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antigender @ 2008-06-16T11:39:00

2008-06-16T15:39:17Z

The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition is pleased to announce the release of its 2008 GENIUS Survey in partnership with Ernst & Young. GenderPAC works to ensure that classrooms, communities and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow and succeed.

The Gender Equality National Index for Universities & Schools (GENIUS), GenderPAC’s most recent effort to end discrimination and promote awareness, encourages colleges and universities to recognize the benefits of a GenderSAFE campus - supportive equitable and protective for all students. Choosing to participate in GENUIS sends a strong public statement that bullying or discriminating based on the race, sex or gender of a student, faculty, or staff member is not tolerated at your institution

Fill out the survey at: www.gpac.org/GENIUS2008survey, and make sure that we have data for as many schools as possible. Your voice will help us continue to work towards a safe and welcoming environment for every student

Global Queer Rights - Take Action!!!

2008-06-03T14:28:58Z

"People around the world face violence and inequality – and sometimes torture, even execution – because of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral aspects of our selves and should never lead to discrimination or abuse. More than 80 countries around the world still make it a crime for men to have sex with men, or women with women. In some countries, the punishment is death. Many laws punish people for simply looking differently, or not living up to cultural norms of “masculinity” or “femininity.

The Yogyakarta Principles – named for the Indonesian city where they were adopted in 2006 by a panel of international experts – lay out clear standards for how governments should end violence, abuse, and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and ensure equality. We urge the United Nations to endorse the Yogyakarta Principles, and to call for an end to violence and abuse based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Tell the world’s governments to stop criminalizing people because of who they are or whom they love."

TAKE ACTION BELOW:
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/06/take-action-urge-united-nations-to.html

Queer Liberationist or Gay Assimilationist?

2008-05-19T13:31:13Z

There are two opposing political viewpoints when it comes to advocacy and than of course there are a variety of more moderate middleground opinions that fall in between the Queer Liberationists and Gay Assimilationist camps.

Gay Assimilationists - This ideology is to make gay/lesbian people seem like average, normal everyday citizens in the eyes of the general public. They want to make the case that gay families deserve equal rights and recognition and they want what everyone else wants: a house with a white picket fence and 2.5 kids. Some Gay Assimilationists are not inclusive of Bisexuals or Transgender people because they feel these groups hurt the gay rights movement. This is not the case for all Assimilationists and many seek to include all LGBT people and create a sense of assimilation into the general society. Gay Assimilationists often seek to advance their agenda through corporate sponsorships and see getting big business and government on their side as a way to advance equality. The assimilationists strive to paint the LGBT community as being no different than the heterosexual world and just want to fit in. They want the rights to marriage, the rights to adoption, to serve freely and openly in the military. Part of achieving these means, Gay Assimilationists seek to tone down the sexual aspect of gay pride, they feel that sexuality is one component of gay relationships and seek to emphasize much more the loving, financial, community, and faith based aspects of LGBT relationships.

Queer Liberationists - This camp of political theory views gender and sexuality in non-conformist ways. They do not apologize for the differences of Queer individuals and do not seek to "fit in". They embrace the idea of "We're Here, We're Queer, Get Used to it!" and believe society must change to accept them rather than they change to mold into hetero-normative society. Queer Liberationists are often but not always concerned with Queer issues as they relate not only to LGBT people but also to capitalism, anti-militarism, sexism, racism and other aspects of social justice. They are less concerned with same-sex marriage, adoption, and don't ask don't tell. Many times but not always they are against the institution of marriage altogether, feel gays are liberated from the idea of raising kids, and are against gays serving in the military because they are anti-military to begin with. Queer Liberationists often disagree with the idea of corporate partnerships and having big business and government intervene in LGBT issues. Queer Liberationists do not seek to hide their sexuality and gender expression, they seek to embrace it and encourage what has conventionally been frowned upon as inappropriate.

These are two diametrically opposed political camps. Most people have various opinions that don't fall so heavily into one party or the other. Where do you lie and what are your thoughts?

http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/05/open-forum-queer-liberationist-or-gay.html

Free Speech Where do We Draw the Line?

2008-05-13T13:37:22Z

A few interesting and controversial headlines have popped up in the news and the gay blogosphere that raise some important questions. At what point is gay activism intruding upon free speech and freedom of expression rights? Freedom of speech and expression must be protected even for anti-gay forces, because if we don't have these basic freedoms it becomes a slippery slope and eventually we will not have the right to express our opinions.

I write this in light of some stories recently, such as a student who wore a t-shirt to school saying "Be Happy - Not Gay!" at a diversity event, who got in trouble. The courts have since ruled she is entitled to wear the shirt.

What about Crystal Dixon's case with the University of Toledo V.P. of Human Resources who outside the university wrote an opinion column denouncing homosexuality, claiming it is a choice. She has been fired under grounds that she mentioned she was a worker at the school and is now suing the school.

Finally there was the case at Smith College, where the College Republicans brought in Ryan Sorba who created a book called "The Born Gay Hoax" who spoke about bogus research regarding LGBT people. Students interrupted his anti-gay speech by screaming "We're Here, We're Queer, get used to it" the student protesters overwhelmed the room forcing Mr. Sorba to leave the campus and cancel his speech.

Youtube clip of the Smith protest:

What do you think about GLBT activism and where do we draw the line to ensure free speech rights, or is it okay to intrude upon the free speech of others when they seek to intrude on our civil liberties and spread falsehoods about our community?

http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/05/open-forum-free-speech-where-do-we-draw.html

"Voices Against 377" - Human Rights for Singapore!

2008-05-11T05:44:09Z

‘Voices Against 377 is a coalition of Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) and progressive groups based in Delhi. It is a point of intersection and dialogue between various social movements that these groups represent, where a united voice is being articulated against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes private consensual sexual acts deemed to be against the order of nature.

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is cited below:

“377. Unnatural Offences.
Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.”

The law penalizes certain sexual acts equally. For example oral sex, regardless of whether it is heterosexual or homosexual; even penile-masturbation of one person by another – is considered criminal. Although facially neutral, the law has effectively stigmatized and criminalized a section more than others, namely same-sex desiring people, including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), hijra, kothi and other Queer people. The law has been used by the police to intimidate same sex desiring people and has been a source of serious human rights violations."

