#genderaffirming — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #genderaffirming, aggregated by home.social.
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A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures
This text and the language in the corresponding map was updated in consultation with a world gender expert in October, 2023.
"Throughout recorded history and since time immemorial, thriving cultures have recognized, revered, and integrated more than two genders. Terms such as #transgender, gay, or bisexual are Western constructs that often assume three things: that there are only two sexes (male/female), as many as three sexualities (gay/straight/bisexual), and only two #genders (man/woman).
"Even after the end of the modern era and as the #colonial period wanes, hundreds of distinct #Indigenous societies around the globe still retain their own long-established traditions for third, fourth, fifth, or more genders. The subject of #TwoSpirits, Fred Martinez, for example, was not a boy who wanted to be a girl, but both a boy and a girl — an identity his Navajo culture recognized and revered as #nádleehí. Meanwhile, Hina of Kumu Hina is part of a #NativeHawaiian culture that has traditionally revered and respected #mahu, those who embody both male and female spirit. It’s not uncommon for third gender people to perform critical spiritual and religious functions in their communities.
"Among many Indigenous societies, two prominent features often distinguish the lives and social roles of third gender persons from those of cisgender persons or contemporary transgender persons in non-Indigenous societies. The first is that many Indigenous terms for third gender people contain both the word for 'man' and 'woman' in their construction, and that #ThirdGender people are seen as embodying both of those genders in diverse ways. The second is that the history of many third genders is in the community role of religious specialists, which also takes diverse forms, depending on the beliefs of diverse cultures. While not all third gender persons are defined in these terms, across our species, this phenomenon of the third gender religious specialist, healer, or spiritual worker has been part of our #CollectiveIdentity and human experience since time immemorial.
"Since the beginning of the 21st century, we’ve seen tremendous expansion of the role that transgender, #GenderDiverse, and third gender people have in society, following the tenuous establishment of civil rights for #gay and #lesbian people in many nations and increased access to #genderaffirming care in the transgender community. Many Indigenous transgender people who also identify as third gender are familiar to large audiences via their participation in popular media or social media activism. Third gender people, like the Japanese-Samoan, #Faafafine artist Yuki Kihara, now participate in major global cultural events and function not just as representatives of their gender-based community, but of their nation. Kihara had both a solo exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and represented New Zealand at the 2021 Venice Biennale. [For more: '#LGBTQIA+ Pride and Two-Spirit People' in Smithsonian Voices.]
"In the 21st century, many third gender people choose to take advantage of #GenderAffirmingCare, and identify, in addition to being third gender, as transgender. As access to gender-affirming care parallels healthcare access, and both third gender and Indigenous persons are often marginalized economically, it is not as readily available to many Indigenous transgender people, and within Indigenous cultures, medical transition is often seen as separate or secondary to social transition.
"Within #Western societies, despite centuries of suppression, there are still traces of a past when third or fourth or more genders were recognized within many cultures and societies. In rare cases, they presently exist. An example of this would be the #burrnesha of Albania, women who give up their social role as women to live as men. Likewise, within Jewish culture and law, as many as eight genders have been historically recognized, and in diverse ways.
"Take a tour with this world map, and learn how many cultures see gender diversity."
Learn more:
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/#PBS #GenderDiversity #CulturalTraditions #Genders #ThreeGenders #ThirdGender #FiveGenders #Gender #GBLTQ #Genders
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What happens when an unstoppable #surgeon meets an immovable #brow #bone?
#LucieIsle shares her #experience with #facialfeminisationsurgery (#FFS) ahead of the Second #GenderAffirming #Health #Forum
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Healthcare #Surgery #FFS
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What happens when an unstoppable #surgeon meets an immovable #brow #bone?
#LucieIsle shares her #experience with #facialfeminisationsurgery (#FFS) ahead of the Second #GenderAffirming #Health #Forum
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Healthcare #Surgery #FFS
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What happens when an unstoppable #surgeon meets an immovable #brow #bone?
#LucieIsle shares her #experience with #facialfeminisationsurgery (#FFS) ahead of the Second #GenderAffirming #Health #Forum
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Healthcare #Surgery #FFS
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What happens when an unstoppable #surgeon meets an immovable #brow #bone?
#LucieIsle shares her #experience with #facialfeminisationsurgery (#FFS) ahead of the Second #GenderAffirming #Health #Forum
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Healthcare #Surgery #FFS
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What happens when an unstoppable #surgeon meets an immovable #brow #bone?
