Texas State Representative Brian Harrison is sounding the alarm on the University of Texas at Austin’s apparent fixation on transgenderism.
To demonstrate his point, Harrison posted an example on X, copying verbatim content distributed by the university.
.@UTAustin is using tax dollars to promote transgenderism in “Transsexual Beauty and Desirability.”
This is on an official State of Texas website:
I created Adonis: Transsexual Beauty and Desirability as a commentary on transgender bodies and how outside factors and individuals… pic.twitter.com/J0U4oGMB2L
— Brian Harrison (@brianeharrison) November 25, 2024
“I created Adonis: Transsexual Beauty and as a commentary on transgender bodies and how outside factors and individuals in society dictate how we change ourselves to conform to gender expectations. While there are transgender individuals, including myself, who don’t conform to traditional gender roles, we are still expected to undergo medical and social transitions to be recognized as our true selves. This sentiment is reflected by Stryker’s words, “The transsexual body is an unnatural body. It is the product of medical science. It is a technological construction. It is flesh torn apart and sewn together again in a shape other than that in which it was born” (Stryker, 245),” UT Austins website says, Harrison wrote on X.
“In addition to physically changing our bodies, transgender individuals are expected to “perform gender” in ways that society has dictated. Butler states that, “gender is instituted through the stylization of the body and hence, must be understood as the mundane way in which bodily gestures, movements, and enactments of various kinds constitute the illusion of an abiding gendered self” (Butler, 519). When one does not correctly perform gender, they are subjected to harassment, ridicule, and invalidation from strangers since we are viewed as an anomaly in the presence of others,” Harrison posted.
Harrison also pointed out how UT Austin has several classes that use taxpayers’ money to push woke transgender content.
One image posted on X shows a class called, “WGS RACIALIZATION/THE BODY.” Another one shows, “WGS 301 BLACK QUEER ART WORLDS.”
Harrison was gobsmacked by his findings.
“Texas taxpayers, @UTAustin leadership is forcing you to fund this,” Harrison wrote on X.
The Dallas Express reached out to the flagship campus but did not receive an answer.