Personally, I agree with Edelman that it is somewhat necessary for queer identities and communities to disrupt the social order and that it is necessary for queerness to push against norms that society has invented. Society today is so dependent on rigid gender roles and heteronormative structures that it seems almost impossible for some people to understand and accept queer identities. I believe that if current ideas surrounding gender, sexuality, and reproduction need to be deconstructed and/or changed significantly before a broad spectrum of queer identities can be embraced by society.
Edelman's argument that queer communities need to work to normalize sexualities and genders that exist outside of traditional contexts before we can truly
Edelman's argument that queer communities need to work to normalize sexualities and genders that exist outside of traditional contexts before we can truly