believe in something that is not explained well or at all.

[@marcuswardshow]

I'm Trans, Not a MAN: Don't call me Sir | Marcus Ward Show @fljw

[@peakedmalefeminist9782]

And when explaining nonsense becomes it’s own field of study you can bet a lot of people who do understand it don’t understand much of anything else.

[@user-zu8pb1iw2x]

u hace

[@Xuhtig]

Can't prove something that doesn't exist.

[@LUCKY_LARRY]

Most of the world has other concerns. I am still convinced that this is partly the result of overall affluence in the US and other areas of the western world.

[@taetaetae1153]

Here's a weird question: Trans people believe that they're the opposite gender of what their body displays and that gender is something we "feel" or can change. *If this is how it works for them then why can't we change race?* What led me to ask this question?: I was watching the "I'm white" girl from Dr. phil (pretty much an African American girl who claims she's white) And I saw the reaction of a few trans people in the comments. They all, without any hesitation, agreed that a person can't change or identify as a differnet race. My ultimate question is why do they agree about this if it's THE EXACT SAME CONCEPT?

[@StumblingRakoonz]

It isn't, gender and race are things you do no not chose. Physical gender and gender identity are also different, you could be born in the body of a female, but your brain could have been born male. Unlike gender where it can be different from the brain race has nothing to do with the brain. Race is something that was developed in the womb. It's something you originate from you father and mother. Race is not something you can actually even change, and there is no scientific proof that a person could be born with a brain that is of a different race then what the are.

[@StumblingRakoonz]

@Moon Child what do you mean no? That's just how it is? You can't be born in a different race or identify with a different race. But the gender in the brain can be different that that in he body.

[@belle326]

My exact thought but with species. Say one day a group will rise up that wants to be cats (honestly not that far fetched in America). Its so obvious it makes no sense, and yet, they can just point at the trans movement and demand the same rights they are already getting. Will we have to address them as cats otherwise its hate speech? Have to meow at them? Give them cats rights? Like...

[@derekweinerttv4163]

It's all in your mind and it's okay ... Just because youre different doesn't mean the laws of the universe have to change

[@summerblade3790]

???? - trans people aren’t changing the laws of the universe

[@SH-jn1iu]

Which laws of the universe trans people are exactly trying to change??? They only seek equal rights, recognition as human beings, and access to proper healthcare, without facing discrimination. If those are the laws you are referring to then those must exactly change to protect the rights of minorities and more vulnerable members of the society.

[@jamessmith6363]

It’s not “in their minds” IT IS their minds

[@ericthegreat7125]

Wow. That was a lot of pseudo-intellectual nonsense.

[@rickitysplitz7035]

Indeed.

[@johnarmstrong3782]

Eric The Great Yup. Waffle at its finest.

[@myspectactical5890]

Yah but when you don't really have an argument, you just try and sell it. Problem is I'm sure someone thinks this is the smartest thing they've ever heard.

[@chrispaige8880]

Calling bias a lens doesn't make it more reliable. The fact that you might not have a "normal" body (despite your previous objection to using terms like normal & abnormal) doesn't really mean anything. Perspective isn't clarity. For example, many studies have shown that tennis players (who have a unique perspective) are LESS accurate in making calls than tennis umpires, who have a different & BETTER perspective. Different &/or unique are NOT synonymous with accurate or better. Again, this is NOT proof.

[@thatguy-gg3sm]

Oh damn, well put sir.

[@bibaolaitan5189]

👏👏👏...

[@FAHRENHEIT451JL]

12:20 "white male doctors". Nice labelling

[@sorrybaeix6914]

12:12*

[@ttonyamonster]

Look up the white male doctor named John Money and his gender study. That is the foundation for transgenderism. Once you know the total outcomes of his studies you will understand what he's contributed to the future

[@jkm9332]

Speaker who seems critical of "white male doctors" becomes a "white male scholar." Oh, the irony.

[@jkm9332]

@@avrambarrshekelsteinspanbe3551 Not familiar with "Joo." What is that?

[@jkm9332]

@@Vincent-zy1pj Jewish isn't a skin color. Her skin color is white.

[@basiclee5770]

OH MY GOD! THEY'RE GOING OFF ON GENDER IN GRAMMAR!!! UGH! GET THESE PEOPLE OUT OF MY LIFE!!! JUST GO TO YOUR GERMAN CLASS AND LEARN A DAMN FOREIGN LANGUAGE-- THAT"S ALL IT IS, NOT AN ATTACK ON YOUR DAMNED IDENTITY!!

[@seraphimme]

Somebody's triggered, and not the legitimate type... yikes.

[@oscrthgrch7]

She's riding a wave of currently fashionable nonsense, and will almost certainly never leave academia.

[@BigBadJoojoo]

There are 100 like her for every open seat in academia, so if she hoped to find a job in the field chances are she's going to find out she's been a victim of fraud. It's a shame this branch of academia preys on the weakest in society. But that's a price some pay for the cause I suppose.

[@painexotic3757]

liberals in a nutshell.

[@l.ronhubbard5445]

436 dislikes to 184 likes is worth a ray of sunshine

[@bowser8375]

What a word salad. The gist is, im upset because I do not want to conform !!! Recognize whatever pronoun i choose to use. Embrace and indulge my personal reality as opposed to true reality.

[@kerimayfield6942]

Out of her 20 minute speech, the only thing she was able to clearly say, was we should leave the question of transgenderism unanswered and begin to shape our future on top of gender identity. If, statistically speaking, over half of Trans people have attempted suicide at some point in their lives, they are in no mental condition to "shape the future of humanity" and they are in no condition to be accepted as normal people. If they were normal people, then they would got to jail when making violent comments to anyone who disagrees with them (not all of them do, but way more than you think). The latest generations think, that because they don't feel like they don't fit in, mainly with gender roles/expectations, such as "men don't cry" the solution is to change genders. Instead, why don't you argue with those gender roles/expectations. Say "men can cry, girls don't have to be overly emotional and not enjoy rough, outside activity. They can be fascinated by bugs, rather then scream at their sight." Argue with the definition of "manly" and "ladylike" being different should not mean you have to change yourself, just change what people define as different. Those are the frameworks we should be changing.

[@kerimayfield6942]

Before I get shade the suicide statistic was real, btw. Not some made up BS

[@swswan]

Interesting too because this is essentially the initial debate around gender roles: not to generalise individuals by their specific denominations. Now it seems we are encouraged to promote these stereotypes when assessing the gender identity of individuals…can’t have it both ways y’know.

[@honjokun0615]

​​@@kerimayfield6942I analyze those stats and I can confirm the remark on suicide. Also, thank you for the initial comment: I was struggling to understand their speech.

[@iamthasecond]

You cant create a problem, create your own solution, and then force everyone else to not only buy into your solution, but practice your solution because of your subjective senses.

[@Mukeet-Khan]

You can if you live in the Postmodernism based cultures of the West (America, Canada, Europe). It's a cancer that will one day implode these once great civilizations. Catering 2 delusions is a delusion in an of itself.

[@arisunshine6559]

Hahaha yes this perfectly explains the delusional thinking of trans ideology

[@anz10]

You also cant just deny someone else's experience just because you feel like it

[@JohnWick-ob2cp]

@@anz10 That's subjective experience. Not science

[@LlonirTS]

This is literally Christianity and every other organized religion out there.

[@mrdaddy569]

Humans made up the words but not the meanings that words associate to.

[@jadegrenade8287]

Omfg... was that ridiculous or what. I felt like she imposed her stupidity on me with her amazement of the invention of language.

[@LlonirTS]

Humans literally have a whole branch of linguistics called semantics that deals with meaning. So this is false.

[@quant_solutions]

She must be the only employed gender studies graduate working in gender studies !

[@glenw-xm5zf]

Advice to any teenager entering College: Do NOT take any courses that end with the word, 'Studies'.. Most of that gender stuff is taught by perverts anyhow

[@irishcajun85]

Someone is teaching the graduates lol

[@tomabwhite]

Postmodern nonsense. Not just the talk, the entire ideology.

