‘ Resisting moral panic one verse at a time,’ doctor says
A European Oregon University writer’s song about getting a “gender-affirming” surgery appeared in the new issue of the journal Health Promotion Practice this quarter.
Lauren Bouchard, ( pictured ) the author of the poem, identifies as “non-binary” and uses” they/them” pronouns. American Oregon University’s associate professor of science is Bouchard.
The female doctor wrote in the entry to the song,” This poem is me living a lively, gay life in education and at my mother’s kitchen table, resisting social panic one stanza at a time.”
The introduction described her as privileged because she was able to get a hysterectomy despite legislation that “targets ] trans and non-binary people,” shifting between first and third person, at the beginning and end, and referring to the professor as” the author.”
” The writer of this song accessed life-changing, gender-affirming treatment partly due to educational, cultural, and regional privilege”, according to the intro.
The song,” They was Patient”, appeared on a website of the book titled” Poetry for the Public’s Health”. Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist and editor-in-chief of Reality’s Next Stand, posted photos of it on X.
It began:
” My surgery was the prize
” After times playing sweet fertility slots,”
Another verse read:
We showed them our concern, they said.
” and it wasn’t even June yet
” We was professionals at adjectives, and our information were EPIC”
According to the blog, Bouchard wrote the poem, in piece, to point out that perhaps well-intentioned healthcare services can be ignorant and transphobic.
Allies who haven’t packed their stigmatization may suffer damage, actually in seemingly innocent interactions. The contempt of female euphoria, according to the professor, can benefit public health.
Reacting on X, Wright described the song as” crazy, “especially for a blog focused on” wellness promotion and disease avoidance.”
” Why is this published in a peer-reviewed wellness book? ” the Manhattan Institute brother wrote”. What does gaze review actually comprise for a work like this?
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IMAGE: Portland State University, Colin Wright/X
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