#genderfluidity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #genderfluidity, aggregated by home.social.
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#ReadingPride Day 5: Queer Book Where Protag has a Fun Job - Costume Designer/Cosplayer - Chaotic Good - Whitney Gardner #cosplayers #gayromance #genderfluidity #booksbooksbooks
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#ReadingPride Day 5: Queer Book Where Protag has a Fun Job - Costume Designer/Cosplayer - Chaotic Good - Whitney Gardner #cosplayers #gayromance #genderfluidity #booksbooksbooks
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#ReadingPride Day 5: Queer Book Where Protag has a Fun Job - Costume Designer/Cosplayer - Chaotic Good - Whitney Gardner #cosplayers #gayromance #genderfluidity #booksbooksbooks
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Italy introduces parental consent for sex education in schools
By Alvise Armellini ROME, June 5 (Reuters) – Sex education in Italian schools will require parental consent under…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #AngeloBonelli #genderfluidity #genderidentities #GiorgiaMeloni #GiuseppeValditara #parentalconsent. #sexeducation
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What can ancient spirituality teach us about gender diversity today?🌿
In this Episode, guest Puneet K. Bindlish explores the concept of the “third gender,” gender fluidity, and the spiritual significance of Tritiya Prakriti — opening up a powerful conversation on identity, inclusion, and belonging beyond binaries.
Will you be joining us for BELONGING EPISODE 9 THIS FRIDAY?🎧️
Available on all platforms🔗
#BelongingPodcast #ThirdGender #GenderFluidity #AncientWisdom #LGBTQ+Podcast
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What can ancient spirituality teach us about gender diversity today?🌿
In this Episode, guest Puneet K. Bindlish explores the concept of the “third gender,” gender fluidity, and the spiritual significance of Tritiya Prakriti — opening up a powerful conversation on identity, inclusion, and belonging beyond binaries.
Will you be joining us for BELONGING EPISODE 9 THIS FRIDAY?🎧️
Available on all platforms🔗
#BelongingPodcast #ThirdGender #GenderFluidity #AncientWisdom #LGBTQ+Podcast
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What can ancient spirituality teach us about gender diversity today?🌿
In this Episode, guest Puneet K. Bindlish explores the concept of the “third gender,” gender fluidity, and the spiritual significance of Tritiya Prakriti — opening up a powerful conversation on identity, inclusion, and belonging beyond binaries.
Will you be joining us for BELONGING EPISODE 9 THIS FRIDAY?🎧️
Available on all platforms🔗
#BelongingPodcast #ThirdGender #GenderFluidity #AncientWisdom #LGBTQ+Podcast
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What can ancient spirituality teach us about gender diversity today?🌿
In this Episode, guest Puneet K. Bindlish explores the concept of the “third gender,” gender fluidity, and the spiritual significance of Tritiya Prakriti — opening up a powerful conversation on identity, inclusion, and belonging beyond binaries.
Will you be joining us for BELONGING EPISODE 9 THIS FRIDAY?🎧️
Available on all platforms🔗
#BelongingPodcast #ThirdGender #GenderFluidity #AncientWisdom #LGBTQ+Podcast
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What can ancient spirituality teach us about gender diversity today?🌿
In this Episode, guest Puneet K. Bindlish explores the concept of the “third gender,” gender fluidity, and the spiritual significance of Tritiya Prakriti — opening up a powerful conversation on identity, inclusion, and belonging beyond binaries.
Will you be joining us for BELONGING EPISODE 9 THIS FRIDAY?🎧️
Available on all platforms🔗
#BelongingPodcast #ThirdGender #GenderFluidity #AncientWisdom #LGBTQ+Podcast
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So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!
#AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek #July4th #USHistory
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So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!
#AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek #July4th #USHistory
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So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!
#AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek #July4th #USHistory
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So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!
#AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek #July4th #USHistory
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So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!
#AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek #July4th #USHistory
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Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/georgia-teacher-book-fired-appeal
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Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/georgia-teacher-book-fired-appeal
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Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/georgia-teacher-book-fired-appeal
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Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/georgia-teacher-book-fired-appeal
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Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/georgia-teacher-book-fired-appeal
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If you missed tonight's on-air broadcast of #LeftOfTheDial's special #Bowie show (with myself and #DJShaxx), you can listen to the archive! (Available for 5 weeks). You'll hear us talk about #Genderfluidity, #ToxicMasculinity, #MajorTom, #AlanMoore, #BigBrother, #HPLovecraft and other themes! Lots of cool live tracks as well!
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If you missed tonight's on-air broadcast of #LeftOfTheDial's special #Bowie show (with myself and #DJShaxx), you can listen to the archive! (Available for 5 weeks). You'll hear us talk about #Genderfluidity, #ToxicMasculinity, #MajorTom, #AlanMoore, #BigBrother, #HPLovecraft and other themes! Lots of cool live tracks as well!
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If you missed tonight's on-air broadcast of #LeftOfTheDial's special #Bowie show (with myself and #DJShaxx), you can listen to the archive! (Available for 5 weeks). You'll hear us talk about #Genderfluidity, #ToxicMasculinity, #MajorTom, #AlanMoore, #BigBrother, #HPLovecraft and other themes! Lots of cool live tracks as well!
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If you missed tonight's on-air broadcast of #LeftOfTheDial's special #Bowie show (with myself and #DJShaxx), you can listen to the archive! (Available for 5 weeks). You'll hear us talk about #Genderfluidity, #ToxicMasculinity, #MajorTom, #AlanMoore, #BigBrother, #HPLovecraft and other themes! Lots of cool live tracks as well!
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If you missed tonight's on-air broadcast of #LeftOfTheDial's special #Bowie show (with myself and #DJShaxx), you can listen to the archive! (Available for 5 weeks). You'll hear us talk about #Genderfluidity, #ToxicMasculinity, #MajorTom, #AlanMoore, #BigBrother, #HPLovecraft and other themes! Lots of cool live tracks as well!
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So yeah, this Wednesday, I'll be on the airwaves talking about #DavidBowie with #DJShaxx and playing #Bowie tunes. Some of the topics we plan to cover? Why #Genderfluidity, #Orwell, #MajorTom, #Magick, and even #Lovecraft! Yes, it will be a very interesting broadcast that will go into the #Galactic unknown! If you miss the show, it will be archived. But, you'll won't want to miss this show!
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So yeah, this Wednesday, I'll be on the airwaves talking about #DavidBowie with #DJShaxx and playing #Bowie tunes. Some of the topics we plan to cover? Why #Genderfluidity, #Orwell, #MajorTom, #Magick, and even #Lovecraft! Yes, it will be a very interesting broadcast that will go into the #Galactic unknown! If you miss the show, it will be archived. But, you'll won't want to miss this show!
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So yeah, this Wednesday, I'll be on the airwaves talking about #DavidBowie with #DJShaxx and playing #Bowie tunes. Some of the topics we plan to cover? Why #Genderfluidity, #Orwell, #MajorTom, #Magick, and even #Lovecraft! Yes, it will be a very interesting broadcast that will go into the #Galactic unknown! If you miss the show, it will be archived. But, you'll won't want to miss this show!
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So yeah, this Wednesday, I'll be on the airwaves talking about #DavidBowie with #DJShaxx and playing #Bowie tunes. Some of the topics we plan to cover? Why #Genderfluidity, #Orwell, #MajorTom, #Magick, and even #Lovecraft! Yes, it will be a very interesting broadcast that will go into the #Galactic unknown! If you miss the show, it will be archived. But, you'll won't want to miss this show!
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So yeah, this Wednesday, I'll be on the airwaves talking about #DavidBowie with #DJShaxx and playing #Bowie tunes. Some of the topics we plan to cover? Why #Genderfluidity, #Orwell, #MajorTom, #Magick, and even #Lovecraft! Yes, it will be a very interesting broadcast that will go into the #Galactic unknown! If you miss the show, it will be archived. But, you'll won't want to miss this show!