[@stevetucker5851]

I’ve been wanting a pet unicorn for the longest time, so I just went out to my stable and strapped a paper cone to my horse’s head.

[@icorrectly]

How dare you impose your wants on that horses identity? 😂

[@stevetucker5851]

I correctly 😄

[@TheMissKizmet]

Steve Tucker 😂😂😂🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😂😂😂 This has written me ORF!!! I laughed so hard my sides are killing; I got such a visual image in my mind, I heard mud-crunching excitably under wellingtons, twiddling your cone en-route, SOOPER excited to share your preposterously genius idea with the agreeable (albeit a little grumpy), old boy, ‘Toodles’ 👌🏼🙌🏼😂 Thanks so much - I needed that laugh more than I knew 😁

[@teatime2090]

LMFAO

[@Anonymous-54545]

It's more like if you gave your horse meds derived from the thing that makes them grow hooves, such that they grew their own horn. Transitioned trans people got that way through biology.

[@morganlavoie4296]

I just lost out on 20 minutes and 3 seconds of my life that I will never get back.

[@kevindietrich3759]

“I would be the academic” 🤦🏼‍♂️ “Claiming to be wise they became fools”

[@xmanhall360]

1:00 - I don’t like how she starts off by framing her gender and her studies as both of equal importance to her and her identity. That sounds very much like she is likely to be biased and not objective. Scientific research is meant to start from a disinterested place. Which is more objective and less bias that were she is starting from. Making the discourse and dialogue personal holds it back far more that does objective questioning from some one new to the topic.

[@anglzzz4484]

As soon as I clicked on this I rolled my eyes knowing this is a waste of time

[@missqueenbean420]

Arguement of authority is a logical fallacy.

[@Anonymous-54545]

That's the premise of the talk imo.

[@zinakan]

Humans made up those words but they didn't make up biological differences.

[@celyneldr5971]

well technically we did for a while (all information is observation and therefore made up) and then alot of scholars from the sciences to humanities have gone well actually we were wrong in a sense but now its less clear.

[@Indigo-lp5sl]

People like to use biology as some kind of litmus test for whether transgenderism is actually a valid condition. Yet can’t explain inters exual people or hermaphroditism. If that sort of thing can happen physically...what makes you think it can’t happen mentally?

[@zinakan]

@@Indigo-lp5sl Sure many things can happen mentally. A man can think he's a woman even when he's not.

[@Indigo-lp5sl]

zinakan but it doesn’t just happen out of the blue...clearly there’s a biological reason why their brain is like that. MRI scans have been done on trans people and their brains are similar to the gender they identify with. That is science, not some made up hocus pocus media bating ideology. The brains are most central parts of our humanity, if your brain tells you there an error in your biology and you need to fix it then what’s with the drama between cis men and woman’s obsession with trans people and trans women in particular?

[@zinakan]

@@Indigo-lp5sl Science has not sided with transgenderism. That is simply false. I have nothing against transgenders but they can't force people to believe in pseudo-science.

[@albertfralinger2711]

This is like watching a flatearther explain their research

[@digolaverdad7313]

Lol

[@sleeplesshead602]

"How do you know cell exists?". Lord...

[@johnjohnsandoval]

I knew where this was going by just looking at the thumbnail

[@johnnymarvelous735]

It's like they all wear a certain uniform lolol

[@xmanhall360]

2:56 - I have a problem with the metaphor. I’m a lawyer. I don’t really know what cells are. I don’t really care. I don’t need to have that knowledge to have a good life. Now if I didn’t understand the ‘freedom of speech’ right, I would have a problem. I personally researched it extensively because I need to as I am a lawyer. There were and are tutors and lecturers office hours, class mates and librarians I could visit to ask about thing I needed to know. That didn’t hold back the field of study from progressing. No one is holding the progression of any study back by asking questions. You can’t teach an advanced math class without first teaching time tables. The metaphor is dishonest.

[@jstanton4561]

You are right... In fact, you are so right... I'm actually looking for a lawyer. No cap. I found your comment concise and clear - perfect for opening statements, motions, etc. Seriously - what are your practice areas? And please promise me you won't "tell me your pronouns"! I had to deal with a law firm that started doing that - ugh! One of the partners even had dyed punk hair. So woke..🤢 so unprofessional!