Take action on the issue sign the petition:
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/05/voices-against-377-equality-for.html

Hope for Trans Community With New DSM - V?

2008-05-10T01:28:27Z

The APA has released a statement to activists who have emailed and called concerning the APA Diagnostic Statistical Manual. Activists have been very concerned over some people appointed to the committee who are very transphobic and who would likely keep the label "Gender Identity Disorder" even though moden research shows transgender people are just as healthy as everyone else in the population and are NOT disordered! The Gender Identity Disorders task force, is chaired by Peggy T. Cohen Kettenis, Ph.D. who is rumored to be TG friendly.

This being said our work is not done, Dr. Kenneth Zucker head of the entire Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders committee is very transphobic and believes in "reparative therapy" for transgender children.

http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/05/apa-has-released-statement-to-activists.html

Introducing Queers United

2008-05-06T15:14:42Z

The activist blog with action alerts for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Asexual, and Intersexual community!

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

DiversityInc's No. 1 Employer Is Against Gender Identity/Expression In Non-Discrimination Policy

2008-04-03T18:31:28Z

Verizon Communications doesn't cover transgender people -- and that their Board of Directors specifically recommended against covering transgender people who may work for their company but they are Diversity Inc's #1?

READ MORE

MELBOURNE: Transdestinations Festival sun jan 27th - cross posted

2008-01-19T00:23:58Z

Transdestinations : A symposium and gathering for trans* and trans*-connected people.

Held over one day and two nights, Transdestinations surveys the current state of play and future possibilities for trans-connected communities. It includes forums, workshops, and arts events ranging from spoken word, music and performance to visual arts exhibitions.

The forum program begins on Sunday 27 January with Trans* Health and Wellbeing – a two-part discussion looking at issues of both health and culture. After a lunch break and some poetry and performances, the afternoon session - Living Politics - will kick off with a facilitated discussion about the legal and political realities of everyday trans*life before delving more deeply into issues around the law and legislation. The afternoon will also feature the Trans Sexuality Workshop, focusing on sex-positivity, issues around gender dysphoria, porn, and psychologically- safe sex.

All participants will then have the chance to share in a very special Tiwi Islands Gay & Sista Girls performance, included in the days ticket price.

The Transdestinations symposium and gathering runs in association with spoken-word event Tranzlezbian Gendermash (Sat 26 Jan at 10.15pm), ButchFemmeTrans Melbourne’s A Sunset Soiree cocktail party (Sun 27 Jan at 5.30pm), and genderqueer cabaret/party Upstart Alley (Sun 27 Jan at 9pm) to create a weekend of trans-positive discussion and entertainment.

Date: Sunday 27 January
Venue: Gasworks. Cnr Graham & Pickles Sts, Albert Park.
Time: 9.30am to 5pm
Tickets: $20/$15 - lunch is an extra $5 on the day or bring your own.
Bookings: t: 9699 3253 or www.gasworks. org.au
More info: T: 03 8606 4200 or E: frontdesk@gasworks. org.au

Yo Ho Ho, etc.

2007-11-10T05:53:27Z

I've been reading David Cordingly's Life Among The Pirates, and lo and behold, there's a chapter devoted to women pirates (and, for good measure, Pirates' Women). it follows in some depth, the lives of two women who became pirates - and masqueraded as men to do so (at a time when it was largely a complete no-no to have women on board pirate ships). Their stories, such as we have them, are rather astounding, so I thought I'd share...Enjoy! I've crossposted this in a couple of other gender-based communities, since I went to all the trouble of writing it, and it's an awesome story, I figured I should share it around. Apologies if it appears a couple of times on your f'list.

Calico Jack was a pirate.
His real name was John Rackam, his nickname taken from his choice of colourful clothing; and on the 22nd August, 1720, he and his crew stole a twelve-ton sloop called the William from the harbour at Nassau.

Calico Jack, as far as pirates go, seems to have been a fairly nice one, with no records of him using torture or murder, and even a description of him returning a looted ship to her master and arranging safe passage home for a Jamaican tavern keeper. His two years as a pirate captain would have been fairly unremarkable were it not for two rather extraordinary members of his crew.

Anne Bonny, as far as David Cordingly is able to discern, via Captain Charles Johnson(author of A General History of the Pyrates of 1724, who Cordingly describes as "usually accurate but rarely indicates the source of his information." Interestingly, there is some speculation that Johnson was a pen-name of Daniel Defoe), was born near Cork in Ireland, some time between 1697 and 1705, the illegitimate daughter of a lawyer and his maid. The lawyer, having left his wife due to a quarrel over said maid, was so fond of his daughter he brought her up himself (after his wife had the girl's mother sent to prison for allegedly stealing silver spoons - which leads me to speculate that he can't have been a very *good* lawyer, by that's by the bye), and to avoid scandal dressed young Anne as a boy and pretended he was training her as his clerk.
Anne's mother was finally released from prison, by which time the lawyer's wife had discovered what was going on and stopped her husband's allowance. So, taking his new family, he sailed to Carolina, making a lving as a merchant and eventually purchasing a plantation. Wiki states that "few records of Bonny which exist seem to reflect that she was intelligent, attractive, and quick-tempered. When she was 13, she supposedly stabbed a servant girl in the stomach with a table knife, although it is unclear whether this is fact or purely legend." What is known is that Anne promptly continued the family tradition of inappropriate romance by falling head over heels for a penniless young seaman called Bonny, and marrying him. After being turned out of the house by her ironically unsympathetic father, Anne and her new husband sailed to the Bahamas where she met Calico Jack. Jack had sailed to New Providence in 1719 to take advantage of the amnesty offered by the Governer of the Bahamas. He lived as a fairly model citizen and visiting a tavern on the waterfront at Nassau one day, came across Anne Bonny. Cordingly writes that "he proceeded to court her in the same direct manner he used when attacking a ship: 'no time wasted, straight up alongside, every gun brought to play, and the prize boarded.'" She abandoned her husband and went to sea with her new love. Wiki's version goes into more detail, describing how "Rackham offered to buy her from her husband in a divorce-by-purchase, but James Bonny refused. He complained to the governor, who brought her before the court, naked, and sentenced her to be flogged and to return to her legal husband. Anne Bonny and Rackham instead eloped". She became pregnant and he took her to stay with his friends in Cuba where she had her child, and once on her feet again, joined Calico Jack(who, during the meanwhilst, had resumed his piratical ways), as part of his crew aboard the Revenge, dressed "as usual" in men's clothes. She is said to have been accepted amongst her fellow pirates (though apparently her gender remained a secret), and is said to have been competent, courageous and effective in combat.