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Jason Whitlock calls out NFL for ‘gay commercials’ and LGBTQ agenda
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Yep, that’s me in that studio! Last month for #BiVisibilityWeek I joined host Chris Burkill for Episode 6 of Straightn’t, Sky’s internal Vodcast from the #LGBTQ+ at Sky Employee Network to talk all things #Bisexuality, #Pansexuality & #GenderFluidity! I feel really proud that Sky offers the opportunity for us to share and express our identities so freely and openly with nothing but support and respect. Just another thing that makes #LifeAtSky so special.
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Yep, that’s me in that studio! Last month for #BiVisibilityWeek I joined host Chris Burkill for Episode 6 of Straightn’t, Sky’s internal Vodcast from the #LGBTQ+ at Sky Employee Network to talk all things #Bisexuality, #Pansexuality & #GenderFluidity! I feel really proud that Sky offers the opportunity for us to share and express our identities so freely and openly with nothing but support and respect. Just another thing that makes #LifeAtSky so special.
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Yep, that’s me in that studio! Last month for #BiVisibilityWeek I joined host Chris Burkill for Episode 6 of Straightn’t, Sky’s internal Vodcast from the #LGBTQ+ at Sky Employee Network to talk all things #Bisexuality, #Pansexuality & #GenderFluidity! I feel really proud that Sky offers the opportunity for us to share and express our identities so freely and openly with nothing but support and respect. Just another thing that makes #LifeAtSky so special.
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Yep, that’s me in that studio! Last month for #BiVisibilityWeek I joined host Chris Burkill for Episode 6 of Straightn’t, Sky’s internal Vodcast from the #LGBTQ+ at Sky Employee Network to talk all things #Bisexuality, #Pansexuality & #GenderFluidity! I feel really proud that Sky offers the opportunity for us to share and express our identities so freely and openly with nothing but support and respect. Just another thing that makes #LifeAtSky so special.
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Yep, that’s me in that studio! Last month for #BiVisibilityWeek I joined host Chris Burkill for Episode 6 of Straightn’t, Sky’s internal Vodcast from the #LGBTQ+ at Sky Employee Network to talk all things #Bisexuality, #Pansexuality & #GenderFluidity! I feel really proud that Sky offers the opportunity for us to share and express our identities so freely and openly with nothing but support and respect. Just another thing that makes #LifeAtSky so special.
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Been turning this round in my head for a while.
Some thoughts on #genderFluidity and its implications for a broader understanding of #genderIdentity for all. With volcanos.
#agendered #polygendered #genderfluid #nonbinary #transgender #psychology
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Been turning this round in my head for a while.
Some thoughts on #genderFluidity and its implications for a broader understanding of #genderIdentity for all. With volcanos.
