February 2012
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Practical Androgyny: Androgynous model sought for... →
Signal boosting. This project could produce valuable nonbinary visibility materials:
practicalandrogyny:
Practical Androgyny has been contacted by Charlotte, a photographer working with a student from the London College of Fashion on a not-for-profit project that aims to challenge people’s perceptions of gender. If you’re in the London area or able to travel there, and you’re...
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Nonbinary gender identity and expression outside...
As part of a nonbinary gender visibility project, I’m attempting to track down people who identify and/or express gender outside of the binary (as in something other than woman or man) despite not being involved in mainstream trans* communities.
I’m mainly active in transgender, transsexual and genderqueer communities and, as you’d expect, I know of many nonbinary people through...
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January 2012
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Trans Camp: UK Trans Media Action needs your... →
The UK trans* activist organisation Trans Media Action is running Trans Camp on January 13th at the offices of Channel 4.
Trans Camp will bring together trans* people, developers, designers and innovators to come up with ideas to improve the lives of trans* people using web technologies and the media.
In order to make sure the widest range of experiences are covered, they’re looking for...
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Nonbinary.org Wiki →
New year, new web presence! Nonbinary.org now hosts a nonbinary gender community wiki with forums coming soon!
Get involved by expanding stub articles or creating wanted pages.
December 2011
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Christie Elan-Cane Responds to Tumblr Criticism →
UK non-gendered campaigner Christie Elan-Cane has been a long term inspiration of mine, ever since appearing in the BBC Q.E.D. (aka ‘Living Proof’) documentary ‘Sex Acts’ in 1995 as a very visible example of someone living outside of the gender binary. I was 15 then and barely able to put my self identity into words, so watching the documentary had a profound and lasting...
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November 2011
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Radically Queer: 11/27 #transchat recap →
The first of a new regular #transchat discussion took place on Twitter today, initially discussing the concept of ‘stealth’, being out, disclosure, openness and privacy around trans* identities and histories. People with a varied range of experiences contributed, including several nonbinary and genderqueer people.
radicallyqueer:
This week we focused on the concept of “stealth,”...
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Survey of nonbinary trans* people's pronoun... →
Signal boosting, and looking forward to reading the results:
anlamasanda:
The survey’s been open for just about six months now, and responses have trickled to just about none, so I will close it a little earlier than the previously planned 31 December. Currently there are about 475 responses! But in case any interested nonbinary trans folks just haven’t seen it yet, I’m making this...
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Recommended reading: This is how "gender is... →
Recommended reading: a life lived in fragments talks about the difference between gender identification and expression, and how the conflation of identity and behaviour is harmful:
youarenotyou:
[Trigger warning for cissexism, gender binarism and policing]
when you question how I can be both femme and agender, or tell me that being assigned female at birth and femme just means that I’m a...
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When activists don't represent - Christie... →
Branching off from the earlier discussion about how some people find ‘queer’ or ‘genderqueer’ offensive; some commentary on how activism that focuses on a single rigid narrative can erase the experiences and identities of those it claims to represent:
rhivolution:
nonbinary:
Christie Elan-Cane’s strong objections to ‘gender queer’
I mainly reblogged Christie...
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My Transsexual Summer: A Disappointment - One... →
Maxwell Zachs, a participant in the current UK Channel 4 television documentary My Transsexual Summer, talks about how the participants’ discussions, experiences and identities that challenge or fall outside of the gender binary were edited out or glossed over, along with other queer and intersectional identities:
I spent a huge amount of time over the last few months talking about why I...
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When umbrella terms cause offence - Christie... →
Mac responds to Christie Elan-Cane’s strong objections to ‘gender queer’:
maccy-p:
This is very much a generational thing. I am gender queer. I’m also British. I’m also a young adult. The I use gender queer to refer to my gender because it is a queer gender identity. I am not female, I am not male. I am something between and out side that binary. It is not offensive to me. In...
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When umbrella terms cause offence - Christie... →
Veteran UK non-gendered activist Christie Elan-Cane objects strongly to WPATH’s new Standards of Care using ‘gender queer’ as an umbrella term to cover all nonbinary (not female or male) identified trans* people.
Note, in the United Kingdom ‘queer’ is our strongest sexuality and gender-related slur word, still the term of choice for ‘queer bashers’ (while...
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Huffington Post: Gendering Free: Exploring Outside... →
Kate Harrad gives the readers of online newspaper The Huffington Post a gentle introduction to nonbinary and genderqueer identities and experiences:
So this is how I’ve started to think about gender. It is just a metaphor.
