(National File) LGBT activists are seeking to advance their progressive agenda in the Archaeology field, advocating that archaeologists stop identifying human remains based on their gender.
Emma Palladino, a Canadian Master’s Degree candidate, went viral on social media when she called on archaeologists to stop assuming someone’s gender identity in their research.
“My trans+non-binary friends: You might know the argument that the archaeologists who find your bones one day will assign you the same gender as you had at birth, so regardless of whether you transition, you can’t escape your assigned sex,” Palladino posted on Twitter earlier this month.
Archaeology master’s degree student, called the current gender norms in Archaeology “bullshit” and claimed “there’s absolutely more work to be done, and more education, empathy, and sensitivity is very much required in the field of archaeology.”
She went on to write a sympathetic message to LGBT community members who may have been “misgendered” by “some shitty archaeologist in the future.”
