Psychology and cis-realism

This article explores the shifting landscape of psychology as a discipline, focusing on how the transphobic backlash reshapes discourses of science, identity, and realism. It critiques the resurgence of ‘cis-realism’—a pseudo-scientific stance reinforcing normative gender binaries—and links this to the historical complicity of psychology with capitalist and reactionary ideologies. The article calls for resistance to the appropriation of psychology in anti-trans discourses and reflects on emerging progressive spaces within the discipline that challenge traditional epistemologies.