News and Events => General News => Topic started by: kk on June 11, 2016, 09:19:25 AM Return to Full Version
Title: Oregon, USA: "Nonbinary" recognized as legal gender
Post by: kk on June 11, 2016, 09:19:25 AM
Post by: kk on June 11, 2016, 09:19:25 AM
Y'all see the news in Oregon yesterday? It's my home state, so I don't know if it's widespread or if only the locals are seeing it right now. Pretty cool.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/11/us/jamie-shupe-non-binary/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/11/us/jamie-shupe-non-binary/
Title: Re: Oregon, USA: "Nonbinary" recognized as legal gender
Post by: melissagirl on June 11, 2016, 09:38:13 AM
Post by: melissagirl on June 11, 2016, 09:38:13 AM
I used the same attorney for my divorce a number of years back.
Title: Re: Oregon, USA: "Nonbinary" recognized as legal gender
Post by: Chloe on June 11, 2016, 12:15:23 PM
Post by: Chloe on June 11, 2016, 12:15:23 PM
Prefer the term "Third Gender" - it's more widely understood globally.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/23/why-terms-like-transgender-dont-work-for-indias-third-gender-communities/
washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/23/why-terms-like-transgender-dont-work-for-indias-third-gender-communities/
Title: Re: Oregon, USA: "Nonbinary" recognized as legal gender
Post by: Katerinah1947 on June 11, 2016, 03:22:55 PM
Post by: Katerinah1947 on June 11, 2016, 03:22:55 PM
Hi,
Corvallis, Oregon reporting in here.
No, I have not read about this. I sent it off though. One to Portugal and one to Ann Arbor.
Thanks,
LOVE, (A special kind)
...Curtis/Mary Katerine., .... .
Corvallis, Oregon reporting in here.
No, I have not read about this. I sent it off though. One to Portugal and one to Ann Arbor.
Thanks,
LOVE, (A special kind)
...Curtis/Mary Katerine., .... .
Title: Re: Oregon, USA: "Nonbinary" recognized as legal gender
Post by: Amato on June 13, 2016, 10:38:27 PM
Post by: Amato on June 13, 2016, 10:38:27 PM
I hope NB is recognized as an official gender across the entire US someday.
Title: Re: Oregon, USA: "Nonbinary" recognized as legal gender
Post by: karenpayneoregon on June 14, 2016, 09:09:03 PM
Post by: karenpayneoregon on June 14, 2016, 09:09:03 PM
I grow up in Pennsylvania in the seventies and eighties, in the town I spent that time in most people had no clue what transgender was. With that said that experience allows me to compare Pennsylvania and surrounding states to Oregon.
Being an Oregonian for 20 plus years shows how great Oregon is compared to the areas I lived in before. Back around 1994 I could go out dressed with no concerns of harassment other than men doing their thing. During my RLE before changing my name I never had any issues, although a few sales people would say things like "Your mother had a sense of humor naming you Kevin" and I would laugh it off. Post-op, it just got better.
IMHO if you are looking for a state to live in that is accepting of transgender in any form, Oregon should be considered. I would suggest looking at Portland and Salem.
Being an Oregonian for 20 plus years shows how great Oregon is compared to the areas I lived in before. Back around 1994 I could go out dressed with no concerns of harassment other than men doing their thing. During my RLE before changing my name I never had any issues, although a few sales people would say things like "Your mother had a sense of humor naming you Kevin" and I would laugh it off. Post-op, it just got better.
IMHO if you are looking for a state to live in that is accepting of transgender in any form, Oregon should be considered. I would suggest looking at Portland and Salem.