#genderaffirming — Public Fediverse posts

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

got called an object by its discrete mathematics professor #genderaffirming

as trans women flock to minnesota, providers are struggling to keep up with demand. waiting lists are months or years long, and many of us worry that our healthcare will be made inaccessible or downright illegal in the coming months.

our soon-to-be co-op for gender affirming care is growing quickly, and could grow even faster with your help! please chip in a few bucks to any of our open collective tiers and/or boost this post to help out trans women who are getting facial hair removal or preparing for bottom surgery!

https://opencollective.com/trans-care-collective
#Minnesota #trans #donate #mutualaid #genderaffirming #electrolysis #crowdfund

#NYC: #Langon ends #genderaffirming care. Disgraceful 😔🤬💔💔

https://nyunews.com/news/2026/02/19/langone-ends-gender-affirming-care-minors/

#HHS Proposes Rules to Bar #Hospitals from Performing #GenderAffirmingCare to #Minors

The Department of #Health and #HumanServices today published in the Federal Register two Releases proposing rule changes that would effectively ban almost all #US. hospitals from providing #pharmaceutical or surgical #genderaffirming care to children and #adolescents under 18 years of age.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/hhs-proposes-rules-to-bar-hospitals.html

#duet with Xtinabrown
Welp…she summed up my thoughts on this matter 🤷🏽‍♀️🫶🏽

#transgenderally #blacktranslivesmatter #advocate #lgbtqmentalhealth #bipocmentalhealth #blacktherapist #genderaffirming #genderinclusive #womanist #trending

@Arenee1015
"[Trans] isn't taking anything from us. The system is."

#blackwomen #feminist #colonial #inquisition #africa #femininity #emasculinized #womanhood #testosterone #transphobia #mysogynoir #blackmastodon #blackhistory

Got myself a gender-affirming household device today — the BBQ Scrub Daddy!

As can be seen in the product images on the packaging, it is:
- Water Activated!
- Protected by heat-resistant ArmorTec STEEL™!
- Designed for heavy duty scouring
- Exclusive Materials to control my scrubbing power!
- Integrated bottle opener for that cold brewski I definitely have earned now, after cleaning up my own mess

There's even a small cut-out in the box where you can touch the sponge and FEEL THE DIFFERENCE before purchase.

Sure, hoping it's a nice scubber for the grill, but man, do they go overboard with assuring me this is a super masculine product for real men. Thinking this is probably a subsidiary of #EagleTactical

(And oh, that "water activated" feature is the fact that if you soak it in water and directly use it on your hot grill, it WILL produce steam. Cool.)

#BBQ #grilling #genderAffirming

The fucking DAY I get contacted to set up surgery consultation for gender affirming surgery is the same day the U.S. House passed an anti-trans bill that would ban federal Medicaid funds from being used for gender affirming care services. The inhumanity of it all is exactly how fascism works. 🙄😭 #trans #genderaffirming #lgbtq #transgender #medicine #healthcare

PSA: gender affirming care for cis people looks like:

-- ED medication
-- HRT (post-menopause, testosterone replacement)
-- fertility treatments/IVF
-- muscle enhancers
-- breast augmentation/reduction
-- penis implants
-- rhinoplasty, face lift
-- lip/cheek/other filler
-- anti-aging treatments
-- hair plugs, eyelash growth
-- liposuction
-- name change

Go forth & ruin Memorial Day ✨

#gender #trans #transgender #pride #queer #lgbtq #genderaffirming #protecttranslives #translivesmatter

HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY! To celebrate, here's a quick snapshot of my recovery over the last six months! 🏳️‍⚧️

**CONTENT WARNING**
The following contains photos and videos of my healing wound - these include dried blood, drains redness, swelling, acne and armpit hair. Viewer discretion is advised.

🔗 https://youtu.be/R0qymXlTUQ4

#TopSurgery #Top_Surgery #Transgender #Trans #Nonbinary #Genderqueer #Charagender #Kabbaway #Kabba #Kab #Kabbidge #Kabbidges #QuirkyThoughtsOn #Quirky_Thoughts_On #Vlog #GenderAffirmingCare #Gender_Affirming_Care #GenderAffirmingSurgery #Gender_Affirming_Surgery #GenderAffirming #Gender_Affirming #LGBTQIA #Kabba_Gay #TransDayOfVisibility #Trans_Day_of_Visibility #KabbaGay #DoubleMastectomy #Double_Mastectomy #Mastectomy #Video #YouTube #YouTuber #YT #YTer

Looks like the American Association of University Professors agrees with me!