Mary Read was born in England, "the second child of a young mother whose husband went away to sea and never returned". Following the disappearance of her husband, the young woman fell pregnant to another man, and, appalled at the idea of having a bastard child, went away to the country to stay with friends. Her eldest child, a boy, and the offspring of her husbnd, died shortly before Mary was born, and her mother, now in financial straits, dressed Mary as a boy and took her "son" along to her mother-in-law, who agreed to provide a crown a week as maintenance. Thus, Mary was brought up as a boy in order to keep recieving this allowance, and at the age of thirteen, her mother found her a position as footman (not chambermaid!) to a French lady. According to Capt. Johnson, the teenage Mary found life as a footman stifling, and, "growing bold and strong, and having also a roving mind, she entered herself on board a man-of-war." After this stint at sea she went to Flanders and enlisted as a cadet in the army. Cordingly writes that she "distinguished herself by her bravery in several military engagements." However, she fell in love with the Flemish soldier she shared a tent with, and when the campaign was over, they were married, and lived a comparatively quiet but apparently very happy life runing a public house called The Three Horse Shoes. This was the frist time she'd lived as a woman. Sadly, it was to be short-lived; her husband died shortly after the marriage, and following the Peace of Ryswick in 1697, her public house lost most of its custom as the soldiers moved elsewhere. Mary, ever resourceful, donned her husband's clothes, joined a foot regiment, and finally, growing bored with the army, embarked on a ship bound for the West Indies.

The ship was captured by pirates, namely the notorious John "Calico Jack" Rackham and his lover Anne Bonny, and Mary was persuaded to join his crew, the secret of her gender still unknown.

Anne Bonny, having had her child and rejoined the pirate crew, had been sailing with her lover for some time when the new crew member joined. She found herself irresistably attracted to him, and, finding a quiet moment when they could both be alone together, she revealed herself as a woman and let him know of her attraction. Mary Read had no choice but to explain her own situation. From Johnson: "Knowing what she would be at, and being sensible of her own capacity in that way, was forced to come to a right understanding with her, and so to the great disappointment of Anne Bonny, she let her know that she was a woman also." While Cordingly simply states that both women confided Mary's secret to Calico Jack "to avoid any further misunderstandings", Wiki's article elaborates that "the two women did quickly become close friends, and Bonny swore not to reveal that Read was really a woman. However, Read's true gender did not remain hidden for long. Rackham became suspicious of Bonny's close relationship with the new sailor and demanded an explanation, whereupon Read confessed that she was actually a woman, and proved this fact to him by revealing her breasts. Rackham allowed her to stay on as a member of his crew."

Johnson states that both women then went public about their gender on the ship, but were well accepted by the pirate crew, who went on to enjoy considerable piratical success, looting much treasure and capturing many ships. So much success, in fact, that they apparently became quite complacent, and spent much time lounging about, drinking rum. In 1720, having made off with the sloop William and incurred the ire of the Governor of the Bahamas (one Captain Woodes Rogers, a seaman with a fine reputation and a penchant for law and order)for doing so, they were run down by a heavily armed privateer sloop under the command of Captain Jonathan Barnet. Outgunned and disabled, the William was finally boarded. Calico Jack and his crew went quietly, with the only resistance coming from Mary Read and Anne Bonny, armed to the teeth with cutlasses and pistols, swearing a blue streak, threatening their assailants and attempting to rally their shipmates. This notwithstanding, they too were eventually taken and tried, along with the rest of the crew, for piracy, a hanging offence. Both Mary and Anne "pleaded their bellies", escaping hanging, albeit temporarily, by the happy fact of being pregnant. Anne is supposed to have seen her lover once before he was hanged, and said to him then, "I am sorry to see you here Jack, but if you had fought like a man, you need not be hanged like a dog."

Calico Jack was hanged at Port Royal on November 17, 1720. His body was then hung from a gibbet at what is now called "Rackam's Cay". A nice piece of trivia reveals that his personal flag, the skull with two crossed cutlasses, was used as Hector Barbossa's flag in Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Captain Hook's flag in the recent Peter Pan film.

Mary Read died in prison, early in 1721, supposedly from fever. She was buried on the 28th of April.

These is no further record of Anne Bonny, either of her release or her execution. The author of the wiki article speculates that "her father ransomed her; that she might have returned to her husband, or even that she resumed a life of piracy under a new identity."

Anne Bonny, artist's impression:

Disclaimer: all this information has come from Cordingly's book and the Wikipedia entries for the three main characters, cross-checked for the sake of accuracy. I'm thoroughly fascinated and desperately need to know more, but if there are errors here it's the product of very limited research and I would happily be pointed in the right direction.:)

antigender @ 2007-09-17T23:19:00

2007-09-18T03:20:10Z

I'm going to compile an informal listing of radfems under 35 (born post-1970) because academia (or as Mary Daly would say: academentia) thinks or hopes us folk are going the way of the dinosaur.

So if you're a rad fem born 1970 or later, could I get a comment? Just give your username, or a nickname, or your real name. And if you know any authors, singers, activists, etc. who are radfem and under 35, could you give us their name. And maybe a little bio for both categories if you like, or a wee manifesto or whatnot. And do you/your rad fems you list identify as 2nd or 3rd wave?

This is not meant to belittle older radfems in any wany, shape, or form. They're more than welcome to comment too, but please state you're older than 35, so i don't count you as a "young" rad fem.

Also, please post this other rad fem/feminist communities, blogs, etc. Let's get this thang going!

