Theses on Polysexuality
On July 18, 2010, at the Christopher Street Day festival in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, I participated in an event about Polysexuality. The other participants in the event were Steve Valk, Manuela Mock, and Ralf Harth. The event was sponsored by the Lesben- und Schwulverband in Deutschland (LSVD).
Here is the transcript of my brief opening statement about polysexuality (slightly modified for this media):
Prior to the 1970s, we lived with a system of sexuality where heterosexuality was the norm, and other styles of sexuality, like homosexuality, were regarded as deviant.
In the 1970s, following the sexual liberation movements of the 1960s, a new system of sexuality was established in Western culture. The system of recognized sexual identities was established. It was decided that 5 kinds of sexual identity are acceptable:
- heterosexual
- gay
- lesbian
- bisexual
- transsexual
This system of the 1970s was a major improvement for human freedom and happiness as compared with the previous system.
But this system is now 40 years old and it is obsolete…
