#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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Major #Companies That Provide #GenderAffirming #HealthCare For Their #Trans and #Nonbinary #Employees
Some companies have made it a #priority to include transgender #MedicalCare in their #healthinsurance #plans. This means employees can feel #supported by their company in their #identity, #safe at #work, and better able to complete tasks and become better #employees.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Business #Workplace #Inclusion #Representation #Culture
https://globalcocktails.com/major-companies-that-provide-gender-affirming-care-for-their-employees/
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[Video] #ElonMusk’s #Trans #Daughter Vivian #Responds to His #Comments About Her #Transgender #Identity.
Elon Musk’s claimed she was "#killed" by the "#wokemindvirus" for seeking #genderaffirming #medical #care as a #trans #teen.
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#Idaho's #GenderAffirming #HealthCare #Ban Ruled #Unconstitutional.
The #state claimed the #law’s was to #safeguard the #physical #wellbeing of #children, “the #objective is #pretextual” since the #law “allows the same #treatments for #cisgender #minors that are deemed #unsafe and #banned for #transgender #minors
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Idaho #Courts #Rulings #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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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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#EndocrineSociety #corrects #Disinformation about #genderaffirming #care at #GOP #debate
“More than 2,000 #scientificstudies have examined #aspects of #genderaffirming #Healthcare since 1975, including more than 260 studies cited in the Endocrine Society’s #ClinicalPracticeGuideline.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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In the #Mississippi #BibleBelt, a #family wrestles with #raising #trans #kids in the #Mormon #church.
One family reckons with whether it’s possible to be #trans and #religious as #lawmakers use #God’s name in vain in order to #justify #banning #genderaffirming #Healthcare.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
#ThePartyOfHatehttps://19thnews.org/2023/10/mormon-trans-mississippi-family-faith-gender-affirming-care/
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#Regret is #Uncommon After #Gender-#Affirming #TopSurgery #Study.
The researchers found #veryhigh #rates of #satisfaction and #verylow #rates of #regret. The same applies for all kinds of #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Healthcare #Transitioning #MentalHealth
https://themessenger.com/health/regret-is-uncommon-after-gender-affirming-mastectomy-study
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#RepublicanParty and #Hategroup positions on #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare do not reflect the #research landscape. More than 2,000 #scientificstudies have examined aspects of #genderaffirmingcare since 1975, including more than 260 studies cited in the #EndocrineSociety’s #ClinicalPracticeGuideline.
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Self-proclaimed #Fascist
#MattWalsh's #Attack on #Plume: Fabricated Lies, Trans Care #History, and #Significance of AccessHis attack on Plume involved deception — fabricating #lies — to get #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare.
Understanding the #history of #Trans #HRT underscores its #importance, justifies #easeofaccess.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/walshs-plume-attack-lies-about-trans
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#CristinaNicholeIglesias, a #Transgender #prisoner who #fought for #genderaffirming #Healthcare for all #inmates undergoes #surgery
Iglesias' surgery was performed without complications on March 30, her attorneys said.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Incarceration #Healthcare #Transitioning