GenderQueer Revolution Coffeetalk, LA: Sunday, 6/24, 12-2 PM

2007-06-15T20:57:19Z

GenderQueer Revolution Coffeetalk
Sustenance for your genderqueer, gender-gifted Self
Sunday, June 24, 12-2 PM
Cafe Tropical, 2900 W. Sunset Blvd.
Corner of Sunset and Parkman
4th Sunday every month
Next Coffeetalks on 7/22, 8/26, 9/23, 10/28, 11/25

For more information:
www.genderqueerrevolution.org

Coffeetalk: What is it?
Space, in both the physical and emotional sense, to talk, connect, and find
sustenance for our gender-gifted souls in the company of other genderqueer Beings. Sharing how we as genderqueer, gender-fabulous, gender-gifted people integrate the rest of our lives with our unique gender experience. Semi-closed group for anyone who wishes to actively explore the gift of gender and/or their genderqueer experiences and identities.

Who can come?

Anyone open to their unique gender-gifted, genderqueer spirit

Resources for Allies

Our
thanks to our allies and friends, particularly students of psychology and mental health, who wish to learn how to serve trans and genderqueer people. We want to keep Coffeetalk safe for the personal expression and exploration of genderqueer, gender-gifted experience and identity. Therefore, weeagerly invite our allies to our educational and training workshops
through our Total Wellness! program created just for YOU. If you have any questions, please write us at info@genderqueerrevolution.org.

Guidelines for Coffeetalk

div style="text-align: left;">• Please stay on topic and refrain from crosstalk.
• Please respect the names and pronouns of choice for every one present.
• Please speak with respect using "I" and "feelings" statements as much as possible.
• Please respect the unique gender-gifted, genderqueeriffic spirit of everyone in the room and the multitude of gender identities and expressions, cultures, perspectives, (dis)abilities, philosophies, and so forth.
• Facilitator responsible to halt line of discussion if inappropriate. Try to be mindful of others, and change topics if necessary.
• Please try to assume best intentions all around, ask before giving feedback, and exercise your power as an individual and speak if you feel the need.</div>

Total Wellness!

A Collaborative Trans/Genderqueer Health Workshop Series
Trans/LGBTIQ Sensitivity Trainings, Cultural Competency, and EEO Compliance
Diverse Speakers, Diverse Areas of Expertise

GenderQueer Revolution presents Total Wellness!, a new LGBTIQ/gender health series for providers and community members alike. Each part of the series addresses a different topic and a unique audience, from providers to community members to allies, though all are welcome to each Total Wellness! workshop - Physicians, psychotherapists, nurses, social workers, counselors, clergy, student health services, anyone else who provides physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health care, and members of the trans/genderqueer/gender-gifted communities. As a provider, community member, or ally, what topics interest you? What do you wish providers knew when approaching trans/genderqueer patients? Which trans health myths would you like to see debunked?

In addition, GenderQueer Revolution provides trainings for businesses, HR Departments, community organizations, schools, campus organizations, civic groups, anyplace that finds itself needing LGBTIQ training for its employees, members, students, staff, or faculty. Topics include LGBT/Transgender 101, 201, and more specialized topics. We can provide panels or individual speakers, and GenderQueer Revolution and its founder Alexander Yoo, MA have earned awards and honors, and our award-winning speakers have appeared on television, radio, magazines,
and combined have well over a century of professional experience around gender.

Email info@genderqueerrevolution.org if you would like information about upcoming Total Wellness! workshops and educational opportunities or if you would like us to conduct sensitivity, cultural competency, or EEO compliance seminars for your organization.

GenderQueer Revolution Board

Alexander Yoo, President
Mike/Michelle Dennis, Treasurer
Rabbi Levi, Secretary
www.genderqueerrevolution.org
Contact GenderQueer Revolution
Online discussion group
Become a GQR MySpace friend
© Copyright 2007, GenderQueer Revolution

Call for GenderQueer Performers for Los Angeles Pride, 2007! 5/25 Deadline

2007-05-17T07:24:37Z

FROM THE GENDERQUEER REVOLUTION BOARD: PLEASE SEE THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION (BELOW).
GenderQueer Revolution, as part of an unprecedented agreement with Christopher Street West, will be presenting at the Empowerment Stage at CSW Pride this year on June 9 and 10th. We are looking for genderqueer performers with presentations/performance pieces with a uniquely genderqueer feel that will enliven, entertain, energize, and also, educate the wider world about genderqueer at one of the largest Pride events in the world. Those selected will have the opportunity to promote their art and their uniquely genderqueer selves by performing in front of the powers that be in the entertainment industry at Pride.

Interested? Then we need to hear from you by May 25!! Our selection committee will want to get a feel for you as a performer/presenter as well as your performance. You must provide video of the EXACT performance piece you would like to submit, preferably before a live audience (or reference past GenderQueer Revolution events at which you have performed). Your performance piece/presentation should fall between 10-15 minutes in length. We will have access to microphones, equipment to play audio CDs, and guitar amplifiers.

Send links to video to info@genderqueerrevolution.org , or email us if you will be performing in the area sometime between now and the 25th.

-GenderQueer Revolution Board
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Alexander Yoo, MA, President
Rabbi Levi, Secretary
Mike/Michelle Dennis, Treasurer
www.genderqueerrevolution.org
info@genderqueerrevolution.org
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http://www.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution
© Copyright 2007, GenderQueer Revolution

LJ Study - survey on psyc, sex, identity, and lj

2007-05-02T18:51:54Z

Hi.

I am doing a research study on how people use livejournal. I am interested in public, locked, and private posts and what people write in what kind of entries. Also, I want to understand more about how people express their identity and their sexuality in their livejournals. If you are 18 or older, American and interested in filling out my survey (10-30 minutes), please follow this link: http://www.oeducationalevents.com/LJa.HTM

I will not be able to reply to all comments on lj, so if you have a question about my survey or something, please email me directly.

A little about me:
My name is Kat. I am a graduate student in the Human Sexuality Studies program at SFSU. My areas of interest are adolescent sexuality, identity development, sexuality and the Internet, sexual literacy, and sex education. My email address is: researcherkat@gmail.com

Thanks!
Kat Scoggin
My advising professor is Deborah Tolman (dtolman@sfsu.edu). This research has been approved by the IRB of SFSU.

in response to Day of Silence

2007-04-18T03:23:58Z

who am I? today, I am self-expression. I stand for the darkness and for the light, and for the colors I can only dream of. I represent the thoughts and feelings that don't always translate to words.
but what I am also is compassion and community and communication. I have seen and felt the ache of the left unsaid, and I don't want to honor it. silence is as much a weapon as a spat slur.
so today I call for disarmament. I ask, in place, to complete some small act of sharing. to reveal a secret, to heal a broken friendship, or to have a conversation with a stranger (and the list goes on). instead of sitting down in solitude with the known hurt of the past, instead of trying to show you a wound that cannot be understood, I am finding new words today.