#LucieIsle shares her #experience with #facialfeminisationsurgery (#FFS) ahead of the Second #GenderAffirming #Health #Forum
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Healthcare #Surgery #FFS
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#Landmark 11th Circuit Decision in May affirmed illegality of discrimination against #LGBTQ #workers in #Georgia case. #Court refused to allow #Sheriff's Dept to make special exception and violate #FederalLaw to ban #EmployeeRights to #GenderAffirming care. Case dated back to 2019 lawsuit and is looked at in detail here
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#Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority in #Kansas #House #passes #ban on #genderaffirming #Healthcare for #trans #youth.
“They are trying to erase #LGBTQ #Kansans, starting with #trans #people...They want us to #leave. They don’t care if our #kids #die. The #cruelty is the point”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article286634740.html#storylink=cpy
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#Maryland #lawmakers seek to #bolster #protections for #genderaffirming #Healthcare.
Maryland lawmakers are seeking to #prohibit the #state from participating in #criminal #investigations and #lawsuits that other states may bring against #healthcare #professionals who provide #genderaffirmingcare and #transgender #patients who #travel to the state to #receive it.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Maryland #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies #Representation #Culture
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#FactCheck: #WSJ #Publishes #False #Article #Claiming #Trans #Kids Are "Actually Just #Gay".
The article uses a #misleading #study with #data from 1989 to prove its point, and then claims that #genderaffirming #Healthcare is "actually #conversiontherapy," despite direct #contradictory #evidence.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #Disinformation #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-wsj-publishes-false-article
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#Republican #Amendments #blocking #funding for #dragshows, #genderaffirming #care #dropped from #NDAA.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article282803798.html
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#Wisconsin #governor #vetoes #state’s #genderaffirming #healthcare #ban
His #veto is expected to #survive a #challenge from #Republicans in the #statelegislature, who #voted overwhelmingly to pass the bill in October.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Wisconsin #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Trans #activists #protest outside #Irish #DepartmentofHealth #demanding #access to #genderaffirming #Healthcare
Protesters gathered outside and led #chants saying, “#Ourbodies, #ourlives, #OurRighTtoDecide” and, “#NGSsa mess what we want is #safe #access.” on the #TransgenderDayofRemembrance (#TDoR).
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ireland #Health #Healthcare #Activism #Transitioning #Representation #Culture
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#Hardright #Hategroup #GaysAgainstGroomers #fuming after #ChatGPT #refused to make #antitrans #statements
“I’m sorry, but I cannot create #content that #promotes #harm or goes against #ethical #principles, including discouraging #genderaffirming #care for #minors.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #Schadenfreude
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#Legal #bid to freeze #Missouri's #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare #ban gets a #hearing this week.
“Just as one cannot be #discriminated against because of their #sex under the #federal #equalprotection #clause, the same applies for #Missourians under the #Missouri #Constitution.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Missouri #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Louisiana #Governor #JohmBelEdwards #Vetoes #Republicans #AntiLGBTQ+ #Legislation including the state’s version of what #critics call #Florida’s “#DontSayGay” #bill and a #ban on #genderaffirming #medicalcare for young #transgender #people.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.bizneworleans.com/edwards-vetoes-anti-lgbtq-legislation/
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#Charities like #LGBTFoundation, #TransActual, #LGBTIQAGreens, and more criticize #Transphobic #dad’s #lawsuit against #autistic #adult seeking to override their right to seek #genderaffirming #healthcare.
#Concerns raised over potential #infantilising of #disabled and #neurodivergent #adults' limiting their decision-making capacity.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Health #Healthcare #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/15/trans-safety-network-lawsuit/
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#Kansas #Senate passes #transgender #bathroom #ban #bill, fails to #override #veto of #genderaffirming #Healthcare #ban.
Members of both chambers overruled #LaruaKelly’s #veto on a #jail #bill incorporating “#womens #billofrights” #legislation
“This bill got caught up in a desire to make life as unpleasant for #transgender #Kansans as possible.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Fascist #RepublicanParty #Lawmakers in #NorthCarolina sponsoring #bills #impacting #transgender #youth #Participation in #sports.
#ThePartyOfHate is busy promoting two bills that would ban #trans #athletes, and Prohibit #GenderAffirming #Healthcare
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #TransKids #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://abc11.com/politics-sports-nc-general-assembly-transgender-bill/13093902/