We are counting down the days until the start of NBWeek, July 12! Isn’t it a coincidence that the first Nonbinary Awareness Week just so happens to take place in 20twenby?
PSA: This account and project is not affiliated with any major LGBTQIA+ organisations. NBWeek was started by a single nonbinary person. If you want to know who is behind this, you can find me on Instagram @/gndrqr and on Twitter @/gndrqr98.
Just a PSA that Nonbinary Awareness Week is about all people whose genders don’t neatly fit into the binary - including people with fluid genders, no gender, multiple genders or genders that are binary-adjacent.
[ID: ten images of pride flags with the word ‘bród’ (pride) and heart emojis in the flag’s colours written on top. Pride flags are: mlm, wlw, nblm, nblw, genderqueer, polysexual, agender, genderfluid, demigirl and demiboy. End ID.]
[ID as Gaeilge: deich pictiúir faoi bratach bród agus an focail ‘bród’ agus emoji croí sa dathanna seo. Is é mná a mbíonn grá acu do mhná, fir a mbíonn grá acu d’fhir, duine neamh-dhénartha a mbíonn grá acu do mhná, duine neamh-dhénartha a mbíonn grá acu d’fhir, inscne aiteach, il-ghnéasach, gan inscne, inscne-sholúbtha, leath cailín agus leath buachaill na bratach bród.]
[Image description: a heart shaped orange and blue aroace flag with a smaller heart shaped genderqueer flag in front and a smaller again gay man flag in front of that. The background is the queer chevron flag. The second image also contains the words “My identity is not yours to decide” in a bold black font with a white outline. The third image is the same but the words are smaller. End ID.]
[ID: a series of images of two pride flags fused together down the centre. The flags are: genderqueer guy & genderfluid, genderqueer gal & genderfluid, greyromantic & genderqueer guy, greyromantic & genderqueer gal, transgender & genderqueer guy, transgender & genderqueer gal. End ID]
The national conversation about trans identity and community tends to focus on the newest crop of trans youth. But why don’t we hear about older trans and gender-nonconforming individuals who manage to overcome the at times seemingly impossible odds and survive — and thrive — in America?
Photographer Jess Dugan’s latest project To Survive on This Shore aims to bring attention to those voices. For over five years, Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre have traveled across the United States photographing and interviewing older trans and gender-nonconforming individuals to ensure their stories, largely untold, are finally shared. See more here (x)
Hey folx, have you been thinking about picking up some of my dice pride jewellery? Well, I’ve gone ahead and put the discount up to a tasty 25% for June! Get ‘em while they’re hot.
