Johns Hopkins University, a supposed bastion of education and knowledge, has come under fire this week for the audacious decision to remove women from its definition of ‘lesbian’ in its LGBTQ glossary.
The educational institution’s “Gender and Sexuality Resources” office houses a glossary of LGBTQ identities and terms.
Bizarrely, it presents a distorted definition of the term “lesbian” that deliberately avoids the use of the word “woman.”
It states:
Yet, there’s no such gender-neutral language when defining “gay man”
The definition reads:
A man who is emotionally, romantically, sexually, affectionately, or relationally attracted to other men, or who identifies as a member of the gay community. At times, “gay” is used to refer to all people, regardless of gender, who have their primary sexual and or romantic attractions to people of the same gender. “Gay” is an adjective (not a noun) as in “He is a gay man.”
The university has even gone so far as to justify its decision to remove ‘women’ from the lesbian definition. They call it inclusivity.
While past definitions refer to ‘lesbian’ as a woman who is emotionally, romantically, and/or sexually attracted to other women, this updated definition includes non-binary people who may also identify with the label.
So let’s get this straight – they believe it’s more inclusive to exclude ‘women’, who make up roughly half of the world’s population?
As anticipated, Johns Hopkins received major backlash for this change. And notably, the criticism was ‘inclusive’ of voices from across the political spectrum, with LGBT commentators leading the charge on Twitter.
“Why is a lesbian a non-man but a gay person isn’t a non-woman? Progressive misogyny,” says lesbian political commentator Arielle Scarcella.
“Lesbians are being erased and it’s f***ing tragic,” states Jaimee Mitchell, founder of Gays Against Groomers.
“Gender ideology at its core is deeply homophobic. The two cannot coexist. It’s time for a divorce. #LGBWithoutTheT”
Lesbian journalist E.J. Rosetta also chimed in.
“Congrats! You’re winning ‘homophobic statement of the decade’ by defining lesbians as ‘non men attracted to non men.’ And during Pride month, too! Shame on you. Lesbians are female homosexuals. Remember that. Aren’t you supposed to be intelligent?”
The Parents of Loudoun County also voiced their discontent.
“So men get to keep their spaces and their terms but women don’t? This reeks of misogyny,” points out former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan.
Fred Sargeant, co-founder of the first Gay Pride parade, lamented the current state of affairs.
J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series and a vocal critic of the transgender movement, shared her perspective.
“Man: no definition needed,” Rowling captioned the tweet. “Non-man (formerly known as woman): a being definable only by reference to the male. An absence, a vacuum where there’s no man-ness.”
Matt Margolis, writing at PJMedia.com, summarized the situation brilliantly: Johns Hopkins’ misguided attempt at “inclusivity” isn’t just a futile effort to curry favor with the LGBTQ community. It’s a clear act of pandering to the transgender movement, which has unfortunately become the most venerated subset of the LGBTQ community, and as usual, it’s women who are paying the price.
Margolis warns, soon enough, they’ll find themselves stripped of privacy, opportunities, rights, and identity because of the transgender movement.
This post was initially published at Zero Hedge
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