While considerable advancements have been made in relation to the recognition of the needs of the trans population with their rights being considered a considerably more significant part of policy making, and featuring more frequently within political agenda, the causes and extent their struggle continues to remain hugely misunderstood and often overlooked in society. This can largely be attributed to the alienation of this community within society, and the conflict and debate as to how they should be regarded. This could perhaps have been seen to stem largely from the flaws in many of the well accepted theoretical and dialectical approaches by which the social constructs of gender and sex are examined and understood, this in particular concerning the "beyond the binaries" perspective. These can be regarded as taking a considerably more dogmatic and idealist stance on the matters, presenting them as appearing somewhat abstract concepts and with limited biological, physiological, and sociological relation to individuals, thus seeming to alienate the queer population further, as well as increasingly promote ideas contradictory to equality between all with significant misogynist undertones being prevalent in these lines of thinking. It is through an understanding of the socio-political dimension of the application of this theory, and through observing this from a non-gendered lens that these misconceptions observed can be countered, thus helping pave the way for liberation of the many who feel alienated.
When looking specifically at the "beyond the binaries" perspective on the subject, there appears to be a clear consensus that gender is binary and individuals can be classified as belonging to two distinct socially constructed categories derived from both biological and physically observable characteristics, with this approach appearing to present gender as clearly mirroring many respected definitions of biological sex (which, in its own right, is also a social construct considering the assumption is that it doesn't take into account that alternative arrangements of sex chromosomes that are not of the standard XX and XY formations can exist for biological males and females respectively), in that it regards one's gender as being mutually exclusive to and able to be recognised in the same way that biological sex is. This theory then becomes even more abstract and inapplicable for many as a result of this, with transgender people even being considered as conventionally having to fall into either of these binaries, or otherwise their identities potentially appearing even more abstract in nature, and beyond the comprehension of advocates of the rudimentary beyond the binaries theory, thus making it appear that they are forced to conform to ideals that do not effectively represent them. The "beyond the binaries" perspective, whilst appearing to have worked around and acted upon many misconceptions set about by the mentality of the now outdated "wrong body", model (which did little to distinguish gender from sex and only proved to present transgender people as being purely concerned by being insecure with and disconnected from their physical bodies), it also appears to be overly simplistic and with a clear lack of awareness of the psychological and sociological stresses that have a significant role in the reassigning of one's gender.
The flaws of this approach can be reflected on through Bettcher's analysis of Namaste's 2005 analysis on the subject:
"Many trans people see themselves as men and women. Taken to its most extreme, the beyond-the-binary model suggests these people are mistaken it invalidates their self-identities. At best, it accepts such self-identifications while recognizing them as politically problematic since they disavow the resistant force of trans lives lived in opposition to the oppressive binary"
This abstract and excessively dogmatic approach to understanding gender from a philosophical lens can also be seen to further alienate the queer community merely through its excessively dialectical and culturally idealist reasoning on the matter. This appears to have potentially been counteracted by the development of alternative identities and language which is to be associated with individual identities, so as to allow the trans community to identify with their own identity and rationalise this through other terms that don't necessarily refer to the two binary genders. However, the origin of this way of thinking seems to be in agreement with the logic that the term "transgender", in the form used to describe one as being across both binary genders and not conforming with the gender which they were assigned at birth, was developed as an umbrella term to perpetuate the "beyond the binaries" perspective. Yet it must be said that since then, the term, when applied to present society as a political concept, appears to be somewhat more inclusive and able to represent a broader range of individuals within the queer community.
In spite of this evolution of society and their greater understanding of gender and sexual identity, trans people globally continue to remain one of the most repressed demographics receiving limited recognition by policymakers in the development of more inclusive policies. This is due to many laws currently in place remaining heavily defined by gender. A good example of this are the laws concerning asylum seekers' rights, with the queer and female asylum seekers continuing to remain by far the most marginalised. This is most likely down to alienation and homophobia observed within their original home countries, as well as expectations with regard to employment, the military and cultural norms being hugely defining features of these laws, along with socially conservative attitudes still questioning the rights and mentality of the queer community, especially if these also tie into racially motivated dialogues (Oxford, 2013). While there can be seen to have been some revolution and rebirth of knowledge regarding the reestablishment of gender related ideologies, it can still be seen that individual philosophy and the failed attempts by which to implement dogma within this that society continues to remain further polarised. It is through universal recognition and understanding of the sociopolitical and sociological implications of this polarisation and the way individuals continue to be perceived in relation to their gender identity that one must implement new more inclusive policies on the matter to promote freedom of identity within society, and to help encourage the revision and redevelopment of alternative and more relevant political philosophy which serves less to focus on culturally idealist doctrine, but more on the restructuring of society as applied to its materialist and realist dimension so as to further promote these ideals.
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