“Gender-Fluid” Has Been Added To The Oxford English Dictionary & It’s A Big Step Toward Dismantling The Gender Binary
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Facebook has just announced that rather than choosing their gender from a drop-down menu, users can now simply fill in the blank to describe their gender identity in their own words.
Alison C.K. Fogarty, a gender identity researcher at Stanford University, said giving users control over the words describing their gender is a significant step in social recognition of a growing trans community, especially coming from the world’s largest social media company.
“People are still fighting to make room for gender identity within the socially constructed binary of male and female,” Fogarty said. “Labels and identities are powerful in that they give a sense of community, a way of articulating one’s experience.”
Gender is so much more than choosing from a list of multiple choices. We’re glad Facebook recognizes it.
These Photos Show Trans And Gender Diverse Kids As They Want To Be Seen
“I wanted to show people these kids are real. They’re everyday – if you saw them in the street you wouldn’t know any different. They shouldn’t be ostracised or treated any differently.”
H/T: BuzzFeed
All of us are helping tear down notions of what gender looks like, what gender should be, what gender really is. Some genderqueer people may just be having a good time, being the cool kids for once; or, they may not yet fully understand their gender identity — trans or not — and the freedom to explore gender outwardly is a critical step towards that discovery.
Some of our favorite signs indicating gender-neutral bathrooms!
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Are you familiar with these genders?
“Their gender is still valid, regardless of whether or not you understand it.”
We love this essay on Medium from our friend Jeffrey Marsh!
I’m what you might call DMAB. It’s an acronym. It’s how kids these days talk about gender. It’s how they talk about identity. And, being Designated Male At Birth has led to some issues for me. I sometimes call it “the lipgloss problem.”
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