I really want to present at next years Lavender Languages conference* about presentation of non binary genders through linguistics. I’m really realizing that there is a large gap even at this conference in academia, where study of binary trans presentation has a presence, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen any talks on non binary individuals, which I think is a increasingly problematic oversight.
My own research was already trending toward a majority of non binary participants, but I feel like I don’t have enough people to actually draw conclusions.
So, if your gender is non binary (genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, bigender, third gender, demi, etc.), you are over 18, you live in the general Boston area, and would be comfortable being interviewed about your speech, please please please contact me. Feel free to send me messages/asks for more information as well.
tumblr user/troll @jerrygic and
@john-has-cancer are going through the genderfluid tag and commenting on everyone’s posts with “genderfluid is cancer”, making violent comments/threats, misgendering people, using offensive language and slurs, etc.
just letting people know so you can black list/block these users and not take their comments personally bc they’re just trolls and they’re doing it to the whole tag
tumblr user/troll @jerrygic and
@john-has-cancer are going through the genderfluid tag and commenting on everyone’s posts with “genderfluid is cancer”, making violent comments/threats, misgendering people, using offensive language and slurs, etc.
just letting people know so you can black list/block these users and not take their comments personally bc they’re just trolls and they’re doing it to the whole tag
Our friends at Fight to the Future have created a petition where you can sign on to a letter condemning the US Army’s treatment of Chelsea.
According to the Army, Chelsea swept food onto the floor in the
prison mess hall (unclear if it was an accident or on purpose). Then,
when pulled aside about the incident by a corrections officer
afterwards, she said, among other things, “I want a lawyer.” Afterwards,
prison officials found “prohibited” books and magazines in her cell,
including the now famous Vanity Fair with Caitlyn Jenner on the
cover. She was also charged with having “expired toothpaste” in her
possession. For this, she faces “indefinite solitary confinement.”
This may sound like an exaggeration, but it’s not. Below are the actual charges, word for word, from the Army.
Solitary confinement, as even Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy recently wrote,
is a barbaric punishment that can drive prisoners mad—yet thousands of
prisoners are subject to it in the United States per year. As Fight to the Future states, even if these charges against Manning are 100% true,
it is no reason to throw a person in solitary confinement for an
indefinite period and is a violation of anyone’s human rights - whether
they are a whistleblower or anyone else.
It should go without saying that the Army should drop these frivolous charges immediately.
We are taking donations to Chelsea Manning’s legal fund as she tries to fight her conviction under the Espionage Act. You can donate here.
