Tag: nonbinary
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When Is It Time to Flee?
I don’t mean a casual move to another city, I mean actually wrestling with what safety, identity, belonging, and political reality feel like right now. I’m here in California, feeling both grateful and battered. Grateful for the community and relative sanctuary. Battered because it feels like every other week something surfaces that reminds me how…
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Beyond the Binary
Why Does It Matter? Because I Feel Seen. An old friend messaged me recently: “I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing your [non-binary] journey with me so I can learn more.” It isn’t the first time someone’s asked. Sometimes it’s strangers, sometimes it’s people I love, and the question often boils down to: Why…
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility!! !
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy Seven] Tell your favourite trans people you see them. We love that. In the interest of full disclosure, yes, I identify as a bi-sexual non-binary trans feminine queer person; my pronouns are they / them. I’m trans. See me. But first the news: Five Utrecht bars will open…
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Were You Born That Way?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty] Deborah Siegel, gender scholar and mother of boy/girl twins, brings to life key research about the gendering of childhood in the earliest years of life. Taking us through a personal journey peppered with blunders and epiphanies, she challenges us to move beyond pink and blue and learn something…
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If You Build It, They Will Come
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Thirty Six] True to my word, I set up an open source repository, an awesome list of nonbinary resources yesterday morning. https://github.com/rainleander/nonbinary-resources Throughout the day yesterday and today I added the resources I could personally vouch for and, although, there are some blogs / facebook pages which are officially…
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If It Doesn’t Exist, Build It
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Thirty Five] I mentioned this briefly in the video I did for The Gender Tag Project – that I went looking for resources for nonbinary people – especially around education / support / close friends – and couldn’t find much. Therefore, I’m going to compile an awesome list of…
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And Now We’re Healing
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Thirty One] I had a massive misunderstanding with a close friend. Around being nonbinary. Around using the they / them pronouns. And we didn’t listen to one another for days. And then we finally did. But first the news: A pandemic, an environmental problem and a creative solution Seven-day…
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The Gender Tag Project
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twenty Nine] The Gender Tag Project is a YouTube “tag” video that encourages individuals to answer a set of ten prompts relating to their experience with gender in the form of a YouTube video. But first the news: Loneliness, lack of motivation are major problems for students Tens of thousands…
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Living As A Non-Binary Person In A Binary World
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twenty Eight] This TedX Talk is from 2017. And still completely relevant. But first the news: Vaccine delivery rules tightened up after volunteer caterer used his van More privacy risks in GGD coronavirus systems: report Parliament supports extension of coronavirus curfew A talk addressing the hardships and obstacles facing…