#agendered #polygendered #genderfluid #nonbinary #transgender #psychology
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Blocking bigots is self care ✨ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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Blocking bigots is self care ✨ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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Blocking bigots is self care ✨ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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Breaking the Binary: Understanding Gender Fluidity
https://gallivanting-rainbows.com/read/2025-06-05/breaking-the-binary-understanding-gender-fluidity #GenderFluidity #BreakingTheBinary #LGBTQ #GenderIdentity #Non-binary
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Breaking the Binary: Understanding Gender Fluidity
https://gallivanting-rainbows.com/read/2025-06-05/breaking-the-binary-understanding-gender-fluidity #GenderFluidity #BreakingTheBinary #LGBTQ #GenderIdentity #Non-binary
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Breaking the Binary: Understanding Gender Fluidity
https://gallivanting-rainbows.com/read/2025-06-05/breaking-the-binary-understanding-gender-fluidity #GenderFluidity #BreakingTheBinary #LGBTQ #GenderIdentity #Non-binary
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Breaking the Binary: Understanding Gender Fluidity
https://gallivanting-rainbows.com/read/2025-06-05/breaking-the-binary-understanding-gender-fluidity #GenderFluidity #BreakingTheBinary #LGBTQ #GenderIdentity #Non-binary
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Breaking the Binary: Understanding Gender Fluidity
https://gallivanting-rainbows.com/read/2025-06-05/breaking-the-binary-understanding-gender-fluidity #GenderFluidity #BreakingTheBinary #LGBTQ #GenderIdentity #Non-binary
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gender presentation today is “cryptid spotted at walmart at 3am,” and honestly? i’m serving something. maybe not slay. maybe not fashion. but something
#genderfluidity #transgirlenergy #unclockablebutunhinged #creaturecore
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gender presentation today is “cryptid spotted at walmart at 3am,” and honestly? i’m serving something. maybe not slay. maybe not fashion. but something
#genderfluidity #transgirlenergy #unclockablebutunhinged #creaturecore
RE: void.rehab/notes/a803evxnque1hhg3 -
gender presentation today is “cryptid spotted at walmart at 3am,” and honestly? i’m serving something. maybe not slay. maybe not fashion. but something
#genderfluidity #transgirlenergy #unclockablebutunhinged #creaturecore
RE: void.rehab/notes/a803evxnque1hhg3 -
gender presentation today is “cryptid spotted at walmart at 3am,” and honestly? i’m serving something. maybe not slay. maybe not fashion. but something
#genderfluidity #transgirlenergy #unclockablebutunhinged #creaturecore
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Louder for the folks in the back... GENDER IS A SPECTRUM!!! 'Nuff said!
From 2018: Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
By Claire Ainsworth & Nature magazine
"As a clinical geneticist, Paul James is accustomed to discussing some of the most delicate issues with his patients. But in early 2010, he found himself having a particularly awkward conversation about sex.
"A 46-year-old pregnant woman had visited his clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia to hear the results of an amniocentesis test to screen her baby's chromosomes for abnormalities. The baby was fine—but follow-up tests had revealed something astonishing about the mother. Her body was built of cells from two individuals, probably from twin embryos that had merged in her own mother's womb. And there was more. One set of cells carried two X chromosomes, the complement that typically makes a person female; the other had an X and a Y. Halfway through her fifth decade and pregnant with her third child, the woman learned for the first time that a large part of her body was chromosomally male. 'That's kind of science-fiction material for someone who just came in for an amniocentesis,' says James.
"Sex can be much more complicated than it at first seems. According to the simple scenario, the presence or absence of a Y chromosome is what counts: with it, you are male, and without it, you are female. But doctors have long known that some people straddle the boundary—their sex chromosomes say one thing, but their gonads (ovaries or testes) or sexual anatomy say another. Parents of children with these kinds of conditions—known as intersex conditions, or differences or disorders of sex development (#DSDs)—often face difficult decisions about whether to bring up their child as a boy or a girl. Some researchers now say that as many as 1 person in 100 has some form of DSD.
" 'When genetics is taken into consideration, the boundary between the sexes becomes even blurrier. Scientists have identified many of the genes involved in the main forms of DSD, and have uncovered variations in these genes that have subtle effects on a person's anatomical or physiological sex. What's more, new technologies in DNA sequencing and cell biology are revealing that almost everyone is, to varying degrees, a patchwork of genetically distinct cells, some with a sex that might not match that of the rest of their body. Some studies even suggest that the sex of each cell drives its behaviour, through a complicated network of molecular interactions. 'I think there's much greater diversity within male or female, and there is certainly an area of overlap where some people can't easily define themselves within the binary structure,” says John Achermann, who studies sex development and endocrinology at University College London's Institute of Child Health.
"These discoveries do not sit well in a world in which sex is still defined in binary terms. Few legal systems allow for any ambiguity in biological sex, and a person's legal rights and social status can be heavily influenced by whether their birth certificate says male or female.
