Kate Bornstein, awesome sexuality and gender activist, author, and anti-suicide advocate, is facing a huge uphill battle with her medical life. The good news is, people from all over the world are pouring in their support (financially and otherwise). You can find out all about it here. There's now just under $3,000 to go to reach the goal, but I'm certain more is appreciated and will be used wisely and to support others.
Thanks to Laura Vogel for getting this going. All the best to Auntie Kate!
Cheers!
Showing posts with label gender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gender. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Are Bisexuals Really A Minority?
An April 2011 study conducted by the Williams Institute found that the total number of self-identified bisexuals is apparently greater than the combined number of gay- and lesbian-identified people in the United States.
Numbers are of course hard to nail down, but this helps demonstrate that bisexuality is not a "phase," especially among women, who look likely to identify as bisexual than lesbian. Bisexual men, on the other hand, remain a minority in the gay/bisexual community.
What do you think of these numbers?
Numbers are of course hard to nail down, but this helps demonstrate that bisexuality is not a "phase," especially among women, who look likely to identify as bisexual than lesbian. Bisexual men, on the other hand, remain a minority in the gay/bisexual community.
What do you think of these numbers?
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Muxes
Check out this story from NPR posted yesterday. It talks about the blurring of gender identity in Oaxaca, southern Mexico.
"The indigenous Zapotec culture of Oaxaca is not divided by the usual dichotomies: gay or straight, male or female. There's a commonly accepted third category of mixed gender — people called muxes. (said to derive from mujer — Spanish for "woman"). Some are men who live as women, or who identify beyond a single gender."
Has anyone else heard of this before? Or what about similar concepts in other societies?
"The indigenous Zapotec culture of Oaxaca is not divided by the usual dichotomies: gay or straight, male or female. There's a commonly accepted third category of mixed gender — people called muxes. (said to derive from mujer — Spanish for "woman"). Some are men who live as women, or who identify beyond a single gender."
Has anyone else heard of this before? Or what about similar concepts in other societies?
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Do You Label Yourself Like This?
If you thought sexuality, gender, and identity were pretty straightforward (no pun intended!), then check out this document thanks to gender outlaw Kate Bornstein. 185 identities and labels listed, and this certainly isn't the end either (P.S. Bisexual was number 1!). I'll admit, I don't even know what some of them mean, but I'm glad Bornstein put this together to help us realize the world is all sorts of shades of grey and certainly not black and white only.
Do you prescribe to any of these identities? Do you have others you would add?
Cheers!
Do you prescribe to any of these identities? Do you have others you would add?
Cheers!
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