Transvestigation
Transvestigation (portmanteau of transgender and investigation) is an indirect inquiry seeking to determine the biological sex of an individual, primarily through photographic and video evidence. It is a key aspect of a conspiracy theory which gained popularity in the late 2010s and early 2020s that asserts that many or all celebrities and other prominent individuals, including athletes, politicians and historical figures, are or were transgender. Consequently, the methodology used by "transvestigators" adhering to this theory is subject to pareidolia and often suffers from confirmation bias.[1][2] Baptist News Global has compared some of the methods used to those commonly associated with eugenics, such as craniometry.[3]
The basis for transvestigation ranges from the belief that some celebrities' gender identity simply differs from their sex, to the belief that their transgender identity is part of an initiation ritual known as "elite gender inversion", conducted by Hollywood and music industry elites or secret organizations such as the New World Order and Illuminati.[4] GLAAD considers the movement to be an expression of transphobia.[5]
It is speculated that transvestigations are a result of people noticing atypical body types in homosexual individuals. Many people in Hollywood are rumored to be gay,[6] so it is not unlikely that many of them would demonstrate body types atypical to their sex[7]. So one can argue that while transvestigators have the right observations, they have the wrong conclusions. Transvestigations are therefore actually gayvestigations because transvestigators usually point out what science has discovered about homosexual individuals[8].
Transvestigation videos can be found all over social media. Especially on video platforms. They usually point out that certain male actor's arms are too short, their hips too wide, that they have a widow's peak, that they have feminine eyes and that their breast muscles look unusual.[9] As a result, transvestigators conclude that these famous individuals must be transgender instead of being born male.
It can be argued that transvestigations are a result of homophobia because transvestigators rather believe that Hollywood stars are trans than gay because it implies heterosexuality[10].
Among transvestigators Joan Rivers is hailed as a hero because she was the first person to claim that Michelle Obama is transgender back in 2014.[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ Lenton, Patrick (2024-02-08). "A Wild Investigation of Transvestigators, the People Who Think Celebs Are All Trans". Vice. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Klee, Miles. "Unhinged 'Transvestigators' Think They're the Only Cis People Left". MEL Magazine.
- ^ Thomason, Kristen (2023-06-22). "Transvestigation: The new eugenics". Baptist News Global. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Vernon, Hayden; Moreno, Natalie (2023-09-21). "The Conspiracy Theorists Who Think All Celebrities Are Secretly Trans". Vice. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Transvestigation: Definition, Meaning, and Origin in Anti-LGBTQ Hate". GLAAD. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050421000017/http://www.geocities.com/mnussitch/gossip.html
- ^ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070911102649.htm
- ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25550146/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VxD9VPc2AQ
- ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18567408/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WUYGPhUjyE
- ^ https://twitter.com/USAvengers/status/1171870535606833152