" 'The main problem with a strong dichotomy is that there are intermediate cases that push the limits and ask us to figure out exactly where the dividing line is between males and females,' says Arthur Arnold at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies biological sex differences. 'And that's often a very difficult problem, because sex can be defined a number of ways.' "
Read more:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fXS54#GenderFluidity #GenderIsNotBinary #GBLTQRights #GBLTQErasure #TransgenderRights #HumanRightsAbuses #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights
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Louder for the folks in the back... GENDER IS A SPECTRUM!!! 'Nuff said!
From 2018: Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
By Claire Ainsworth & Nature magazine
"As a clinical geneticist, Paul James is accustomed to discussing some of the most delicate issues with his patients. But in early 2010, he found himself having a particularly awkward conversation about sex.
"A 46-year-old pregnant woman had visited his clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia to hear the results of an amniocentesis test to screen her baby's chromosomes for abnormalities. The baby was fine—but follow-up tests had revealed something astonishing about the mother. Her body was built of cells from two individuals, probably from twin embryos that had merged in her own mother's womb. And there was more. One set of cells carried two X chromosomes, the complement that typically makes a person female; the other had an X and a Y. Halfway through her fifth decade and pregnant with her third child, the woman learned for the first time that a large part of her body was chromosomally male. 'That's kind of science-fiction material for someone who just came in for an amniocentesis,' says James.
"Sex can be much more complicated than it at first seems. According to the simple scenario, the presence or absence of a Y chromosome is what counts: with it, you are male, and without it, you are female. But doctors have long known that some people straddle the boundary—their sex chromosomes say one thing, but their gonads (ovaries or testes) or sexual anatomy say another. Parents of children with these kinds of conditions—known as intersex conditions, or differences or disorders of sex development (#DSDs)—often face difficult decisions about whether to bring up their child as a boy or a girl. Some researchers now say that as many as 1 person in 100 has some form of DSD.
" 'When genetics is taken into consideration, the boundary between the sexes becomes even blurrier. Scientists have identified many of the genes involved in the main forms of DSD, and have uncovered variations in these genes that have subtle effects on a person's anatomical or physiological sex. What's more, new technologies in DNA sequencing and cell biology are revealing that almost everyone is, to varying degrees, a patchwork of genetically distinct cells, some with a sex that might not match that of the rest of their body. Some studies even suggest that the sex of each cell drives its behaviour, through a complicated network of molecular interactions. 'I think there's much greater diversity within male or female, and there is certainly an area of overlap where some people can't easily define themselves within the binary structure,” says John Achermann, who studies sex development and endocrinology at University College London's Institute of Child Health.
"These discoveries do not sit well in a world in which sex is still defined in binary terms. Few legal systems allow for any ambiguity in biological sex, and a person's legal rights and social status can be heavily influenced by whether their birth certificate says male or female.
" 'The main problem with a strong dichotomy is that there are intermediate cases that push the limits and ask us to figure out exactly where the dividing line is between males and females,' says Arthur Arnold at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies biological sex differences. 'And that's often a very difficult problem, because sex can be defined a number of ways.' "
Read more:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fXS54#GenderFluidity #GenderIsNotBinary #GBLTQRights #GBLTQErasure #TransgenderRights #HumanRightsAbuses #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights
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Louder for the folks in the back... GENDER IS A SPECTRUM!!! 'Nuff said!
From 2018: Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
By Claire Ainsworth & Nature magazine
"As a clinical geneticist, Paul James is accustomed to discussing some of the most delicate issues with his patients. But in early 2010, he found himself having a particularly awkward conversation about sex.
"A 46-year-old pregnant woman had visited his clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia to hear the results of an amniocentesis test to screen her baby's chromosomes for abnormalities. The baby was fine—but follow-up tests had revealed something astonishing about the mother. Her body was built of cells from two individuals, probably from twin embryos that had merged in her own mother's womb. And there was more. One set of cells carried two X chromosomes, the complement that typically makes a person female; the other had an X and a Y. Halfway through her fifth decade and pregnant with her third child, the woman learned for the first time that a large part of her body was chromosomally male. 'That's kind of science-fiction material for someone who just came in for an amniocentesis,' says James.