[cross-posted]

GenderQueer Revolution at Trans Leadership Summit: 1) Workshops and 2) Coffeetalk

2007-03-13T22:59:59Z

3/25/07 - GenderQueer Revolution at Trans Leadership Summit, at USC. (Please forward to others!)

Trans Leadership Summit Co-Sponsored in Part by GenderQueer Revolution. Check out GQR events throughout the Summit!
i.) GenderQueer Revolution, LA Chapter welcomes you to Coffeetalk on Sunday, March 25.
ii.) Check out presentations by GenderQueer Revolution representatives throughout the Summit. Check schedule for details.

(Please distribute widely. Thank you.)

This month only! GenderQueer Revolution, Los Angeles' Coffeetalk will be at USC as part of the Trans Leadership Summit, from 1-3PM! (Next Coffeetalks: 4/22, 5/27, 6/24 at our regular time and location, Cafe Tropical from 12-2 PM.)

GenderQueer Revolution Los Angeles Chapter's Coffeetalk

Get sustenance for your gender-fabulous Self!

For the month of March ONLY, GenderQueer Revolution LA's Coffeetalk will be part of the Transgender Leadership Summit, Leaders Working Together for Equality, the 2nd Annual Transgender Leadership Summit, March 23-25, 2007, at the Topping Center at University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

FREE REGISTRATION! Make sure to register today! For more information about the Summit, go HERE for more information including the schedule, and to register.

GQR's Coffeetalk will be taking place on the last day of the Summit, Sunday, March 25, from 1-3PM. (FTM Alliance members can leave at 1:30 for Guys Chat).

For directions to the Summit, go to the USC website.

www.genderqueerrevolution.org

www.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution

This month we will discuss how we as genderqueer, gender-fabulous, gender-gifted people integrate the rest of our lives with our genders. We might also talk about how ___-queerness goes beyond gender-, but into all the other elements of who we are, including race, ethnicity, philosophy, class, religion, age, language, and creed.

How do we process reexamination and recreation of our life narratives, gender and otherwise? The stories that others assign to us (and that sometimes we assign to ourselves), the details of supreme importance to us in our narratives for whatever conscious or unconscious reasons, the areas that divert from or align with well-known or well-rehearsed narratives - how do we make sense of it all? How do we value our unique narratives without shame and fear?

The Los Angeles Chapter of GenderQueer Revolution usually has Coffeetalk at Cafe Tropical, (on the corner of Sunset and Parkman in Silverlake), a friendly Cuban bakery with some of the best coffee in LA in a large, comfortable back room where we can freely talk, connect, and find sustenance for our gender-gifted souls.

Suggested donation of $2

Can't make it to Southern California? Whether or not you have a GQR chapter in your location, we want to invite you to the GQR-LA chat! We have been developing even better ways in which we can include our worldwide community, such as telephone conference, video conference, various kinds of IM, and so forth. Do you have an idea for how we can make GQR-LA's Coffeetalk more interactive and inclusive? Let us know! We want to launch our new interactive chat as soon as possible, and our Tech Team wants to hear from YOU.

More details of all the exciting developments, events, and other things GQR has planned for 2007, coming soon, or write us at info@genderqueerrevolution.org. Interact with other uniquely gender-gifted individuals at The GQR MySpace and at our online discussion group.

At last count...GenderQueer Revolution has

OVER 1300 MySpace FRIENDS,

Fellow revolutionaries who believe in gender-gifted, gender-fabulous space and the unique gift of gender in each and every Being.
Also, we wanted to express our sincerest thanks to everyone who have been leaving such wonderful, heartfelt comments. Your comments and messages
just confirm what we know, what drives us and motivates us in the work, that many others feel as we feel and see what we see, and want to
connect with the worldwide movement of individuals who share their heart cry.

Viva La Revolucion, indeed

-GenderQueer Revolution Board
Mike/Michelle Dennis, Treasurer
Rabbi Levi, Secretary
Alexander D. Roberto Jose. S.Z. Yoo, MA, President

--
"A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind." -Daisaku Ikeda
"Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new
order contradictory to the traditional one" -Jose Ortega y Gasset
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." -William James
"The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions." -Antony Jay

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www.genderqueerrevolution.org
info@genderqueerrevolution.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genderqueerrevolution
http://www.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution
© Copyright 2007, GenderQueer Revolution

Men Are Not Men

2007-03-07T22:24:19Z

(x-posted because this is so fascinating!)

Men Are Not Men

By Annalee Newitz

http://www.metroactive.com/metro/02.28.07/work-0709.html
http://www.techsploitation.com/

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I gave a presentation at the annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement of Science about how journalists often misreport the results of gender research because they have a lot of preconceived notions about men and women. Most of these notions come from popular culture, and since journalists are in the pop-culture biz, none of this should be a big surprise.

Still, sometimes a story is so egregiously reported—and based on such flimsy research—that it takes my breath away. Such was the case with a recent AP story about how a Stanford graduate student had "proven" that men in online virtual worlds behave "just like" men in real life.

The story focused on a study by Nick Yee, who spent a great deal of time in virtual world Second Life examining the behavior of avatars, or online representations of people. In the case of Second Life (SL), which is a very experimental world made by San Francisco's innovative Linden Lab, many avatars don't have a gender. Lots of people prefer to be animals or fairies or geometric objects. So already we're talking about a place where gender doesn't operate the same way it does among humans.

Nevertheless, Yee wanted to prove that men in SL act the same way psychologists say they do in real life. A few studies have shown that two men talking, on average, stand farther away from each other than women do. The same studies have shown that men tend to meet each other's eyes less than women do as well.

Yee postulated that you would see similar behaviors among male avatars in SL. By recording the interactions between several male and female avatars in various combinations, he and his research crew determined that male avatars do indeed tend to stand farther away from other male avatars—and meet their eyes less—than female avatars do. Thus, the AP headline crowing, "Virtual men also keep distance." Ah yes, everybody loves it when science confirms their stereotypes. Even The New York Times jumped on the bandwagon, covering the study noncritically, as if it made perfect sense that men would always be men, even in a virtual space.

