FUCK YEAH, GENDERQUEERS
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The UK Census 2011. I’m objecting to this question, because there was no mention of anything other than binary sex.
Some people are actually biologically neither male nor female. Which box do they tick?
Thanks for taking this stand for trans* identified people!
I’ve just published an article at PracticalAndrogyny.com giving my thoughts on this matter and details of the answers given to me by the Office of National statistics before the 2001 and 2011 UK censuses:
http://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/03/13/united-kingdom-census-2011/
I hope you don’t mind that I used a cropped version of your photo in the blog post (linking back to your Tumblr).
Awesome article, and thanks for linking back. :) I’m reblogging in case anyone following me fancies reading the article, too.
People interested in this issue may also want to read about my gender-neutral title proposal.
Going to reblog this because it’s awesome. The more awareness that is spread, the less invisible those outside the gender binary will become. I’m emailing my MP right away. The gender-neutral title idea is absolutely wonderful, and I might adopt that myself. :D
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Made this in paint.
We are all family.
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Oh, and in case you don’t recognise them, left to right, top to bottom:
Gay/lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, genderqueer, pansexual, asexual, bear, leather. x3 -
REBLOG THIS. IT ONLY TAKES A SECOND. These pages on facebook promote “Death To Fags” (the title’s translation in Serbian). PLEASE report them by clicking “Report page” on the left hand side. Choose Hate Speech/Attacks -> Gender or Orientation. REBLOG AND SPREAD THE WORD: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SMRT-PEDERIMA/109571525748813 AND http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_103031676430859
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SMRT-PEDERIMA/109571525748813
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_103031676430859
Also, spam the pages with LGBTQ* friendly videos and stuff. You rock!
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“So, when did YOU realise you were genderqueer?”
Having been a cross dresser all my life I always thought that was all there was to my ‘sexual identity’, but I was deep in denial. Not until this year at age 35 did I first encounter the word genderqueer, on Tumblr. Somehow something clicked in my head; I set aside my fear and reluctantly delved deeper. The more I found out, the more I discovered myself, I knew straight away, I just knew it. But it took me a little while longer to get my queer head round the whole thing. I’m now in the middle of (slowly) coming out, I can’t describe how liberating it is to finally be the real me.
fyeahgenderqueers.tumblr.com/post/6105048764/so-when-did-you-realise-you-were-genderqueer
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Discovering my GQ
So, when did YOU realise you were genderqueer?
This really had two answers for me. One is when I was aware at the age of 8 of that I wasn’t “normal”, because I wasn’t like the other girls. Some people might assume this was internalized misogyny, but I also knew I definitely didn’t want to be an icky boy. :) Plus, my mom raised me and my siblings to be as gender fluid as we pleased, so there wasn’t a whole lot of pressure to conform. I did find it difficult to feel like at times I didn’t fit into the box. Sometimes I was okay, but sometimes I was absolutely sure that whatever I was didn’t even exist, and it was so frustrating.
Then the internet happened - there was a name for my feelings, a name I could relate to! At first I was afraid that people would think I was just doing it for attention, but when a nagging thought won’t go away, I’m inclined to take it seriously. And a funny thing happened when I did: a good majority of my social dysphoria went away. Yay!
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Milo.
22.
Gender: Queer as fuck.
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Calling for anybody who wants to help!
Hi I just started up a blog that is dedicated to helping, giving support and advice, information and resources to anybody non-binary and their significant others and allies. I need the help of 2 more non-binary people (FTM, MTF, genderqueer etc.) to help me run the blog. You will be kept anonymous but you need to be willing to answer questions, give advice and relate to experiences.
If you are interested in helping please message me stating who you are and why you want to help.
I also need help getting the word out and the blog started up so any help is much appreciated.
Thank you.
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Nightline: Show on trans* children and teens Wednesday
Kinda wanna see this, but will miss the initial showing. Hopefully, it’ll be posted online later…
Wonder if any of my followers would be interested?
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These things never seem to show FtM people; is it really that much rarer than MtF? It would be nice to see the love spread about in that direction a little more…
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Agreed! I think the thing with featuring MTF people is that it’s a loss of privilege, male privilege. Masculinity is held to a higher esteem than femininity, therefore it’s a “national crisis”, like Dyson’s mother said, when someone eschews the former for the latter. It’s seen as weirder, more unusual - that’s why FtM people get less airtime. It’s all about the ratings really, I guess. :/ - FYGQ
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I have a very close-minded Spanish teacher who, unfortunately, teaches by humiliation - he'll take anything about you and hold it in your face until you remember answers to his questions. How can I deal with him if/when he pokes fun at the fact that I go by a gender-neutral name and half the time dress as a guy?
Asked by transaervania
I’m sorry you’re in this situation. :( *Offers hugs*
I think the best way to go about it would be to act completely indifferent to it. Your identity is not an insult. Treat it as if he’s stating the blatantly obvious. Don’t allow your identity to be humiliating. For example, say he’s like “you have brown hair”, you’d just be like… “yes, yes I do” because having brown hair isn’t a problem, you know? If he questions you mockingly, says something like “Your name isn’t a boy or a girl name, can’t you tell what you are?” or something, just be like “I like my name” or “I don’t believe in gendered names”. You don’t necessarily need to out yourself. I guess it goes with all forms of bullying - the more you hurt, the more the oppressor will enjoy it.
Having said that - I strongly urge you to speak to somebody higher up about this. You say that he teaches by humiliation - can you think of any classmates whom he has humiliated who would back you up if you were to speak to a senior staff member like a principal/head teacher? Going on your own might be scary, and it’s always daunting when you need to complain about someone who has so much authority over you, but in my experience most schools are very eager to listen if you have a legitimate complaint against a teacher, in the same way that a shop manager would listen if, say, a staff member verbally abused a customer. If you’re at the age when your parents are looking after you, you might want to tell them what’s up and ask if they could phone the school and complain, though I find that most teacher problems can be resolved when the whole class marches into the head’s office with the same complaint.
Teachers are supposed to be trustworthy people you can look up to, and if he is causing you this much emotional pain, he’s doing something wrong.
I hope everything goes well, and please drop me another message if you want to expand on this or ask anything else. <3
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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.
