FUCK YEAH, GENDERQUEERS
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The Codes of Gender
In this short documentary about gender as a ritualized cultural performance, communication scholar Sut Jhally talks about the late Erving Goffman’s analysis of advertising and applies it to the “contemporary commercial landscape” (TV ads, glossy magazines, billboards, etc.) You should watch it, it’s actually really interesting. Funny how there are so many aspects of advertising linked to the stereotypical “male” or “female” gender. It shows how seemingly trivial things - strength of the grasp of a hand, angle of the head, balance, facial expression - all weave together in advertising to form the socially accepted view of “Man = strong, powerful; woman = weak, submissive”. I’d recommend it to… everyone.
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Those days where you feel so cis that you can’t process the idea of being non-binary.
Oh, gender. You so silly.
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It’s funny how my coming out gender explanation is so practiced. Define a set of things, explain a set of things, answer expected questions.
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![practicalandrogyny:
feministriots:
This needs to be everywhere.
[Magenta lit photograph showing a sign above a doorway, at either end are hand drawn standard public toilet symbols. On the left is a ‘Male’ outline with an arrow pointing up from its head, on the right is a standard ‘Female’ outline with an arrow for its right arm. Between the drawings is a message in zine-style hand typeset text with a blue, black and red repeated heading and smaller black text reading:toilets! toilets! toilets! FOREST DOES NOT PRESCRIBE TO BINARY PERCEPTIONS OF GENDER. THERE MAY BE PERSONS OF ‘AN OTHER GENDER’ IN THESE TOILETS AT ANY TIME.]
From the Forest Cafe Edinburgh.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq79ockv7P1ql7r9po1_250.jpg)
This needs to be everywhere.
[Magenta lit photograph showing a sign above a doorway, at either end are hand drawn standard public toilet symbols. On the left is a ‘Male’ outline with an arrow pointing up from its head, on the right is a standard ‘Female’ outline with an arrow for its right arm. Between the drawings is a message in zine-style hand typeset text with a blue, black and red repeated heading and smaller black text reading:
toilets! toilets! toilets!
FOREST DOES NOT PRESCRIBE TO BINARY PERCEPTIONS OF GENDER.
THERE MAY BE PERSONS OF ‘AN OTHER GENDER’ IN THESE TOILETS AT ANY TIME.]From the Forest Cafe Edinburgh.
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UK Government Transgender Employment, Identity and Privacy Survey: A non-binary person's response
Today is the last day for responses to the UK Government’s 3rd survey of transgender people (which explicitly includes ‘androgynous’, ‘non-gender’ and ‘genderqueer’ options in the demographics section). This survey follows up on responses from the first two surveys by focusing on issues of employment, identity and privacy. If you’re in the UK and identify as trans*, genderqueer, non-binary or gender variant please complete the survey (sorry for the late notice!).
Below is a sample of Nat’s responses to the survey as a non-binary trans person:What do you think Government can do to help trans employees tackle workplace discrimination?
Clarify the ambiguous position of non-binary trans people [under The UK Equality Act].
Does expressing our gender identities constitute ‘gender reassignment’? Can ‘gender reassignment’ protections apply when the law does not recognise our genders as existing or valid?
Are we protected should we ask for gender neutral language to be used in reference to us rather than gendered words such as ‘man’, ‘woman’, ‘Mr’, ‘Ms’, ‘he’ and ‘she’?
If we undergo hormone treatments or have surgeries to treat the gender dysphoria arising from our non-binary genders, does this fall under the ‘gender reassignment’ protections even though we do not identify as an ‘opposite sex’ or gender?
Are we exempt from gender-specific dress code requirements such as short hair and ties for those with male ‘legal genders’ and makeup and skirts for those with female ‘legal genders’?…
Do you consider your current identity secure from disclosure?
No. Numerous services require a binary gender (female/male) or a gendered title/honorific (Mr/Ms etc) to be specified as required fields. As such I am misgendered or outed as transgender when ordering shopping, using my bank, registering for a library card etc. This is a particular problem where others complete my form for me or where computer form validation enforces entry of binary gender identifiers.
What can be done by Government to help you successfully live in your current identity?
Explicitly class gender as private information that it is not reasonable to ask for when providing goods and services (Data Protection Act should apply). Explicitly recognise and protect non-binary trans people, perhaps by wording the law as protecting ‘gender identity and expression’ rather than ‘gender reassignment’.
Are there any other issues concerning your privacy and/or identity you want to raise?