[@TaweretSekhmet]

Framing the language is a way to control and frame the discourse. She is right about that but completely wrong that defining terms prevents a subject from studied and explored and understood in depth. On the contrary defining terms is essential to the core knowledge of a subject especially when it comes to biology and other sciences. Distorting those terms, on the other hand, is not. This woman does not understand biology at all or the fact that while you can attempt to erase the language of biology but you can not erase the biology.

[@matthewlang7364]

So, she basically wants us to shut and believe what she is saying and then we will start to understand everything. Thank you

[@rackelhahn8645]

The trans cult in a nutshell.

[@DoctorHver]

he might as well have told us that earth is flat or informed us abut Jesus and imigary sky dadies.

[@johnsmith42688]

Yes that is correct

[@stud_ley]

Do you like charts and graphs?

[@summerblade3790]

Not really how that works - Hord has a PhD in their field, you don’t, so you should trust their experience Stop going into biochem classes & saying cells don’t exist

[@HoileeUK]

... Still waiting on an explanation or example of one of the constantly mentioned "frameworks" that are so damaging... Or do we just have to accept that because Levi Hord said it it must be so 🤷

[@user-dk1no3gk9l]

What a bunch of BS.

[@zalvian22]

Is it just me or is this entire speech just attention grabbing opening lines back to back? Nothing was said

[@rickyspanish5063]

😂😂😂😂 she said how do you know that cells are real

[@xenomorph6599]

Bruh I missed that part, omfg 🤣

[@waitinroom]

feelings are not truth some of the time. they're the rectangle in the world of squares. pun intended and not.

[@MohammadFaisalSaleem]

I can use a lot of words to say nothing. I can say a lot of things that don't mean anything. I can mean a lot of things that don't make sense. I can make a lot of sense into total nonsense. I am nonsense.

[@pennywaters2740]

this is the best reply on the internet hahahahaha

[@thechronic__9289]

THIS IS A SCARY THOUGHT How long before believing the earth is flat will be tolerated

[@Jesio11]

The thing is, it should be tolerated. Not encouraged or supported, but tolerated. We the free thinkers need to display calmness, rationality, and TOLERANCE as the medium of logic. Only then will those who have been thoroughly misled and radicalized be able to see their error.

[@Vearru]

Sam Leger That’s not really comparable. Being trans is actually backed up by science.

[@Dburke267]

Rell C Luckily my generation is waking up. 2019 is the year millennials are becoming less tolerant of the madness. Most likely because the majority of us aren’t delusional teenagers anymore.

[@ryanthomas9306]

@@Dburke267 uhhh if I'm not mistaken, millenials make up the majority of generation snowflake and trans community

[@ForeverKirst]

The world should have ended in 2012

[@elkabongg2716]

So whats the correct pronoun for people with kidney stones? What about rights for kidney stoneists?

[@Mukeet-Khan]

My birth certificate apparently says I have been on this Earth for 30yrs but I identify as a 65yr old man so I would like to cash out my social security right now please. If you don't allow me to do this, then you are a BIGOT! /s

[@moistchunk9143]

This dude rlly be denying science huh

[@xmentorx4468]

Someone come get there son he's loose again

[@thuks101]

I’d love to ask lady if cells popped out of the magnifying glass and said they aren’t cells anymore, what would we do?

[@DroThaKyyd]

This is really a thing?? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@indus7718]

Her Source: Trust me bro.

[@padthaispicychicken2143]

this is when empathic​ thinking of human intelligent​ go extreme toxic

[@Venus.Y]

Agree

[@annasthoughtsandmusicalpar2239]

Wow, this girl is very unintellectually motivated. Pretty depressing really. She doesn’t want to prove her base thesis, she just wants to talk about all of her ideas that come from it.

[@smokeLs33]

She said and I quote "humans made up all of the words." Of course we dont speak wildebeest. And they made millions of them, some forgotten, compare Mandarin to English.. there is a word for weird in every language and your that

[@BM-mh8yh]

Take a shot every time she says "framework."

