Wanna give a big shout out to all the closeted LGBTQ+ people this pride.. You’re valid and we all love and support you.. You’re gonna make it through this. You’re gonna figure everything out. You’re gonna get out of your bad situation. And i’m so proud of you! You are strong! And beautiful! And JUST AS V A L I D! ! ! ! Don’t let anyone make you think otherwise ❤
something i feel like queer ppl have been steadily forgetting over the last ten years or so is that “genderqueer” isn’t a specific nonbinary term, or even a synonym for nonbinary - it’s an umbrella term that encompasses nonbinariness and more.
any flavour of trans (yes including “binary trans”)? you can call yourself genderqueer. fem, butch, androgynous, drag artist, crossdresser, or in any other way gnc? you can also use genderqueer. detrans but not in a radfem death cult kind of way? you too can be genderqueer. “i guess i’m basically cis but my other queer identity impacts my gender in a way that’s hard to put into words-” genderqueer!
it’s entirely acceptable and normal to be genderqueer but not nonbinary or genderqueer but not trans. it means literally nothing but “i’ve got a gender that’s queer” and it fucking rules we should use it so much more
This! There was a period of time where this was well known and understood and then suddenly the genderqueer umbrella was closed up into a word synonymous with nonbinary. I’d just about given up fighting to get that umbrella back open, or at least remind people that it was once much more open.
When thinking about intersex/trans/GNC people, [tongue in cheek] I disagree with some whose work I look up to greatly, such as Eli Clare’s scholarship on disability, and believe we indeed need to work together to find a cure [/tongue in cheek]. It’s beyond time we invent a joint-cure for this useless and diseased binary society and it’s sick and unfit social engineers – those within the Medical Industrial Complex who perform harmful non-consensual “normalizing” procedures on intersex/trans/GNC kids such as Dr. Earl Cheng, a pediatric urologist at @luriechildrens who still defends and performd clitorecromies on intersex kids. Comment below other names of people in the Medical Industrial Complex who we need to cure. It’s time we #CUREtheMIC • • • • • • #intersex #intersexstories #intersexisbeautiful #toocutetobebinary #nonbinary #trans #gnc #queer #lgbtqia #lgbtqi #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbt #medicalindustrialcomplex #humanrights (at Chicago, Illinois)
Featuring as a guest on @nancypodcast live in Chicago this weekend at a really beautiful old school theatre (in my hometown) is definitely up there on my list of “favorite things about being an intersex educator & activist!” As the year wraps up, I’d like to remind everyone that no matter what they tell you – sex and gender are not mutually exclusive and they’re definitely NOT binary. Our society needs to keep chugging along towards understanding that everything is complex, and our bodies and genders are not exempt. Once society says goodbye to its current obsession with a binary way of viewing sex and gender (which has its roots the colonizer’s worldview that was forced upon Native Americans), then I believe we all take one giant step forward towards the collective liberation we all are fighting for (especially queer, trans, GNC, & intersex people). If you’d like to book me to speak, show my short documentary, consult your high school’s biology department, keynote, or give a workshop…please don’t hesitate to send me an email [email protected] (link in bio). I’m currently beginning to book 2018 dates as we speak, and would love to visit you wherever youre are. (P.S. In 2017 I manifested that I wanted make intersex awareness my full-time gig with a secondary goal of trying to speak at more medical colleges and hospitals. Thanks to Rush University, UIC College of Medicine and UW-Milwaukee’s School of Nursing I have begun to see the realization of that intention. In 2018, I want to manifest a few more things: 1. Speak and show my film to more clinicians/Nurses and medical students. 2. Build on the success of our small yet mighty group: Intersex People of Color for Justice (and collaborate on more actions and protests at Childrens’ Hospitals). 3. Begin to lay the groundwork necessary to purchase a home one day for my dog Callie and I Thank you for all your support, love, and guidance along the way! ▪️ beautiful photos cc: @loveandstrugglephotos • • • • • #✨ #intersexstories #intersex #lgbt #collegespeaker #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer #nonbinary #gender #genderqueer #intersexisbeautiful #nb #trans #lgbtq #keynotespeaker #keynotepresenter #collegepresenter (at The Athenaeum Theatre - Chicago)
Today’s Intersex Awareness Day! Come out at noon to protest Lurie Children’s Hospital at 225 E Chicago Ave. Look for this banner :) Make sure to use #LurieEndSurgery ❤️ oh, and don’t forget, our “extreme position” is that we demand Lurie ends medically unnecessary genital surgeries on #intersex children. . . . . . . #intersexawarenessday #intersexawarenessday2#iad2017 #iad #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbt #nonbinary #trans #queer
