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Paul B. Preciado: “Cada votante de Vox lleva dentro de sí un cuerpo trans, un cuerpo homosexual, un cuerpo indígena”

El filósofo, voz de referencia del pensamiento ‘queer’ y trans, sostiene que la idea de normalidad se construye suprimiendo con violencia otras posibilidades de cuerpo e identidad, mientras advierte que la persecución que vive hoy su colectivo podría generalizarse en el futuro. Este domingo participará finalmente en el Festival de las Ideas de Madrid tras encabezar, junto a una treintena de…

Paul B. Preciado: “Cada votante de Vox lleva dentro de sí un cuerpo trans, un cuerpo homosexual, un cuerpo indígena”

Paul B. Preciado, the 56-year-old philosopher from Burgos, has become a prominent voice in queer and trans thought since publishing his 2000 manifesto, "Manifiesto contrasexual." In a recent controversy, he joined a group of 30 participants who threatened to withdraw from the Madrid Ideas Festival alongside Allianz, an insurance company.

The protest was rooted in Allianz's financial ties to Israel, as the insurance firm's asset management subsidiary had acquired $960 million in bonds issued by the Israeli government, according to a United Nations report. Preciado, a thinker, writer, and curator, has long challenged the boundaries between gender, normality, and pathology through his work.

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