The government does not recognise my non-binary gender identity. Only binary (female/male) options are provided on birth certificates and passports. As such I am discriminated against by the government and denied Gender Recognition afforded to other trans people.
I consider the sex I was assigned at birth to be deeply personal information that is only relevant to a handful of medical professionals and my partner. However the law and common practice currently force me to disclose this in a wide variety of situations. Doing so causes me gender dysphoria, misgenders me and outs me as transgender in a way that binary trans people are able to avoid due to the Gender Recognition Act.
Please extend gender recognition protections to all trans people, not just those with binary identities. Please also help to establish that gender (even ‘legal gender’) is deeply personal information for many people and it should not be reasonable under the Data Protection Act to require its disclosure when ordering groceries online or signing up for local services. -
GSM or LGBT?
GSM stands for Gender & Sexuality Minority
I prefer it to LGBT because GSM is more inclusive
Basically any gender or sexuality that isn’t considered heteronormative could go under GSM.As well as LGBT the following genders/sexualities could go under GSM.
This is not a limit just all i can think of so far. Any others let me know.
- Genderqueer
- Genderfuck
- Genderless
- Agender
- Bigender
- Third gender
- Pangender
- Androgynous
- Asexual
- Demisexual
- Polysexual
- Polyamorous
- Pomosexual
- Pansexual
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“LGBT* in Video Games, Anime and Manga”:
I’m putting together a talk on LGBTWTFBBQ people in Video Games, Anime and Manga so I’d like people’s input on characters they felt were good examples of queer culture.
I’m not really looking for examples where the sexuality or gender of the character is played as a joke. A good example is Leo from Tekken. Though particularly bad examples are good too, to show how things SHOULDN’T be done.
I’m particularly interested in examples that don’t fall directly LGBT. Does anyone know of any Asexual, gender queer or poly characters?
From: http://www.khaoskomix.com/komix/lgbt-in-video-games-anime-and-manga
If you think you can help, you should click that link. Tab makes the AWESOME comic which can be found over here. (Links to first page.)
Also, LGBTWTFBBQ.
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Oh, Facebook.
[Image: A screenshot of a section of a facebook newsfeed. The picture and name have been blacked out. It says “(Name) updated their cover photo.”]
See anything unusual? Yeah that’s right, their. Oh yus.
On the “edit profile” page of Facebook, where it allows you to choose your gender, enter each of these into the address bar. Whichever gender is selected in the box will be unselected when you click “save changes”.
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javascript:void(document.getElementById(‘sex’).options[0].value=’0’);
javascript:void(document.getElementById(‘sex’).options[1].value=’0’);Yeah that’s cool. When it works. But with the new Timeline view…
[Image: A screenshot of a section of a facebook timeline editor. It says “Basic Info” with a dropdown box after the words “I am”. Dropdown box is currently on “Select gender”. Underneath is an unchecked checkbox saying “Show my sex on my timeline.”]
“Show my sex in my timeline.” Say what? Sex? But it still says “select gender” if you’ve deselected a gender while on regular profile mode - and therefore still uses neutral pronouns and doesn’t show a gender. I’m not sure if you can still use the above lines to deselect if you’ve switched to Timeline while using a binary gender marker - anyone know? The dropdown options here are Male and Female, as usual.
Interestingly, I listed a friend as my mother on Facebook (yeah yeah I know, I know), and she accepted - meaning she didn’t need to signify what I was in relation to her, since FB generally tries to figure it out. Apparently it had no idea what to do with me since I didn’t use a gender on my profile so it assigned me as her son. Led to a lot of lolwhats from friends who didn’t know I had deselected gender as opposed to just hiding it on my profile.
Facebook, y u make things ridiculous for nonbinaries?
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FUCK YEAH, GENDERQUEERS!: Oh, Facebook.
[Image: A screenshot of a section of a facebook newsfeed. The picture and name have been blacked out. It says “(Name) updated their cover photo.”]
See anything unusual? Yeah that’s right, their. Oh yus.
On the “edit profile” page of Facebook, where it allows you to choose your gender,…
I unselected my gender, and it now lists me as a brother. \damn facebook misogyny.
Yeah, I figure it’s because while you used to be able to use neutral pronouns through selection a while back you always had to use gendered family terms. Things like “sibling” or “offspring”/”child” simply don’t exist on the system while they/their/theirs does.
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A blog to celebrate all things transgender, third gender, male, female, neutrois, neutral, genderless, pangender, genderfluid, polygender, androgyne and genderqueer in any way. Warning: contains copious amounts of genderfuck.