"Sex can be much more complicated than it at first seems. According to the simple scenario, the presence or absence of a Y chromosome is what counts: with it, you are male, and without it, you are female. But doctors have long known that some people straddle the boundary—their sex chromosomes say one thing, but their gonads (ovaries or testes) or sexual anatomy say another. Parents of children with these kinds of conditions—known as intersex conditions, or differences or disorders of sex development (#DSDs)—often face difficult decisions about whether to bring up their child as a boy or a girl. Some researchers now say that as many as 1 person in 100 has some form of DSD.
" 'When genetics is taken into consideration, the boundary between the sexes becomes even blurrier. Scientists have identified many of the genes involved in the main forms of DSD, and have uncovered variations in these genes that have subtle effects on a person's anatomical or physiological sex. What's more, new technologies in DNA sequencing and cell biology are revealing that almost everyone is, to varying degrees, a patchwork of genetically distinct cells, some with a sex that might not match that of the rest of their body. Some studies even suggest that the sex of each cell drives its behaviour, through a complicated network of molecular interactions. 'I think there's much greater diversity within male or female, and there is certainly an area of overlap where some people can't easily define themselves within the binary structure,” says John Achermann, who studies sex development and endocrinology at University College London's Institute of Child Health.
"These discoveries do not sit well in a world in which sex is still defined in binary terms. Few legal systems allow for any ambiguity in biological sex, and a person's legal rights and social status can be heavily influenced by whether their birth certificate says male or female.
" 'The main problem with a strong dichotomy is that there are intermediate cases that push the limits and ask us to figure out exactly where the dividing line is between males and females,' says Arthur Arnold at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies biological sex differences. 'And that's often a very difficult problem, because sex can be defined a number of ways.' "
Read more:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fXS54#GenderFluidity #GenderIsNotBinary #GBLTQRights #GBLTQErasure #TransgenderRights #HumanRightsAbuses #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights
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Louder for the folks in the back... GENDER IS A SPECTRUM!!! 'Nuff said!
From 2018: Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
By Claire Ainsworth & Nature magazine
"As a clinical geneticist, Paul James is accustomed to discussing some of the most delicate issues with his patients. But in early 2010, he found himself having a particularly awkward conversation about sex.
"A 46-year-old pregnant woman had visited his clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia to hear the results of an amniocentesis test to screen her baby's chromosomes for abnormalities. The baby was fine—but follow-up tests had revealed something astonishing about the mother. Her body was built of cells from two individuals, probably from twin embryos that had merged in her own mother's womb. And there was more. One set of cells carried two X chromosomes, the complement that typically makes a person female; the other had an X and a Y. Halfway through her fifth decade and pregnant with her third child, the woman learned for the first time that a large part of her body was chromosomally male. 'That's kind of science-fiction material for someone who just came in for an amniocentesis,' says James.
"Sex can be much more complicated than it at first seems. According to the simple scenario, the presence or absence of a Y chromosome is what counts: with it, you are male, and without it, you are female. But doctors have long known that some people straddle the boundary—their sex chromosomes say one thing, but their gonads (ovaries or testes) or sexual anatomy say another. Parents of children with these kinds of conditions—known as intersex conditions, or differences or disorders of sex development (#DSDs)—often face difficult decisions about whether to bring up their child as a boy or a girl. Some researchers now say that as many as 1 person in 100 has some form of DSD.
" 'When genetics is taken into consideration, the boundary between the sexes becomes even blurrier. Scientists have identified many of the genes involved in the main forms of DSD, and have uncovered variations in these genes that have subtle effects on a person's anatomical or physiological sex. What's more, new technologies in DNA sequencing and cell biology are revealing that almost everyone is, to varying degrees, a patchwork of genetically distinct cells, some with a sex that might not match that of the rest of their body. Some studies even suggest that the sex of each cell drives its behaviour, through a complicated network of molecular interactions. 'I think there's much greater diversity within male or female, and there is certainly an area of overlap where some people can't easily define themselves within the binary structure,” says John Achermann, who studies sex development and endocrinology at University College London's Institute of Child Health.
