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Why We Need More Than Three Genders
Commentator Barbara J. King thinks we should embrace a fluid system of gender identities.
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Why Are Toys So Gendered?
Caught on camera in the "pink aisle" of a U.S. toy store, 5-year-old Riley posed a multibillion-dollar question: "Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff and all the boys have to buy different colored stuff?" Her impassioned critique of profit-boosting gendered toy marketing has been viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube. She isn't a lone voice.
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Sci-Fi's Hottest New Writer Won't Tell You the Sex of Her Characters
In the latest installment of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Ann Leckie talks about creating a plausible future free of any incongruous modern trappings for her award-winning book Ancillary Justice.
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Photographer Captures the Teenage Years of Two Transgender Girls
Photographer Willeke Duijvekam documents the lives of two transgender teens over the course of six years.
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Gender-neutral pronouns: When ‘they’ doesn’t identify as either male or female
When people call themselves “genderqueer,” does identity trump grammar?
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Toys Are More Divided by Gender Now Than They Were 50 Years Ago
When it comes to buying gifts for children, everything is color-coded: Rigid boundaries segregate brawny blue action figures from pretty pink princesses, and most assume that this is how it’s always been. But in fact, the princess role that’s ubiquitous in girls’ toys today was exceedingly rare prior to the 1990s—and the marketing of toys is more gendered now than even 50 years ago, when gender discrimination and sexism were the norm.
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Gender-neutral single-stall restrooms now required in West Hollywood
A West Hollywood law requiring all single-stall restrooms in businesses and public places to be gender-neutral will go into effect this week. The law, which will have no impact on multiple-stall restrooms, mandates that any facility designed for use by no more than one person not be restricted to a specific sex or gender identity by signage, design or installation of fixtures.
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A Sprinter's Fight to Prove She's a Woman
In a matter of two months, Dutee Chand went from being hailed as India's "sure shot Olympic medalist" to studying to become a train ticket collector. It all began last summer, a few days before a team of more than 200 Indian athletes was set to leave for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Chand, the 18-year-old 100m national champion sprinter, was dropped from the list.
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Ireland passes law allowing trans people to choose their legal gender
Gender recognition bill will eliminate need for medical or state intervention and comes months after the country voted for same-sex marriage
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My life without gender: 'Strangers are desperate to know what genitalia I have'
Raised a girl, became a boy, and now? From navigating public bathrooms, to choosing what to wear, Tyler Ford on living as a genderless person
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This Obscene Insult Is Suddenly Everywhere. But Does Anyone Know What It Means?
A fuckboy is the worst kind of guy, or at least one who represents the worst trends of the present moment.
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The transgender teddy bear teaching children about friendship and identity
Prompted by her father’s own decision to transition, Jessica Walton is crowdfunding her children’s book which tells the story of a teddy bear who identifies as female
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The Lost Lives of Old Families
The most privileged among us take the history of their family names for granted. For many, we’re lucky to find a foothold even in fiction.
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A Gender Terminology Refresher
The mainstream conversation about gender identity has widened significantly in the last few months, between Caitlyn Jenner’s public transition and Miley Cyrus and Ruby Rose appearing in the public eye identifying as genderqueer. It may be a great moment for a refresher on gender terminology, so here at The Frisky, we wanted to provide you with a glossary of terms! Let’s dive in.
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Massachusetts Updates Process for Changing Gender on Birth Certificates
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has modernized the standard and process for changing gender markers on birth certificates. As a result, proof of surgery is no longer required. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders has worked extensively with advocates and policymakers in Massachusetts and throughout New England to implement this vital change.
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Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) TALKS with Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast
Two gender pioneers talk transitioning in public, paranormal phenomena, courage, boobs, Caitlyn Jenner and the way we perceive gender and sexuality.
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Oh, the Humanity
A mind-bending, award-winning science fiction trilogy that expertly investigates the way we live now. By Tammy Oler.
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What Happens When You Can’t Talk to Yourself?
How a missing inner monologue affects the sense of self. By Claire Cameron.
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Can you think yourself into a different person?
We used to believe our brains couldn’t be changed. Now we believe they can – if we want it enough. But is that true? Will Storr wades through the facts and fiction.
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Out of the Mouths of Bots
What building a robot in a person's image can reveal about identity and humanity. By Adrienne LaFrance.
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