[First photo were screaming: #FuckYoSurgery] Last night, people from all across the city (and country) came together at the wonderful amazing @plusgallerychicago (support them w/ meetings & events!) and we drank tea, created banners/signs, and talked about why we support intersex people having the right to make THEIR OWN decisions about THEIR OWN bodies when it comes to hormones, gonadal and genital surgeries. Tomorrow, on Intersex Awareness Day, we’re bringing those banners, signs and our voices directly to one of the culprit’s doorsteps: Lurie Children’s Hospital (who’s Sex Development Program is still performing medically unnecessary surgeries!) located at 225 E. Chicago Ave at 12 noon. We need you there to support this growing movement. There’s a link in my bio with all the info about this specific demonstration. Thank you so much to everyone who came out last night. Special shoutout to youth of @mujereslatinasenacci for participating. I love you all very very much. Photos cc: @loveandstrugglephotos #LurieEndSurgery #endintersexsurgery . . . . . . #intersex #intersexstories #intersexawareness #intersexawarenessday #intersexawarenessmonth #intersexawarenessday2017 #iad2017 #iad #lgbtqia #lgbt #lgbt #lgbtq #nonbinary #queer #gay #queeraf #gayaf #humanrights (at Plus Gallery Chicago)
Thank you @uww_prc & @uwwimpact for having me on your campus the past few days visit a class, screen my documentary, and kick-off National #ComingOutDay 2017. I’ve never visited a campus queer center as rad as yours! Thank you for treating me like family and letting me share my coming out story with you all ✨ TL;DR version of my coming out day speech I born intersex, didn’t know until 18, came out as intersex to gf, came out as queer to fam & friends, then came out as intersex to fam friends and world, and recently came out as non-binary, and now coming out as a supporter of #Blacklivesmatter, #Palestine, #Undocumented Folks, #SanctuaryforAll, #NoBordersNoWalls on stolen land, and that 45 is a White Supremacist & coming out is a process like love and it’s never finished ◾️Have a great time at Homecoming you all! thank you again for having me (all photos except selfies were taken and provided by the amazing and uber talented @simplyramz!) . . . . . #intersexstories #toocutetobebinary #NationalComingOutDay #queer #queeraf #IntersexIsBeautiful #nonbinary #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #gay #college #collegelife #collegespeaker #campuslife (at UW-Whitewater)
It’s kinda funny how people see us or don’t see us isn’t it? When I think about myself, I see myself as a person on the sidelines with the pompoms. I see myself encouraging the people I love to be themselves, to be happy, to be seen. I see myself as an announcer, as a platform, as boost up for other people to speak their truth. But I’m never sure if people see my truth or want to see my truth. I don’t feel very brave when it comes to me. Its easy when its someone else but not when its me. Its something I will have to keep working on in the future.
It’s nearly time to run the annual NBGQ survey for 2017, and I need your help.
I’ve been using Google Forms for three years, because it lets me have as many responses and I can get for free, which seems to be 3,000+. However, Google Forms is quite basic. It has some limitations, and the way it presents your data means results can take a lot of time and energy to process. Collecting and processing pronouns, in particular, is extremely arduous!
It’s time to step it up a notch. I’d like to try using something more fit for purpose. SurveyMonkey will let me have over 1,000 respondents for £300. (The £50 extra in the title covers IndieGoGo fees.) This would mean a lot of really useful tools for me to process the results, and it means I can continue to use the survey software for more smaller surveys throughout the year.
Can you help me? The campaign ends on 3rd March 2017. Any amount however small helps cover this cost, which I just can’t afford on my own.
It’s nearly time to run the annual NBGQ survey for 2017, and I need your help.
I’ve been using Google Forms for three years, because it lets me have as many responses and I can get for free, which seems to be 3,000+. However, Google Forms is quite basic. It has some limitations, and the way it presents your data means results can take a lot of time and energy to process. Collecting and processing pronouns, in particular, is extremely arduous!
It’s time to step it up a notch. I’d like to try using something more fit for purpose. SurveyMonkey will let me have over 1,000 respondents for £300. (The £50 extra in the title covers IndieGoGo fees.) This would mean a lot of really useful tools for me to process the results, and it means I can continue to use the survey software for more smaller surveys throughout the year.
Can you help me? The campaign ends on 3rd March 2017. Any amount however small helps cover this cost, which I just can’t afford on my own.
We’re now at £61, which is 18% to the £330 we need to cover the SurveyMonkey fees! :) Thank you so much, every £1 and every reblog and every retweet is so helpful.
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