I was, however, extremely skeptical. First of all, as I mentioned earlier, SL is already unlike the real world in that people can pick their gender (or lack thereof). My avatar in SL is a Hapa boy with blue hair. In real life, I am a white girl with brown hair. If I were truly reflecting my alleged real-life behavior, my avatar should act "like a woman," since I am a woman in real life.

I wrote to Yee and asked what he thought. He replied, "We are suggesting that male avatars, regardless of whether they are being controlled by male or female users, follow the social norms of men. This point isn't elaborated in the paper because we didn't have the right kind of data to prove this one way or another." Too bad that AP thought he did have the data to prove that and reported it as such.

What Yee really discovered is that avatars don't reflect social norms at all: women are acting "male" and vice-versa. This, I can tell you from experience, would not be viewed as the "social norm" in real life. Moreover, Yee admits in his scientific paper that he and his researchers basically had to guess at the genders of the avatars they met, since it's hard to tell with many avatars.

Are you getting the picture here? It's a classic example of researchers imposing their preconceptions onto a culture that doesn't conform to their norms. Upon encountering a society of many genders, where non-gendering is part of the norm, Yee and crew still attempted to figure out a way to find "real world" gendered behavior. It's like Margaret Mead, only worse because we should know better.

So what about the idea that men don't meet each other's eyes as much in SL? I pointed out to Yee that often people in SL can't control their head movements so there's no way to know where somebody intends to look. He replied that he measured the direction that people had faced their avatars, and that that stood in for the idea of gazing at someone. But how do you figure out where a person whose body is shaped like a tank is trying to position himself? What about all the people in SL who are not paying much attention to the exact position of their virtual bodies because their point of view defaults to two feet behind their avatars' heads, first-person-shooter style? Yee's study didn't get into that either.

Basically, all Yee did was go into a virtual world whose gender norms he didn't understand and try to find ways that it reflected gender norms he did understand. He imposed his own notion of "male" and "female" onto avatars who are often neither. And he topped it off by trying to map real-life body language onto the clunky movements of digital representations. Are you surprised that Yee found exactly what he wanted to prove? No, I'm not either.

http://www.metroactive.com/metro/02.28.07/work-0709.html

http://www.techsploitation.com/

Greetings.

2007-02-28T08:24:41Z

Hello all.

My name is Nic and I am new here.

I currently reside in Monterey, CA and work professionally in town as a photojournalist and a few other part-time jobs.

I am anti-gender. I feel that I don't need to follow gender roles, which are culturally constructed anyways. If someone comes along that is a guy or a girl, it doesn't matter.

Love doesn't have a gender.

~ n

Hope to see you this Sunday! Don't miss the last GQR-LA Coffeetalk of the Year!!

2006-11-25T09:39:24Z

THIS SUNDAY! 12-2 PM! GenderQueer Revolution Los
Angeles Chapter's LAST COFFEETALK of the year! No more meetings or
events until 2007!

(Please distribute widely. Thank you.)

GenderQueer Revolution Los Angeles Chapter's Coffeetalk

Get sustenance for your gender-fabulous Self!

This Sunday, November 26, 12-2 PM
Look for us in the meeting room of Cafe Tropical

2900 W. Sunset Blvd.

Silverlake, Los Angeles CA

www.genderqueerrevolution.org

www.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution

This month, in addition to spending some
time discussing how we as genderqueer, gender-fabulous, gender-gifted
people integrate the rest of our lives with our genders, to prepare for
the holiday blitz, we will also discuss the ways we are thankful for
the gift of gender in our lives and how we might celebrate it during
whatever the holidays hold for us. We might also talk about how
___-queerness goes beyond gender-, but into all the other elements of
who we are, including race, ethnicity, philosophy, class, religion,
age, language, and creed.

The Los Angeles Chapter of GenderQueer Revolution has Coffeetalk at Cafe Tropical, (on the corner of
Sunset and Parkman in Silverlake), a friendly Cuban bakery with some of
the best coffee in LA in a large, comfortable back room where we can
freely talk, connect, and find sustenance for our gender-gifted souls.

Suggested donation of $2

Can't make it to Southern California? Whether or not you have a
GQR chapter in your location, we want to invite you to the GQR-LA chat!
We have been developing even better ways in which we can include our
worldwide community, such as telephone conference, video conference,
various kinds of IM, and so forth. Do you have an idea for how we can
make GQR-LA's Coffeetalk more interactive and inclusive? Let us know!
We want to launch our new interactive chat at the start of the new
year.

GenderQueer Revolution proudly welcomes our newest chapter, in the South Bay area!

Stay tuned for more information on GenderQueer Revolution, South Bay's launch event!

Interested in creating a GenderQueer Revolution chapter in your part of the world?

Would you like to start or renew your membership with GenderQueer Revolution (available all over the world)?
Take advantage of all the benefits of GQR membership!
More details of all the exciting developments, events,
G.E.N.D.E.R.S., and other things GQR has planned for 2007, coming soon, or write us at
info@genderqueerrevolution.org.

At last count...GenderQueer Revolution has

OVER 800 MySpace FRIENDS,

Fellow revolutionaries who believe in
gender-gifted, gender-fabulous space and the unique gift of gender in
each and every Being.

Also, we wanted to express our sincerest
thanks to everyone who have been leaving such wonderful, heartfelt comments. Your
comments and messages just confirm what we know, what drives us and
motivates us in the work, that many others feel as we feel and see what
we see, and want to connect with the worldwide movement of individuals
who share their heart cry.

Viva La Revolucion, indeed.

-GenderQueer Revolution Board

--
"A
great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a
change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change
in the destiny of humankind." -Daisaku Ikeda

"Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the
setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one" -Jose
Ortega y Gasset

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." -William James
"The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions." -Antony Jay

---
www.genderqueerrevolution.org

info@genderqueerrevolution.org

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genderqueerrevolution
http://www.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution

http://groups.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution
© Copyright 2006, GenderQueer Revolution

student in need of help!

