Dr. Judith Butler is an acclaimed author, gender theorist, and distinguished professor at the University of California at Berkeley. This video is so smart. So much of what Judith shares here resonates, including: "Many people who refuse to allow Trans people to define...
LGBTQ Culture
Pride In… Sports – A Picture Book Profiling 10 Contemporary Sports Figures Who Are Part of the LGBTQIA+ Community
Pride in Sports by Emilie Dufresne, Designed by Danielle Rippengill Some I knew, others were new to me, but it was all fun to explore this sampling of Out and Proud Queer athletes. I particularly appreciated the inclusion of athletes of color like Parinya Charoenphol...
New Study Finds High Schoolers are More Gender-Diverse Than “Previously Thought”
A screen shot of the CNN article by Lisa Selin Davis So it turns out previous studies (like this one in 2017) basically asked teens if they were Trans. They found that 1.8% (so, 18 kids out of 1,000) identified as Trans. A new study that will be published in the June...
Neopronouns – Are You Up On This New Evolution of English-Language Terms of Identity?
Noun-self pronouns. Words created to be pronouns that are not gendered. As reported by Ezra Marcus in the New York Times, "A Guide to Neopronouns" This article was fascinating, and I really loved that it included three self-portraits by artists who use Neopronouns,...