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Compulsory heterosexuality (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠gender identity uniform: the unity of gender is the effect of its regulatory practice.

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Compulsory heterosexuality (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠presumptive communicates a threat inside discourse: "you-will-be-straight-or-you-will-not-be."

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Compulsory heterosexuality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not only a law but an inevitable comedy: since no one can fully live up to its positions, it keeps parodying itself.

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Compulsory heterosexuality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only strengthened by a lesbianism that defines itself by excluding it: such a lesbianism ends up needing heterosexuality.