2006-11-19T18:53:24Z

Hi all! I'm new to this online community though not all that new to the New York City trans community. I'm a student at The New School and am writing my thesis on transgender safe space in Greenwich Village, particularly looking at hate crimes and police abuse. I'm doing my fieldwork interviews with advocacy groups, police, and individuals and would like to have more individual input. I have a short survey that I would love to have anyone fill out that identifies as trans and either lives or frequents NYC's The Village. If shouldn’t take more than about ten minutes to fill out the survey. If you’re willing to help, please comment or email me at charb497@newschool.edu. THANKS!

11/15-16: CSULB and GenderQueer Revolution Celebrate the Trans/GenderQueer Day of Remembrance

2006-11-13T21:47:33Z

GenderQueer Revolution proudly supports Beyond the Binary which in association with the CSULB Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center, is producing CSULB's Transgender Day of Remembrance! Please see enclosed press release and flyer for more information and the schedule of events. You can also view the attached information on the GenderQueer Revolution site under "Events" at www.genderqueerrevolution.org - visit us on the web!

“A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.” -Daisaku Ikeda

“Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one” -Jose Ortega y Gasset

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." -William James

"The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions." -Antony Jay

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www.genderqueerrevolution.org

info@genderqueerrevolution.org

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genderqueerrevolution

GenderQueer Revolution's MySpace

http://groups.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution

© Copyright 2006, GenderQueer Revolution

If you cannot view the press release and flyer attached below, please see the copy included for your convenience:

C A L I F O R N I A S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y, L O N G B E A C H

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER RESOURCE CENTER

Press Release

October 27, 2006

Cal State Long Beach Raises Visibility of Gender Identity and Expression Issues with Transgender Day of Remembrance Events

MEDIA CONTACT:

Sumi Braun, Student Organizer

California State University, Long Beach

sbraun@csulb.edu

310.614.4713

“Transgender Day of Remembrance is an important time for us to not only cry for those who have fallen victim to anti-trans hatred and violence, but also for us to be angry for living in a society that ignores these deaths.”

-Sumi Braun, Student Organizer.

California State University, Long Beach – November 15, 2006 - The campus Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center will host Transgender Day of Remembrance programming for the first time at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 and Thursday, November 16, 2006. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of hate crimes against transgender individuals and people who are targeted because of their gender identity and/or gender expression. This event is also an opportunity for non-transgender individuals to become allies and advocate for people who have endured harassment because of their gender identity and/or gender expression.

Scheduled events include the following:

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

* 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Introduction to Gender Identity and Gender Expression (University Student Union 304)

Thursday, November 16, 2006

* 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Trans/Genderqueer Speakers’ Panel (Multicultural Center, Faculty Office 3 - Room 2)

* 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Candlelight Vigil (Commencement Field, South Campus)

Transgender Day of Remembrance is an international event that raises visibility of gender identity and expression issues. The first Day of Remembrance event was a candlelight vigil held in San Francisco in 1999. This Day of Remembrance was held in honor of Rita Hester, a transwoman who was murdered in her apartment outside Boston, Massachusetts on November 28, 1998. Ms. Hester died of multiple stab wounds, and her murder remains unsolved. Her death sparked the creation of a web project (rememberingourdead.org) dedicated to immortalizing persons killed because of anti-transgender prejudice.

Talia Duran, student organizer, explains why she chose to get involved with Transgender Day of Remembrance as an ally, “Transgender Day of Remembrance is important to me because my partner is transgendered. We all need to know about these hate crimes because awareness brings change.”

CSULB Division of Student Services Sponsors for Transgender Day of Remembrance events include: The LGBT Resource Center at CSULB; Project Choice: Asian Pacific Islander Students for Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention; Rainbow Coalition; Delta Lambda Phi – Rho Chapter; Counseling and Psychological Services; and Student Life and Development. Campus collaborators include: Episcopal Campus Ministry at CSULB; United Methodist Campus Ministry; Multicultural Resource Center; and Women’s Resource Center.

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The LGBT Resource Center at CSULB is a student-run organization that strives to promote full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex, queer-identified, and questioning individuals and their allies at CSULB. The center also strives to eliminate heterosexism, homophobia, gender identity oppression, sexism, classism, racism, ableism, and other blatant and institutional forms of marginalization by providing advocacy, collection, and dissemination of information and resources, and supporting campus queer and ally organizations.

antigender @ 2006-10-14T05:07:00

2006-10-14T05:17:47Z

GenderQueer Revolution, the national organization dedicated to empowering people of all genders, helping people to embrace the gift of gender in their own lives and in the lives of others, supporting and cultivating genderqueer, gender-gifted individuals and communities, uniquely gender-gifted art, spirituality, research, and academics, and educating and building bridges across trans, gendered, queer, and non-queer communities and beyond....

...has a MySpace. Become a Friend to GQR today! For those of you who prefer connecting and staying informed through MySpace, becoming a MySpace Friend to GQR will enable you to stay current with GQR and genderqueer events, opportunities, updates, and news, and you just might make some friends with other gender-gifted, gender-fabulous people across the nation, maybe the world.

http://www.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution

We also have a MySpace group at http://groups.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution

As always, we have an ongoing discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genderqueerrevolution/, but we know how some of you roll. For some of you, it's MySpace or nothing, and we at GQR want to make genderqueer resources as widespread as possible.

Find us at www.genderqueerrevolution.org as well!

-GenderQueer Revolution Board
--
"A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind." -Daisaku Ikeda
"Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one" -Jose Ortega y Gasset
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." -William James
"The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions." -Antony Jay
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www.genderqueerrevolution.org
info@genderqueerrevolution.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genderqueerrevolution
http://profile.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution
http://groups.myspace.com/genderqueerrevolution
© Copyright 2006, GenderQueer Revolution

9/24: GenderQueer Revolution Monthly CoffeeTalk: Sunday, 9-24

2006-09-21T06:04:07Z

The Los Angeles chapter of GQR meets monthly on the 4th Sunday of every month in the Silverlake area.

Remaining Coffeetalk dates for the rest of the year: September 24, October 22, November 26, break in December, resume January 28, 2007

To chat in real time with the folks at the LA Coffeetalk, find us online through Yahoo! Chat. Natasha (Yahoo ID: xiomberg) is waiting to include you in the discussion!

