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Title: My life without gender: 'Strangers are desperate to know what genitalia I have'
Post by: Serverlan on August 08, 2015, 01:39:29 AM
My life without gender: 'Strangers are desperate to know what genitalia I have'

Tyler Ford
Friday 7 August 2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/my-life-without-gender-strangers-are-desperate-to-know-what-genitalia-i-have (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/my-life-without-gender-strangers-are-desperate-to-know-what-genitalia-i-have)

Five years before actor Laverne Cox became a household name, five years before Miley Cyrus said, "I don't relate to being boy or girl, and I don't have to have my partner relate to boy or girl" and five years before Caitlyn Jenner would share her transition with the world, I came across the term "transgender" for the first time.

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Not a bad article.
Title: Re: "My Life Without Gender" (article)
Post by: Lady Smith on August 08, 2015, 02:25:09 AM
Thank you for posting this article Serverlan.  :)
Title: Re: "My Life Without Gender" (article)
Post by: Serverlan on August 08, 2015, 03:02:40 AM
Np, Lady Smith.

I was drawn to the article (which I enjoyed very much), as I'm starting to think that non-binary is my range. Think I'll always look male (maybe), but there's lots of other stuff going on with me. I've seen people strive for the binary here, and I don't identify with that at all (not with any kind of continuity, anyway).

Title: Re: My life without gender: 'Strangers are desperate to know what genitalia I have'
Post by: Swayallday on August 08, 2015, 06:14:33 AM
Rawr:3.

Nice read, although the confusion isn't that nice.

"allowed me to start imagining a future for myself."
Very much!

"I have been out as an agender, or genderless, person for about a year now. To me, this simply means having the freedom to exist as a person without being confined by the limits of the western gender binary."

Whaw this seems fun.
seeds towards a better world :)!