Once upon a time there was a country called Gender. The country consisted mainly of two large cities, one called Male and one called Female. Most people lived in one of...
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CSPH Word of the Day: 'Gender binary'
thecsph:
Gender binary - the classification of sex and gender into two distinct and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine. It is one general type of a gender system. It can describe a social boundary that discourages people from crossing or mixing gender roles, or from creating other third (or more) forms of gender expression altogether. It can also represent some of the prejudices which...
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The Nonbinary vs. Genderqueer Quandary →
Marilyn of Genderqueer Identities talks about the distinction between ‘genderqueer’ and ‘nonbinary’ as labels and umbrella terms.
Our network aims to increase understanding about and advocate for equal access to services for all nonbinary, genderqueer and gender nonconforming people regardless of gender identity or expression.
gqid:
Recently, I have noticed a tendency...
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Being constructive about the Independent on Sunday... →
Constructive criticism and analysis of the UK Independent on Sunday Pink List (containing eleven binary-IDed trans* people) from the perspective of a nonbinary activist:
practicalandrogyny:
I wrote an article appraising and critiquing this year’s IoS Pink List, suggesting constructive responses and looking at how some of the eleven (binary, transitioned) trans* people included for the first...
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WPATH announces new standards of care for... →
The new broadly nonbinary-friendly Standards of Care came into force in September. If you’re accessing transgender medical treatment or services, have you seen any sign of the new SoCs affecting policy?
practicalandrogyny:
The ‘Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders’, the document used to justify the gatekeeping of transsexual and transgender people’s treatment and historically...
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Pink News: Richard O'Brien Interview - Nonbinary... →
[Warning: Interview uses an outdated term considered offensive by many intersex people]
practicalandrogyny:
Richard O’Brien’s, creator of the Rocky Horror Show is back in the gay press talking about the experience of being nonbinary and turning 70:
“As a child I loved stories of wonderment,” he tells me. “Knights in shining armour, princes in tights, fairy princesses, that sort of thing. My...
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Proposed DSM-5 Revision: Gender Dysphoria in... →
The proposed next revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines Gender Dysphoria to explicitly allow for identification with ‘some alternative gender different from one’s assigned gender’.
However the problematic ‘Transvestic Disorder’ still remains.
practicalandrogyny:
The proposed next revision of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical...
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Lesbilicious: Non-gendered Titles See Increased... →
LGBT press coverage of gender neutral titles, with commentary on why this sort of visibility and activism is important:
practicalandrogyny:
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UK-related news story covering the acceptance of Mx and Misc as gender neutral titles by official organisations.
I’ve seen some critique of this story elsewhere, so I felt I should clarify why I linked to it.
Yes, it’s questionable...
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United Kingdom Census 2011 - Summary and Analysis →
Analysis of the UK census reveals the numbers of people who answered both or neither binary options for ‘sex’ in the 2001 census, but downplays the validity of these results.
Are you aware of any wide ranging census or survey results for a significant population that give a more reliable count of the numbers who identify outside of the gender binary?
practicalandrogyny:
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Gender-free marriage certificate from Cambridge,... →
This gender-free marriage certificate sets a useful precedent. We question the need for gender to be included at all on such legal documents.
Please get in contact if you have similar examples.
practicalandrogyny:
A fantastic bit of gender neutral precedent from City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA!
violetj writes:
As a resident (for another few days, at least) of Massachusetts, the state...
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Mx Justin Vivian Bond interviewed on BBC Radio 4's... →
Nonbinary visibility on UK radio and in US and UK print media. Particularly notable for discussion of the ‘Mx’ honorific title and a third gender pronoun:
practicalandrogyny:
This morning’s BBC Radio 4 Midweek programme interviewed gender binary rejecting transgender cabaret performer Mx Justin Vivian Bond who uses the third gender pronoun v.
The interview covers Mx Bond’s...
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Responding to critique of 'Nonbinary' →
Earlier today, CN Lester posted an articulate and well considered constructive critique of the umbrella term ‘Nonbinary’ now commonly used within many genderqueer, gender variant and gender nonconforming communities.
The following response is adapted from the Twitter conversation I had with CN in response:
Despite having just announced a ‘Nonbinary’ visibility, education...
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New Nonbinary Visibility, Education and Advocacy...
Announcing a new international Nonbinary gender visibility, education and advocacy network coming soon, arguing for equal access to employment, services and medical treatment for those who don’t fit the gender binary.
Please follow us if you’re nonbinary, genderqueer or gender nonconforming and want greater public understanding and equal access to employment, services and medical...