048: Trans Visible Goths

Welcome to episode 43 of Cemetery Confessions! This month we
are talking about subverting gender norms and the role
performative aesthetic plays in goth identity, we are
reviewing the new album from Selofan, and we are talking
about the trans experience within the context of goth
culture.


Our guests this month are patreon member Abigail and Aurora,
who is an author and musician.




News: 16:24


Flamboyant Darkness: Female Fronted Goth Bands Subvert
Gender Norms


Album Review: 1:13:18


Selofan - Cine Romance


Philosophy Corner: 1:34:14


While the existence of trans people has only recently
come into mainstream consciousness in the form of a fight
for equal rights, biologists have known for a long time
that gender, sexuality, anatomy, and identity are a
spectrum both in nature and in homosapiens. Goths too,
have a history of subverting heteronormative patriarchal
gender norms and expectations, and providing a safe space
for those who don’t conform to an essentialist dichotomy.
However the debate about whether or not goth culture is,
in its current state, truly accepting and progressive,
cis-centric and discriminatory,  or whether it even
has any power at all to reshape culture into an
egalitarian community apart from mainstream patriarchy,
still rages today.


Sinister Suggestions: 2:34:05


Goth Discord Channel


Further Reading:
It’s Time for Goth Culture to Embrace the Gender
Identities of All Its Members
Caitlyn Jenner and Our Cognitive Dissonance
Transgender Prejudice And The Belief In A Biological
Basis For Gender
Science Understands Transgenderism in a Way Religion
Fails to