#AAUP, Allies Sue over #Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport #Students and #Faculty for #LawfulSpeech

"The national AAUP; chapters at #Harvard, #Rutgers, and #NYU; and the #MiddleEastStudies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in #ProPalestinian #protests and other protected #FirstAmendment activities.

"We believe that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with. The policy has created a climate of fear and repression on campuses around the country. We are represented in the case by the #KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute at #ColumbiaUniversity, #AhilanArulanantham, and Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP.

"Following executive orders issued by President Trump in January, the federal agencies that enforce immigration laws have arrested and detained several people associated with U.S. colleges and universities, including a legal permanent resident, on the basis of constitutionally protected speech and association.

"Today’s filing argues that the ideological-deportation policy has created a climate of #repression and intense fear on university #campuses, 'terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors.'

"'The Trump administration is going after international #scholars and students who speak their minds about #Palestine, but make no mistake: they won't stop there. They'll come next for those who teach the history of #slavery or who provide #GenderAffirming health care or who research #ClimateChange or who counsel students about their reproductive choices. We all have to draw a line together—as the old labor movement slogan says: an injury to one is an injury to all,' says AAUP President Todd Wolfson.

"'The First Amendment means the government can’t arrest, detain, or deport people for lawful political expression—it’s as simple as that. This practice is one we’d ordinarily associate with the most repressive political regimes, and it should have no place in our democracy,' says #JameelJaffer, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute."

Source:
https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful
#RightToProtest #SilencingDissent #USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #law
#immigration #FreeSpeech #MarcoRubio #Trump #FreedomOfAssembly #Authoritarianism #Palestine #CriminalizingDissent #HigherEducation

#VivianJennaWilson on Being #ElonMusk’s Estranged Daughter, Protecting #TransYouth and Taking on the #Right Online

In Teen Vogue’s special issue cover story, the estranged 20-year-old daughter of Elon #Musk talks about the 'cartoonishly evil' #Trump administration and being a young #TransWoman today.

By Ella Yurman, Photography by Andy Jackson
March 20, 2025

Excerpt:

"Wilson’s vibrant life, full of possibility, underscores the lifesaving power of #GenderAffirming care for young people. As a child, Wilson struggled through #GenderDysphoria and the attendant mental health issues it often causes. She’s horrified by the wave of #AntiTrans legislation targeting young people like her. In the US, her peers are being demonized by the right, and are left undefended by Democrats. One of Trump’s first executive orders upon retaking office attempted to bar federal funding for health care providers that perform gender-affirming care for young people under 19; multiple federal judges have blocked the order from taking effect for now."

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#ProtectTransYouth #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #USPol

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Medicaid and #Gender-Affirming #Care

comics.lucentinian.com/4935
#AIComedy #FunnyNews #DailyComedy #Jokes #Laughs

Conservatives are cherry pickers. They cherry pick the Bible, they cherry pick scientific research; basically they cherry pick *anything* that confirms their existing worldview and beliefs. Alas, this is the definition of confirmation bias. It’s what fascists have done all along to enforce their morally bankrupt and evil ideology. #lgbtq #trans #medicine #healthcare #science #genderaffirming https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-hhs-transphobic-website#toggle-gdpr

Defense Secty #Hegseth has both halted all #genderaffirming medical procedures for active-duty service members and frozen all promotions for #military with "a history of #genderdysphoria ."

This is what prejudice and hate, draped in the American flag, looks like. The same memo promises that military #trans folk will be treated "dignity and respect," when the whole rest of the memo is about anything but.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hegseth-orders-immediate-pause-gender-affirming-medical-care/story

NPR: #Trump signs an order restricting #genderaffirming care for #minors
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279092/trump-executive-order-gender-affirming-care

More than ever in this chaotic environment, people need to embrace who they are.
If you are in Atlanta, join the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus and the Atlanta Women's Chorus in a joint concert "This is Me" on March 15. There will be uplifting songs about accepting and affirming oneself! Tickets at https://aftontickets.com/event/group/1qjwvv297o

#lgbtqia #gay #music #concerts #choralMusic #atlanta #AtlantaGayMensChorus #VoicesOfNote #AtlantaWomensChorus #GenderAffirming #GenderIdentity #SocialJustice #ThisIsMe

"Leavitt described the policy as restoring “sanity” in the face of “wokeness.”"

#trans #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #genderaffirming

New #Trump White House Press Secretary targets #transgender people in first briefing

https://www.advocate.com/politics/karoline-leavitt-transgender-press-briefing

> #KarolineLeavitt said that “sanity has been restored” because it only recognizes a #gender binary.