#genderfluidity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #genderfluidity, aggregated by home.social.
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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
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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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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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Blocking bigots is self care ✨ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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#Pride2025 #LGBTQ #transisbeautiful #loveislove #bisexualitypride #nonbinarypride #genderfluidity #gaypride #pansexual #onpointlgbtstyles -
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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Hmmmm... Why am I having #DejaVu?
From 2022: "Vladimir #Putin has mentioned 'gender freedoms' more than once to justify #Russia’s war against #Ukraine and simultaneously crack down on its own citizens.
"Most directly, he alleged that Russian citizens who seek '#GenderFreedoms' (alongside foie gras and oysters) are part of the anti-Russian 'fifth column.'
"Gender and sexuality freedoms — or rights, as they are more typically called — are about #BodilyAutonomy, #diversity and #inclusivity. #Feminist and #LGBTQ+ activists assert that every human being deserves respect, recognition and equal rights regardless of their gender or sexuality.
"What’s the connection between Putin’s animosity toward Ukraine and toward #gender and #sexuality rights in Russia and around the world?
Gender and Putin’s regime"Putin’s regime has increasingly relied on very conventional gender and sexual norms.
"When he first ascended to the presidency, image-makers used Putin’s #KGB background and penchant for physical fitness to frame him as a #macho #strongman who could reverse Russia’s waning power and 'remasculinize' the country after a decade of supposed geopolitical flaccidity in the wake of the #Soviet collapse.
"In other words, an inflexible and clearly #patriarchal notion of masculinity has been central to the Putin regime’s legitimacy.
"Russia’s foreign policy has relied on rigid gender norms as well. When Ukraine underwent its first pro-democracy revolution in 2004, Russian media questioned its leaders’ masculinity.
"Putin likewise used homophobic terms to dismiss #Georgia’s #RoseRevolution in 2003, responding to a reporter’s question by saying: 'A rose revolution — next they’ll come up with a light blue one.' In Russian, 'light blue' or goluboi is slang for “gay male.”
Gender and appealing to constituencies"Putin has often been represented as the unquestioned leader of the pack ruling Russia — a masculinity-driven image.
"However, even as the leader of a personalist #dictatorship — a regime in which there are few institutional limits on the leader’s power — Putin must balance competing interests among significant elites and maintain at least the appearance of public support in order to be considered a legitimate ruler.
"Until 2020, Putin was using gendered language in his speeches to signal his alignment with a variety of elites and public constituencies that supported him. He was sending mixed signals to both relatively progressive Russians who value women’s roles in the workplace and to #conservatives wishing for a return to '#TraditionalFamilyValues,' in order to keep everyone in his camp.
"But after July 2021, when he published an essay contending Ukrainians and Russians are a single people, Putin no longer shied away from making sexist and LGBTQ+-phobic comments in prominent settings.
"At an October 2021 meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club — a Moscow-based think tank and discussion forum that Putin is closely associated with — he said teaching children about #GenderFluidity was 'truly monstrous' and 'verging on a crime against humanity.'"
Read more:
https://theconversation.com/vladimir-putin-the-czar-of-macho-politics-is-threatened-by-gender-and-sexuality-rights-180473
#USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #GBLTQRights #HumanRights #WomensRights #ToxicMasculinity #GenderFascists -
#MotherNature trumps #GenderFascists!
11 Animals That Can Change Sex
For many wild creatures, the line between male and female is decidedly blurry.
By Sidney Stevens
Updated July 03, 2024"For Mother Nature, biological sex isn’t always an either-or proposition. Some species come with simultaneously functioning female and male organs. Others change from female to male or vice versa, depending on need or surrounding conditions."
https://www.treehugger.com/animals-can-change-their-sex-4869361
#WeExist #Fascism #GenderFascists #GenderFluid #TwoSpirit #NonBinary #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransPeople #Genderfluidity #TransAndNonBinaryRightsAreHumanRights -
5 #TwoSpirit Heroes Who Paved the Way for Today's #NativeAmerican #LGBTQ+ Community
by Samuel White Swan-Perkins
Nov 20, 2018"In the 1990s, Indian Country (as we called it) was a very different place for #NativeAmericans. Our rural communities were isolated, with communication limited to landlines and the mail.
"Cigarette and beer companies frequently sponsored our powwows, recycling was unheard of, and the entire Native scene portrayed itself as very straight. Not straight-laced, per se, but really #hetero.
"The term 'Two Spirit' for LGBTQ+ Native Americans didn’t exist yet, at least not outside #Ojibwe Territory. As for the concept—let’s just say that there were plenty of MCs making #winkte (gay) jokes at the powwows I attended in the early ’90s. Still, in spite of prejudice, it was common knowledge that in 'the old days,' most of our Nations accepted and honored #GenderFluidity.
"I recall one of my elders sharing about a man from home who was that way. 'I don’t like it,' I remember her telling me as she braided me up for one of our dances, 'but we love N. and so—not my way, mind you.' I don’t recall the rest of the conversation, but I understood her comments to mean that winkte was not OK.
"Fast forward a couple of decades, and wow.
"Not only did the Native-American population skyrocket in North America, but we’ve gone through a major shift in how Two Spirits are recognized and treated. Today, dozens of Two Spirit organizations exist across the United States and Canada (North Valley Two Spirits, represent!). We have several of our own powwows, 501c3s and models that help sustain and preserve the Two Spirit way of life.
"To get a sense of where we are today, let’s take a look back at some of the original Two-Spirit heroes who helped light the way."
#NativeAmericanHistory #LGBTQHistory #OshTisch #Wewha #HastiinKlah #Lozen #Dahteste #Colonialism
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#KristenStewart #Responds To #Controversy Over “Gayest Fucking Thing” For #RollingStone #Cover.
The #Twilight #actress pointed out that #people feel #uncomfortable with the #display of #female #sexuality that doesn’t conform to the #norms aimed at pleasing #straight #men. And that’s exactly why she’s “really #happy with it,” she said
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Sexuality #GenderFluidity #Entertainment #TV #Movies #Representation #Culturehttps://www.boredpanda.com/kristen-stewart-answers-to-backlash-rolling-stone-cover/
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It’s Time To Address #Queer #Erasure In #Black #History.
More #nuanced #stories about our #leaders can release the #shame around #queerness and #genderfluidity.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #InternalizedHomophobia #History #Pride #PrideMonth #BlackPride #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon
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It’s Time To Address #Queer #Erasure In #Black #History.
More #nuanced #stories about our #leaders can release the #shame around #queerness and #genderfluidity.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #InternalizedHomophobia #History #Pride #PrideMonth #BlackPride #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon
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It’s Time To Address #Queer #Erasure In #Black #History.
More #nuanced #stories about our #leaders can release the #shame around #queerness and #genderfluidity.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #InternalizedHomophobia #History #Pride #PrideMonth #BlackPride #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon
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It’s Time To Address #Queer #Erasure In #Black #History.
More #nuanced #stories about our #leaders can release the #shame around #queerness and #genderfluidity.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #InternalizedHomophobia #History #Pride #PrideMonth #BlackPride #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon
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It’s Time To Address #Queer #Erasure In #Black #History.
More #nuanced #stories about our #leaders can release the #shame around #queerness and #genderfluidity.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #InternalizedHomophobia #History #Pride #PrideMonth #BlackPride #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon