February 2012
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Androgynous model sought for London-based project
Practical Androgyny has been contacted by Charlotte, a photographer working with a student from the London College of Fashion on a not-for-profit project that aims to challenge people’s perceptions of gender. If you’re in the London area or able to travel there, and you’re of androgynous appearance, please consider volunteering to model for the photoshoot. No experience...
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Nonbinary: Nonbinary gender identity and... →
Signal boosting this request for examples of nonbinary gender outside of the transgender and genderqueer communities:
nonbinary:
As part of a nonbinary gender visibility project, I’m attempting to track down people who identify and/or express gender outside of the binary (as in something other than woman or man) despite not being involved in mainstream trans* communities.
I’m mainly active in...
January 2012
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Trans Camp: UK Trans Media Action needs your... →
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The UK trans* activist organisation Trans Media Action is running Trans Camp on January 13th at the offices of Channel 4.
Trans Camp will bring together trans* people, developers, designers and innovators to come up with ideas to improve the lives of trans* people using web technologies and the media.
In order to make sure the widest range of experiences are...
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Nonbinary.org Wiki →
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New year, new web presence! Nonbinary.org now hosts a nonbinary gender community wiki with forums coming soon!
Get involved by expanding stub articles or creating wanted pages.
November 2011
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Survey of nonbinary trans* people's pronoun... →
nonbinary:
Signal boosting, and looking forward to reading the results:
anlamasanda:
The survey’s been open for just about six months now, and responses have trickled to just about none, so I will close it a little earlier than the previously planned 31 December. Currently there are about 475 responses! But in case any interested nonbinary trans folks just haven’t seen it yet, I’m making this...
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Recommended reading: This is how "gender is... →
Recommended reading: a life lived in fragments talks about the difference between gender identification and expression, how the conflation of identity and behaviour is harmful, and why androgyny is just one of many valid ways to authentically express a nonbinary gender.
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youarenotyou:
[Trigger warning for cissexism, gender binarism and policing]
when you question how I can be both...
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CN Lester: Trans Beauty: Vocal Edition, Part One →
The ever fabulous openly trans* classical singer CN Lester talks about vocal androgyny, sharing classical singing videos highlighting high male/androgynous roles and female tenors, baritones and basses:
Before we proceed – I’m not going start with the voices of trans people (that means you have to come back for part two). I thought, rather, to begin with an introduction to the fact that,...
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Be aware of Depo-Provera side effects →
[Discussion of using progesterone-only birth control to stop/limit the menstrual cycle]
clockworktoast:
I’m having piss-all luck in finding information (I didn’t expect there to be much, granted) so I’m putting out a plea for some.
Does anyone have any information or experiences or even just a knowledgeable opinion on coming off of testosterone and onto a progesterone-only form of birth...
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Changing focus
From now on Practical Androgyny will turn its focus solely on the practicalities of ambiguous gender presentation and leave Nonbinary to discuss issues relating to identity outside of the gender binary. Obviously there is some overlap between those two distinct subjects, in which case reblogging or more focused crossposting will occur.
I hope this will help keep Practical Androgyny more relevant...
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Responding to critique of 'Nonbinary' →
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Earlier today, CN Lester posted an articulate and well considered constructive critique of the umbrella term ‘Nonbinary’ now commonly used within many genderqueer, gender variant and gender nonconforming communities.
The following response is adapted from the Twitter conversation I had with CN in response:
Despite having just announced a ‘Nonbinary’ visibility, education and...
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Nonbinary: New Nonbinary Visibility, Education and... →
Announcing a new sibling site coming soon, please spread the word, case studies needed!
nonbinary:
Announcing a new international Nonbinary gender visibility, education and advocacy network coming soon, arguing for equal access to employment, services and medical treatment for those who don’t fit the gender binary.
Please follow us if you’re nonbinary, genderqueer or gender...
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Pink News: Richard O'Brien Interview - Nonbinary... →
Richard O’Brien’s, creator of the Rocky Horror Show is back in the gay press talking about the experience of being nonbinary and turning 70:
“As a child I loved stories of wonderment,” he tells me. “Knights in shining armour, princes in tights, fairy princesses, that sort of thing. My elder brother says I used to scare myself silly with monsters, skeletons and graveyards. I lived in...
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WatchPractical Androgyny - Vocal androgyny in speech and singing Recorded for PracticalAndrogyny.com an ambiguous gender presentation resources website. Nat talks about how to develop a more androgynous, ambiguous or gender neutral speaking and singing voice. Assumes nothing about how you identify or whether you voice has been affected by testosterone. Accompanying blog post with video summary, links...
October 2011
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Being constructive about the Independent on Sunday... →
I wrote an article appraising and critiquing this year’s IoS Pink List, suggesting constructive responses and looking at how some of the eleven (binary, transitioned) trans* people included for the first time this year have inspired and represented me as a nonbinary, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, queer-identified, atypically transitioning, andrognynously presenting trans* person. Here...
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Style sites for androgynous/femme men and...
I’m in the process of gathering links to useful resources on other sites. Currently I’m looking at style/presentation. I’m aiming to be comprehensive and cover all types of people who express androgyny and different ways of being androgynous.
Can anyone help by suggesting a site aimed at men, people who were assigned male at birth and/or are perceived by society at large as men,...
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Genderqueer Links and Books →
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Genderqueer Links and Books
The following are link and book recommendations, all evaluated myself, as helpful resources for learning and/or places of connection that relate to genderqueer concepts and identities. If there is a resource you would like to suggest, please use the GQID ask box or submit form (select Submit a Link from the drop-down). If you are instead looking...
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New York Times: After Curfew: Choosing a Pronoun,... →
A story covering non-binary gender and gender neutral pronouns in the New York Times ‘Fashion and Style’ section, specifically the ‘After Curfew’ teen column:
Though Google created the “other” option for privacy reasons rather than as a transgender choice, young supporters of preferred gender pronouns (or P.G.P.’s as they are called) could not help but rejoice. Katy is...
September 2011
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WPATH announces new standards of care for... →
The ‘Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders’, the document used to justify the gatekeeping of transsexual and transgender people’s treatment and historically used to bar nonbinary, genderqueer and gender nonconforming people from access to hormones and surgeries, is to become considerably more progressive. The new document will be called ‘Standards of Care for the...
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ABC News: Andrej Pejic 'genderless' and 'under the... →
Androgynous model Andrej Pejic known for modeling both male and female fashions is interviewed by ABC News about ‘taking androgyny mainstream’:
The difference is that he is still biologically a man. Pejic said he does not take hormones to alter his appearance, and he has never had to shave his face.
“I prayed to God and it worked,” he said.
While he does consider...
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'X' Sex Marker On Passports In Summary →
Alex Brett links to several articles summarising the situation by which the ‘X’ sex marker allowed by the international standard for passports is being adopted or considered by Australia, New Zealand, India and the UK. The meaning and availability of the ‘X’ varies by country:
Australasia
New Australian passports allow third gender option (BBC)
The official...
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GOOD: Is transgender teens’ desire to switch their... →
GOOD’s Data Issue explores the experiences of transgender teens, including those who fall outside the gender binary, and asks if it’s right to include Gender Identity Disorder (and now Gender Dysphoria) in the DSM, potentially stigmatising trans experiences as ‘technically mentally ill’.
Elliott never believed he had a “disorder,” so he feared he would give the wrong...
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Australian Transgender and Intersex Passport... →
Various news outlets recently reported that Australia was to offer transgender people a third sex ‘X’ designation on their passport. This was in fact an erroneous conflation of two decisions, one allowing binary trans people to change their passport’s sex without surgery and another offering medically intersex people the option of a ‘X’ designation to signify...
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UK Government Transgender Employment, Identity and... →
Today is the last day for responses to the UK Government’s 3rd survey of transgender people (which explicitly includes ‘androgynous’, ‘non-gender’ and ‘genderqueer’ options in the demographics section). This survey follows up on responses from the first two surveys by focusing on issues of employment, identity and privacy. If you’re in the UK and...
August 2011
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Bathroom encounters of the binary kind - By, Ivan... →
Ivan Coyote writes about experiences in public bathrooms and changing rooms as a female assigned trans* butch:
I wondered how many times public change rooms have been or become an unclimbable obstacle for transgendered, transitioning, genderqueer or gender-non-conforming people. What are the health impacts of these spaces not being as accessible to us as they are for others?
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So,...
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YouTube Channel: GenderqueerChat →
GenderqueerChat aka Gender Pirates is a collaborative YouTube channel about Genderqueer/Nonbinary experience:
GenderqueerChat is a collaborative youtube channel for the discussion of genderqueer issues and issues from a genderqueer perspective. Every week there is a new topic that seven regular contributors talk about day-by-day.
MONDAY - STEPHAN - thatswhatzesaid TUESDAY - MATT - 37percentpunk...
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Practical Androgyny talk at BiCon 2011, Leicester,... →
Nat will be giving a talk at BiCon 2011 in Leicester, UK at 11am on Saturday the 3rd of September. If you can’t make BiCon, the talk will also be previewed at Recreation Nottingham trans* group on Wednesday August the 24th at 6pm:
BiCon is the UK’s biggest Bisexual Community gathering, running annually since 1982. BiCon 2011 is taking place in Leicester from Thursday the 1st to Sunday...
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Art of Transliness: Responses to the Gender... →
You would be amazed by how often people respond to my identity and gender presentation as an attack on their gender. Somehow my existence is a personal affront to some people (quite frequently other trans* people, sadly).
artoftransliness:
Wow, so the article I (Zak) recently wrote on gender neutral relational terms has recently kind of exploded. There have been a lot of people arguing about...
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Art of Transliness: Gender Neutral Relational... →
artoftransliness:
Being trans* has a tendency to make one aware of all the gendered terms out there. “Boyfriend”, “Girlfriend”, “Brother”, “Sister”, “Aunt”, and “Uncle” leave little room for ambiguity, which can be frustrating for non binary identified individuals (and even, sometimes, for binary identified trans* people as well). Here are some options, some already mainstream, some invented.
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GENDERQUEER IDENTITIES: "Isn't everyone... →
gqid:
I just had to address this search query I noticed that directed someone to Genderqueer Identities. Here goes:
Short answer is no. Implying that everyone is genderqueer is similarly incorrect (and even harmful) as implying that everyone is “really” bisexual or pansexual.Monosexualities, monoromantic attraction, and identifying as a man or a woman all are equally valid as the identities...
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My Name Is Me Campaign: My Name is Gwen Smith →
The My Name Is Me campaign is gathering personal stories to illustrate the importance of being able to choose the name you use online:
My name is Gwen Smith, and I’m the founder of the Transgender Day of Remembrance as well as the Managing Editor of Genderfork, a community for the expression of identities across the gender spectrum. While I can and do use the name on my Driver’s License...
July 2011
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Yay genderform! →
Yay genderform! takes gender/sex/sexuality tick boxes to their absurd conclusion:
There are exactly 947 options here, and a total of 1.1896×10285 or 1.1 quattruornovemgintillion possible combinations, more than there are elementary particles in the universe. If each option were a computer bit, it would take 119 bytes to encode a combination.
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If you don’t know what a term means,...
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New Blog: Trans* Transgressions
A new blog gathering stories that differ from the dominant transgender narrative:
genderqueer:
Submission from trans-transgressions:
Hey folks! I recently created a blog called Trans* Transgressions, intended to demonstrate the variations in trans* experiences by compiling different peoples’ stories, particularly those that do not fit into the typical “I always knew,” “born into the wrong...
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Link: Original Plumbing: Beyond Androgyny →
Emerson Whitney responds to the recent NPR article “The End of Gender?”:
Why does a conversation about androgyny and transgender have to include an apocalyptic account of gender ending?
This type of fear regarding “conversion” has swept my own family—I have family members who are personally uncomfortable with me discussing “gender” with their children. They fear their kids will...
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All Out Campaign: Petition Facebook to add more... →
If our ability to choose religions, languages, and interests are limitless, why should Facebook impose limits on something as essential as gender? Ask Facebook to respect and recognize transgender identities!
Sign the petition at allout.org
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Lesbilicious: Non-gendered Titles See Increased... →
practicalandrogyny:
UK-related news story covering the acceptance of Mx and Misc as gender neutral titles by official organisations.
I’ve seen some critique of this story elsewhere, so I felt I should clarify why I linked to it.
Yes, it’s questionable whether there is actually ‘increased recognition’ and whether these organisations have ‘begun’ to recognise...
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Lesbilicious: Non-gendered Titles See Increased... →
UK-related news story covering the acceptance of Mx and Misc as gender neutral titles by official organisations.
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United Kingdom Census 2011 - Summary and Analysis →
PracticalAndrogyny.com writes up a summary and analysis of how the UK census records ‘sex’ and reflects non-binary genders.
In 2001 approximately 14,000 people ticked both male and female and 185,000 people ticked neither box, this accounts for 0.4% of the population. We will eventually be given similar counts of how many people failed to indicate a single binary ‘sex’ or who...
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UK Government/NHS Trans Survey →
If you’re a non-binary or genderqueer trans person in the UK, people fill out this government/NHS trans survey and tell them your identity and the problems you experience accessing healthcare. This is vital for ensuring the NHS is aware of the needs of non-binary trans people.
Read more information on the purpose of the survey in the second Government Equalities Office Transgender...
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June 2011
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Google+: A strange omission in an otherwise very... →
Google’s new privacy-focused social network Google+ nonetheless *forces* you to expose your gender (Female, Male or Other) to everyone. If Google thinks outing people as trans* doesn’t potentially risk their relationships, jobs and safety, they are extremely naive.
Update: Google devs discussing the gender field situation - I am very unhappy with the idea that ‘Other’ is...
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Mx Justin Vivian Bond interviewed on BBC Radio 4's... →
This morning’s BBC Radio 4 Midweek programme interviewed gender binary rejecting transgender cabaret performer Mx Justin Vivian Bond who uses the third gender pronoun v.
The interview covers Mx Bond’s cabaret, third gender identity and childhood, starting 4 minutes 35 seconds into the episode.
Transcript follows:
Libby Purves (interviewer): Over from the US cabaret scene to enhance...