9/24 - GenderQueer Revolution Monthly CoffeeTalk: Sunday, September, 24

(Please distribute widely. Thank you.)

GenderQueer Revolution's Monthly Coffeetalk

Come for the coffee, stay for the conversation

GQR-LA's Coffeetalk (other chapter monthly/quarterly events forthcoming)

Sunday, September 24, 12-2 PM

Look for us in the meeting room of Cafe Tropical

2900 W. Sunset Blvd.

Silverlake, CA

www.genderqueerrevolution.org

Take a break from the work week, school, and other life stressors! Stop by the GenderQueer Revolution CoffeeTalk meeting, held the fourth Sunday of every month from 12-2 PM. In addition to some light sustenance for the body, come prepared to receive sustenance for the other-gender/beyond gender/genderqueer S/spirit inside of you in the form of conversation, support, and discussion with other gender fabulous, gender-gifted Beings!

GQR LA's Coffeetalk meets at Cafe Tropical, (on the corner of Sunset and Parkman in Silverlake), a friendly Cuban bakery with some of the best coffee in LA, has a large, comfortable back room where we can freely talk, connect, and find sustenance for our gender-gifted souls.

This month we will spend some time discussing how our unique genders, as genderqueer, gender-fabulous, gender-gifted people integrate the rest of our lives with our genders. We might also talk about how ___-queerness goes beyond gender-, but into all the other elements of who we are, including race, ethnicity, philosophy, class, religion, age, language, and creed.

Suggested donation of $2

Can't make it to Southern California? GQR members in other parts of the world can connect through our virtual cafe and chat with us in real time through Yahoo! Chat. Find Natasha online at 12 noon Pacific time, Yahoo ID xiomberg. See you there!

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hallo

2006-09-17T20:59:34Z

I'm a new member and i'd like to introduce myself.
my name is annika.
i am a revolutionary.
i believe that gender is a stereotype and i believe it's discriminatory.
i want to erase all lines drawn as boundaries.
i enjoy being pretty as a girl but i also enjoy being masculine and dominative as a boy is supposed to be, so it's not surprising that i crossdress. often i wear exotic makeup and a trashy top, and baggy pants and stuff my underwear.

so imagine if you will, my vision of a perfect world defined into a shopping department.

as you walk in and to the back of the store you notice there is NO Women's and Men's departments, only an Adult and Children's. pants are with pants, shirts are with shirts, no matter why style or cut with a universal sizing based on measurements and not abstract numbers, panties with boxers in the lingerie department of the store and no one even looks up while they're shopping, no matter what article of clothing you pick up and hold to yourself for measurement. no one judges you for that.

the bathroom in the store is big and has no "male" or "female" symbol, there are urinals and stalls and people just generally respect each other's privacy.

everything blended in a perfect unisex little store.

i hope i can contribute to this community. thank you for letting me join. i'll try and post pictures and art soon.
feel free to give me constructive criticism i'm very open.

~Annika

A statement

2006-07-26T07:33:06Z

The focus of this community is to provide an open forum for all things related to gender. The focus is to destroy gender, and by doing so we need to have an open forum for ALL ideas in regards to gender. I am a firm believer in the market place of ideas, and that market place can provide us with new insights and new ideas.

I do not censor anything, nor promote any fascist attitudes such as "love it or leave". If you're an idiot, your words will be punishment enough. Making absurd statements should be your own choosing. The only thing I'll delete are advertisements and outright personal attacks (If someone is being harassed let me know and I'll deal with it). To challenge an idea is good, that way we get an open dialogue. Other communities are scared of challenges, and as a result it weakens the goal of those communities. The only way a theory can live on is to be challenged.

The goal of destroying gender is the realization that gender oppresses us all. Idenity Politics that leads to Competitive Victimization only promotes gender, and the need to feel like a victim. The focus should be on the individual, as gender effects us on an individual level first and foremost, and as such should always include other factors such as class, situation, and culture. We need unity, to study this stuff on an individual level. Petty competitions over who is oppressed more is down right laughable and has plagued academia and the left for far too long.

Separatism is not being against gender. Freedom of speech is speech that you and I don't agree with. I don't want to be separated by it, I want to see/hear it so I can respond to it if I feel it's worth my time to respond to it. Nothing was ever accomplished by hiding.

This community is not a dictatorship like other so called "anti gender" communities. I maintain the community, but beyond that I am one of you. A community is made up of it's members.

Zero Gender

antigender @ 2008-06-16T11:39:00

Global Queer Rights - Take Action!!!

Queer Liberationist or Gay Assimilationist?

Free Speech Where do We Draw the Line?

"Voices Against 377" - Human Rights for Singapore!

Hope for Trans Community With New DSM - V?

Introducing Queers United

DiversityInc's No. 1 Employer Is Against Gender Identity/Expression In Non-Discrimination Policy

MELBOURNE: Transdestinations Festival sun jan 27th - cross posted

Yo Ho Ho, etc.

antigender @ 2007-09-17T23:19:00

GenderQueer Revolution Coffeetalk, LA: Sunday, 6/24, 12-2 PM

Call for GenderQueer Performers for Los Angeles Pride, 2007! 5/25 Deadline

LJ Study - survey on psyc, sex, identity, and lj

in response to Day of Silence

GenderQueer Revolution at Trans Leadership Summit: 1) Workshops and 2) Coffeetalk

3/25/07 - GenderQueer Revolution at Trans Leadership Summit, at USC. (Please forward to others!)

Men Are Not Men

Greetings.

Hope to see you this Sunday! Don't miss the last GQR-LA Coffeetalk of the Year!!

THIS SUNDAY! 12-2 PM! GenderQueer Revolution LosAngeles Chapter's LAST COFFEETALK of the year! No more meetings orevents until 2007!

student in need of help!

11/15-16: CSULB and GenderQueer Revolution Celebrate the Trans/GenderQueer Day of Remembrance

antigender @ 2006-10-14T05:07:00

9/24: GenderQueer Revolution Monthly CoffeeTalk: Sunday, 9-24

9/24 - GenderQueer Revolution Monthly CoffeeTalk: Sunday, September, 24

hallo

A statement

THIS SUNDAY! 12-2 PM! GenderQueer Revolution Los
Angeles Chapter's LAST COFFEETALK of the year! No more meetings or
events until 2007!