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Now available: The Genders, Bodies, & Relationships Passport In consultation with their Members, the National LGBTI Health Alliance has developed an innovative new tool for individuals and organisations to help ensure safe and inclusive care for intersex, trans, and gender diverse people. For individuals the Passport is a way to communicate with services about your health needs – particularly those that relate to your gender, body, or relationships. For organisations the Passport is an opportunity …
It’s a sign of how much journalism has changed over the last few years that people in the public aren’t automatically shamed or labelled by the media (although there’s always the comment trolls to take up the slack). A case in point is the Steph Kretowicz‘s interview with American musician Shamir Bailey in online magazine Dummy. The focus is on Shamir’s latest album — Ratchet — and moves slowly and respectfully into more personal territory, including, stunningly …
Dr Chris Neff, lecturer in public policy at the University of Sydney has requested suggestions from Genderqueer Australia, IndigenousX and Sydney Feminists for a staff retreat they’re holding You can make suggestions on twitter @christopherneff Note: replying to this on Facebook won’t get the information through!
Mohammed Abad fell under a car as a child and dragged 600 feet. He’s had 119 operations to salvage his penis, but until an 8 inch inflatable implant was added, he wasn’t able to have an erection. David Pescovitz from BoingBoing comments: The implant was the culmination of years of reconstructive surgery. These kinds of implants are commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction. But far from being a rare surgery, it’s performed all the time, as Trans-health.com notes: …
Photographer Dave Naz created a documentary while creating the genderqueer beyond the binary photographic book (Rare bird books). This 60 min documentary features trans, genderqueer, butch and queer people interviewed on their varied experiences with gender identity. Addressing topics from hormones to employment to growing up, “Identity” is a series of enlightening and heartfelt interviews. Here’s the full movie, via YouTube.
Photographer Dave Naz was interviewed for the British Journal of Photography about his new book “Genderqueer and other Gender Identities” (Rare Bird publishers). Having the trust of everyone involved in a project like this is a lot of pressure and I didn’t want to let anyone down. I wanted to make sure the work was presented in a sensitive way and wouldn’t come across as exploitative. The book features images taken of all gender non-conforming groups, …
One of the many brilliant things about Doctor Who is the fact Time Lords don’t care one way or another about sex and gender, they just pick a body that suits them. This post on the BoingBoing Instagram feed further muddies the water, gender wise, and gives genderqueers a new role model! A photo posted by Boing Boing (@boingboing) on Jan 8, 2016 at 5:36pm PST While there’s considerable noise been made about making The …
