Starting at a new workplace tomorrow and I made these to prepare after the experiences I had at the last bar I was working at 😩⚧👽 The the cis need to start paying me for the amount of emotional labour I do for them 😥💅🏋 Here’s the PDF to print off yr own: tinyurl.com/lffu5oh
obviously only applies to NBs who use they pronouns and live in Ontario tho so feel free to use the format and customize yr own
Mom says BBC lied to get her to take part in ‘anti-trans’ documentary about her kid
“The program information gives an interview with Dr Kenneth Zucker, who the documentary filmmakers say ‘lost his job for challenging the new orthodoxy that children know best’.
In fact, Zucker lost his job after being hit with allegations of psychological abuse against minors. His ‘techniques’ were aimed to ‘repair’ the ‘biological’ gender, and told parents to discard of ‘feminine toys’. The Canadian ‘doctor’ was discredited, disgraced and the gender clinic issued an apology to the more than 500 pre-pubescent youth who came into contact with him since he started practicing in the 1970s.”
(via Gay Star News)
The Situation at The University of Toronto
There is a serious situation of transphobic violence and harassment happening at the University of Toronto and we need your help!
Please watch and share, and also read, download and distribute the following documents:
Investigation Report
Transphobia in Toronto (open letter)
INTACT’s list of demands for the University of TorontoTransgender, nonbinary and intersex activists in Toronto would appreciate any and all help in circulating this information, re-centering the narrative on the marginalized people being effected by these events, demanding accountability from the University of Toronto, and taking steps to reduce the harm done to our community.
To contribute to the funding of this investigation and to help with others moving forward, please consider donating to this crowdfunder.
Transphobia in Toronto: The Game of the Genderqueer Strawman
This is an open letter I’ve written in regards to the recent controversy at the University of Toronto surrounding Jordan Peterson and the use of gender-neutral pronouns. For those who are uninformed or potentially misinformed about these events, I highly encourage you to read this letter, and would appreciate it being circulated on social media.
This issue is severely impacting transgender, nonbinary and intersex people in Toronto and the media is not paying attention to our stories. Please do what you can to get this out. Thank you.
Ambiguous Bodies and Deviant Sexualities: Hermaphrodites, Homosexuality, and Surgery in the United States, 1850-1904
This article is the only one I’ve read so far out of the ones my partner got from the U of T medical library. It was completely eye-opening and explores the correlation between the medicalization/pathologization of homosexuality, bisexuality and gender variance and the rise of normalizing surgeries in intersex infants.
A very important and relatively short read that I heavily encourage intersex people as well as dyadic LGBT people to read.
CW: intersexism, homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, conversion therapy, surgery, forced sex assignment, medical/body talk
Why It's Important To Admit That Being Trans Can Be Funny - The Establishment
“When I meet up with my trans friends, what stands out is how much we laugh. It can be because of internet memes or jokes, but more often, it has to do with the practical realities of living life while trans. Writing your deed poll, a legal document that proves a change of name, on the back of an envelope (it’s legal no matter where you write it!) and then losing it when you want to show your bank … how tucking can go wrong … everything surrounding bathrooms …
This can all be funny.”
Lane's Top Surgery
My name is Lane Patriquin, I am a 22-year-old disabled nonbinary artist and activist living in Toronto.
I’ve been pursuing top surgery for 4 years, and have gone through the time-consuming process of being funded through OHIP. On May 20th, 2016 I was finally approved, and it was one of the happiest days of my life. I was all the more overjoyed when I learned that I had the option of going to a doctor in Mississauga.
I have been living with gender dysphoria for all of my self-aware life, which resulted in severe depression, self-harm and suicidality before I was able to realize my gender identity and come out at the age of 17. I also live with chronic pain which prevents me from being able to wear a binder, and so concealing my chest relies on hunching over most of the time. Maintaining such bad posture for so many years has exacerbated my pain, and prevented me from being able to commit myself to physiotherapy.
My physiotherapist has agreed that top surgery needs to be a medical priority for me for my overall physical health.
Dr. MacLean’s arrangement means that OHIP will pay him the standard rate for the surgery, and he will charge on top of that. The estimate I received was $2000.
With the travel expenses it would require, and the fact that I have been very disappointed with Dr. Brassard’s results for the type of surgery I plan to get, my family and I agreed that Montreal was not an option.I chose to go through the OHIP route because I did not want to have to rely on crowd-funding or accepting money from others in order to fund my surgery, but it seems due to the nature of this arrangement and my current financial and health situation, that I will still wind up needing all the help I can get in affording this.
I am asking for $3000, to cover the estimated $2000 for my surgery, as well as travel, lodging and food while I have to stay in Mississauga. I consider this to be a conservative estimate, given that after all the expenses it may cost much more than that, but $3000 is what I’m comfortable setting as a goal.I will be attempting to acquire some form of employment over the summer to contribute to this as well, but unfortunately due to my disabilities finding work I can do has always been difficult, I am not able to work very many hours when I do find work, and due to the nature of my schooling I will also have to be putting money towards my tuition and student loans at the same time. But I assure you I will also be contributing whatever funds I can towards this.
I have so much love and gratitude for the support I’ve received in my transition from my friends, family, and the trans, nonbinary and queer communities. Even if you can donate a dollar it would make a big difference towards helping me start living in the world as the person I know I am, and recover from chronic pain.
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Hey guys! I feel weird posting about this on Life Outside The Binary since it’s kind of personal, but I’m in kind of a tight spot trying to afford my upcoming top surgery, so if you appreciate what I do here and have a dollar or two to spare I would really appreciate it! If not, reading and boosting also helps. thanks everyone <3
I haven’t seen a lot of posts that shed some positivity for non-binary Muslims who wear the hijab – I personally sometimes feel it’s frustrating that people see hijabi non-binary people as “female” just because the hijab is an obligation for women. My hijab does not define my gender; only my obligation to my God and my religion!
Shoutout to all non-binary hijabi Muslims out there; you are valid and Allah loves you, insya-Allah!
Petition: Consider taking EDM660 forward into law
“There are many individuals in the UK and around the world who do not identify as male or female. Bodies are typically male or female, though some cannot be placed in either category through natural variation, and we find the same holds true of minds. The use of the X marker would have no significant impact on bureaucracy and yet would allow those who fall through the gaps of the current system to be represented honestly in their documentation in a way that is accurate to their lived experience.”
Please share this petition, and sign if you are a UK citizen!
