Queer Theory Going Atomic

The LGBTqrsetc movement used some bizarre arguments when they worked to revise traditional interpretations of Biblical sexual morality. These revisionist ideas caught on with certain denominations. Those denominations are currently in a death spiral.

Where will the LGBTqrstetc forces strike next? Well they dropped a bomb in the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" when they published last year, "Queering nuclear weapons: How LGBTQ+ inclusion strengthens security and reshapes disarmament." 

Read it all if you dare. Here is an example, 

Queer identity is also relevant for the nuclear field because it informs theories that aim to change how officials, experts, and the public think about nuclear weapons. Queer theory is a field of study, closely related to feminist theory, that examines sex- and gender-based norms. It shines a light on the harm done by nuclear weapons through uranium mining, nuclear tests, and the tax money spent on nuclear weapons ($60 billion annually in the United States) instead of on education, infrastructure, and welfare. The queer lens prioritizes the rights and well-being of people over the abstract idea of national security, and it challenges the mainstream understanding of nuclear weapons—questioning whether they truly deter nuclear war, stabilize geopolitics, and reduce the likelihood of conventional war. Queer theory asks: Who created these ideas? How are they being upheld? Whose interests do they serve? And whose experiences are being excluded?

...Queer theory is also about rejecting binary choices and zero-sum thinking, such as the tenet that nuclear deterrence creates security and disarmament creates vulnerability. It identifies the assumptions and interests these ideas are built on—and imagines alternatives that serve a broader range of interests, including those of the invisible and resource-stripped.

Indeed, queer theory helps us not only see the bad of a world with nuclear weapons, but also imagine the good of a world without them. It envisions using the resources freed up by nuclear disarmament to build structures that tangibly increase people’s safety and well-being through healthcare, social housing, etc. In this scenario, the more than $100 billion that nuclear-armed states spend on nuclear weapons every year could be used to address the climate crisis, which could kill up to 83 million people by 2100. 

Disarmament, tied to climate change.. genius!  

If we follow this reasoning, we are doomed to the same fate as those denominations I referenced earlier. 

 The arguments are so weak and such a stretch that I hope that no one other than the authors take them seriously. 

These people are a few cans short of a six pack.

I think the "troll" that tweeted, 

“They should not allow mentally ill people near weapons of mass destruction.”

in response to a December 2022 panel discussion on LGBTQ+ identity in the nuclear weapons space was probably right.