[@Dadflinn92]

Remember in school when you wrote unnecessarily long sentences to meet the word number requirement… That’s what this entire woman’s speech was. Pointless long winded sentences, which mean nothing.

[@uptownsamcv]

LMAO, good comparison. this lecture was about nothing...

[@TheDdm1234]

Well if you spend four years doing a gender studies degree im sure you could waffle on for 20 mins with ease. Lol

[@mertaw5]

I would say the radical truths are that what we've thought of as standard is not actually the truth. The radical truth is something yet to be fully explored and accepted by the general population. The analogy to previous scientific discoveries are that we knew the truth was that the earth doesn't move. It's common sense, we're standing on it, of course it doesn't move, it's "radical" to think that the earth moves. It was also common that we knew an apple falling would hit the ground, however further examination of that led to knowing the equations in which gravitational pull existed which ultimately put satellites in orbit that gives up GPS today and many luxuries that we use. The use of discoveries that we've already experiences which has changed our way of thinking to a fundamental level is what is needed for discussions on gender identities in which we describe as normal or abnormal based on our own deeply embedded framework which defines them as true. The way that scientist saw that planets did not move consistently with a structure that was supposed to be the center of the universe is the same approach to look at gender as a truth even though we see the entire LBGTQA community. That community is the planets moving counter to expectations on a flawed framework. Therefore to deny things are true even though we see them on a daily basis and have since the beginning of time, means our perspectives are out of date, and in this case, thousands of years out of date. However by the inclusion of that perspective, these things can be fixed. And the same way Newton gave us F=MA which ultimately led to our better way of life, a new perspective on the cultural norms of language and expanded inclusion will also better the life for all.

[@seanmcleod7417]

It sounds like you need to review the meanings of "truth" "fact" "knowledge" and many other words that you have been making up meanings for. I think you believe that all words meanings' are based on your own "framework".

[@doctorxring]

"I am a trans scholar" and I live in a fantasy. There. Fixed it for you.

[@viperlux]

All I got from this was it depends on feelings.

[@chiamakachude3370]

First youTube video I've seen with more dislikes than likes

[@lunaamore2713]

☝️ If you study history this type of thinking appears in history many times and shows signs of a weakened society that has lost their identity. In history it shows the signs of a future collapse. So basically it's just a human Made ideological movement that has been looping through Humanity for years. This ideology is not new but through history has spelled disaster. This is why it repeatedly has falling in and out of favor of the public.

[@lunaamore2713]

I think people get too hung up on theories when they should be studying facts first.

[@jaketaylor2775]

Sure I'll check that out if you provide some credible sources

[@ryanthomas9306]

@Sydney Piper Bristow scandanavia would beg to differ

[@ryanthomas9306]

@Sydney Piper Bristow sociopsychologists have wrote many papers on this topic.... I'm not asserting anything, I'm utilizing peer reviewed documentation

[@ianjacobs4794]

Pandering to the illness is not medicine...

[@wiggy009]

The medicine would actually be helping people switch genders. Scientists agree people are better off when they switch

[@casualgerm]

@All I Wanted Was a Pepsi that is the dumbest false comparison I've ever seen on social media...Congrats

[@wiggy009]

@All I Wanted Was a Pepsi false equivalence

[@wiggy009]

@Burner Fire no it actually decreses

[@danielj8085]

@Burner Fire It depends. A lot of people who transition realize that they don't actually have gender dysphoria and end up in depression.

[@tomr1056]

She will grow into that jacket!

[@camilaackerman]

This comment took me out 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheDdm1234]

Big cars for guys that have wee pricks... Big jackets for...

[@PeteGomez]

"Identity" for common folk is already based in denial. Denying denial and making further identities on top of the norm won't bring you any joy.

[@ruyaesu4449]

I agree. It will hinder your growth. Live in the past, you will have past results in your now life. Grow!

[@ynotspank1]

What argument is this woman actually making though?

[@kyletingey9996]

Poor THING had no idea what its talking about

[@elsaroux9988]

You know they/them pronouns exist right

[@asaptenebrae2240]

Insane in the membrane ^^