"These discoveries do not sit well in a world in which sex is still defined in binary terms. Few legal systems allow for any ambiguity in biological sex, and a person's legal rights and social status can be heavily influenced by whether their birth certificate says male or female.
" 'The main problem with a strong dichotomy is that there are intermediate cases that push the limits and ask us to figure out exactly where the dividing line is between males and females,' says Arthur Arnold at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies biological sex differences. 'And that's often a very difficult problem, because sex can be defined a number of ways.' "
Read more:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fXS54#GenderFluidity #GenderIsNotBinary #GBLTQRights #GBLTQErasure #TransgenderRights #HumanRightsAbuses #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights
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Louder for the folks in the back... GENDER IS A SPECTRUM!!! 'Nuff said!
From 2018: Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
By Claire Ainsworth & Nature magazine
"As a clinical geneticist, Paul James is accustomed to discussing some of the most delicate issues with his patients. But in early 2010, he found himself having a particularly awkward conversation about sex.
"A 46-year-old pregnant woman had visited his clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia to hear the results of an amniocentesis test to screen her baby's chromosomes for abnormalities. The baby was fine—but follow-up tests had revealed something astonishing about the mother. Her body was built of cells from two individuals, probably from twin embryos that had merged in her own mother's womb. And there was more. One set of cells carried two X chromosomes, the complement that typically makes a person female; the other had an X and a Y. Halfway through her fifth decade and pregnant with her third child, the woman learned for the first time that a large part of her body was chromosomally male. 'That's kind of science-fiction material for someone who just came in for an amniocentesis,' says James.
"Sex can be much more complicated than it at first seems. According to the simple scenario, the presence or absence of a Y chromosome is what counts: with it, you are male, and without it, you are female. But doctors have long known that some people straddle the boundary—their sex chromosomes say one thing, but their gonads (ovaries or testes) or sexual anatomy say another. Parents of children with these kinds of conditions—known as intersex conditions, or differences or disorders of sex development (#DSDs)—often face difficult decisions about whether to bring up their child as a boy or a girl. Some researchers now say that as many as 1 person in 100 has some form of DSD.
" 'When genetics is taken into consideration, the boundary between the sexes becomes even blurrier. Scientists have identified many of the genes involved in the main forms of DSD, and have uncovered variations in these genes that have subtle effects on a person's anatomical or physiological sex. What's more, new technologies in DNA sequencing and cell biology are revealing that almost everyone is, to varying degrees, a patchwork of genetically distinct cells, some with a sex that might not match that of the rest of their body. Some studies even suggest that the sex of each cell drives its behaviour, through a complicated network of molecular interactions. 'I think there's much greater diversity within male or female, and there is certainly an area of overlap where some people can't easily define themselves within the binary structure,” says John Achermann, who studies sex development and endocrinology at University College London's Institute of Child Health.
"These discoveries do not sit well in a world in which sex is still defined in binary terms. Few legal systems allow for any ambiguity in biological sex, and a person's legal rights and social status can be heavily influenced by whether their birth certificate says male or female.
" 'The main problem with a strong dichotomy is that there are intermediate cases that push the limits and ask us to figure out exactly where the dividing line is between males and females,' says Arthur Arnold at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies biological sex differences. 'And that's often a very difficult problem, because sex can be defined a number of ways.' "
Read more:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fXS54#GenderFluidity #GenderIsNotBinary #GBLTQRights #GBLTQErasure #TransgenderRights #HumanRightsAbuses #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights
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Despite community push back, Fort Bend Independent School District trustees overwhelmingly approved a controversial gender fluidity policy on Monday night.
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