The pandemic allowed me to cultivate joy and explore gender identity without the expectations and gaze of others. By Mirusha Yogarajah The pandemic bought me time. I thought about how I, for 26 years, conformed to the desires of the men around me, and about the women who conformed to the desires of men around...
Tag: gender identity
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The Cishets Are Not OK: Gender Reveal Parties Are Literally Killing People
The gender reveal party has proven itself to be shallow, consumerist, queerantagonistic, and dangerous. It’s time to retire it. By Nylah Burton Recently, a few “gender reveal” parties have gone awry, prompting many to ask if it’s time for this relatively new practice to come to a swift end. In the past, birthing people had...
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‘Women and Femmes’ Is Not As Inclusive As We Want It To Be
It needs to be understood that this fight isn’t about a “battle of the sexes” but about revolutionizing our understanding of gender structures. By Danny Reneè It’s no surprise, in an age where we spend so much time connecting with other people via text and images on screens, that language would have to quickly evolve...
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Women and Femmes Unite: A Structural and Political Analysis of Femininity
Women and femmes are not the same, but they are intertwined, and its exactly that mutual oppression and shared experience under patriarchy that has led activists today to identify “women and femmes” in their organizing spaces. [Editor’s Note: This analysis is being re-published with permission from B.B. Buchanan’s Medium page.] By B.B. Buchanan I need to start...
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Your Romphim Jokes Are Perpetuating Gender Norms
The popularity of Romphim suggests that it’s time we moved beyond limiting, boring ideas about clothing and gender. When someone first showed me the Romphim — a romper for men — my first thought was “yeah, of course.” This is, perhaps, because I am fascinated by the ’70s, where jumpsuits of all types clinging to your...
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“Transtrender” Is a Useless Concept; Even By Choice, We’re Still Valid
The term “transtrender” is a form of gatekeeping that harms the trans community. It’s sinister that transgender people have used this word to marginalize other folks. I’ve been told, more times than I could possibly count, that my identity as transgender is invalid — that with the increasingly visible transgender rights movement, I’ve hopped on...
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Loving Myself as Genderqueer in a Binary World
“I have always wanted to be both man and woman, to incorporate the strongest and richest parts of my mother and father within/into me – to share valleys and mountains upon my body the way the earth does in hills and peaks.” –Audre Lorde I didn’t always have such unwavering certainty that I know who...
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Queer and Trans: A Primer
“If you still like men, why did you transition?” So many gay and queer trans men have been asked this very question. The truth is, not many of us gay, queer and non-monosexual trans guys have much visibility in media, and in queer and trans communities as a whole. There are stereotypes that all of...
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Polygender: Many Genders in One
What is polygender? Not many have heard of this gender identity — or many of the other non-binary (NB) genders. To break it down by its name, “polygender” simply means “many genders.” Someone who is polygender can experience more than one gender. These genders can change from day to day, remain fluid or be experienced...