Tag: Gender

Gender: other.

genderqueer

I've often thought of Gender and Gender Roles as two very different and distinct things. I thought of Gender as one's sex, and one's body was anatomically, either male, female or indeterminant. Gender Roles were for me, cultural constructions. In

GenderQueer

genderqueer

In a post about the queer rally in Bloomfield, I misgendered several people. a commenter corrected me on this, and referred to one of the person’s as Genderqueer, which I had no real clue what that meant, so I looked

Mice Prove Gender Isn’t Fixed at Birth

Gender and anatomy are as intertwined as anything with Religion,given that the primary basis of the Jude-Christian creation story is all about Adam and Eve. But just as Religion had to come to terms with the limitations of it's own

Lesbian High School Student Banned from Yearbook

No matter if the issue is the sexual orientation or a lack of gender conformity, it is difficult to see the principal's position in this one. The principal's office is directing questions to the school board, and the school board

Another Intersexed Runner: Martha Maxine | CarnalNation

I hesitated before adding this to my blog, and hope I don’t get too many negative comments about it. I wrote at some length about Caster Semenya, and I don’t want to publish anything that adds any insult to the

Violation and Caster Semenya

At one time, I would have said that there could be no greater violation of anothers' person/their body except physical rape, but now I'm rethinking that. To have these specific tests results, or any tests, plastered across the worlds news-

Queers United: Diversity Lesson 101: GenderQueer/Intergender

Interesting blog post about gender, identity and orientation. Seems like following up on my earlier post. These issues fascinate me so much! For me, my identity is so connected to my body/gender. I have no point of reference for grasping