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'''Gigi Raven Wilbur''' (born September 23, 1955) is an American activist and writer, and is one of the people who created Celebrate Bisexuality Day (an annual event held on Gigi's birthday). Gigi is also [[intersex]] and underwent surgery after birth to appear "male". Some of the words Gigi has used to identify are "hermaphrodite", "[[third gender]]", and "[[ladyboy]]".<ref name="Scott-Dixon2006">{{cite book|last=Scott-Dixon|first=Krista|title=Trans/forming Feminisms: Trans/feminist Voices Speak Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bPqAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|year=2006|publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press|isbn=9781894549615|pages=65–71}}</ref> | '''Gigi Raven Wilbur''' (born September 23, 1955) is an American activist and writer, and is one of the people who created Celebrate Bisexuality Day (an annual event held on Gigi's birthday). Gigi is also [[intersex]] and underwent surgery after birth to appear "male". Some of the words Gigi has used to identify are "hermaphrodite", "[[third gender]]", and "[[ladyboy]]".<ref name="Scott-Dixon2006">{{cite book|last=Scott-Dixon|first=Krista|title=Trans/forming Feminisms: Trans/feminist Voices Speak Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bPqAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|year=2006|publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press|isbn=9781894549615|pages=65–71}}</ref> | ||
Gigi | Gigi uses "she/her", "he/him", and "s/he" pronouns.<ref name="Funk">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Gigi Raven Wilbur |author=Mason Funk |work=OUTWORDS |date=1 June 2017 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://theoutwordsarchive.org/subjectdetail/gigi-raven-wilbur}}</ref><ref name="2015bio">[http://web.archive.org/web/20150402134257/http://myravenslair.com/gigi.html Website bio], archived 2 April 2015</ref><ref name="newbio">[https://www.ravenslairleather.com/gigibio Current website bio]</ref><ref name="Wang">{{Cite web |title=Gigi Raven Wilbur: Advice on Bisexuality and Intersexism |author=Alexandra Wang |work=interviews |date=4 August 2018 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://howcanibeofservice.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/gigi-raven-wilbur-advice-on-bisexuality-and-intersexism/}}</ref> In addition to her work in the bisexual community, s/he is also active in the pagan and BDSM communities.<ref name="2015bio" /> S/he is also open about having ADHD and dyslexia.<ref name="Wang" /> Gigi identifies as both [[bisexual]] and [[pansexual]].<ref name="Funk" /><ref name="newbio" /> | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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"In the transgender community, there is a concept of [[passing]]. Within a [[binary gender]] system, being able to pass as a different gender may seem healthy and good. The truth is that passing is propagating the myth of a binary gender system. It is a lie and is unhealthy. When we can see gender as a spectrum, then we can be the gender we are and celebrate in our diversity. It takes the value system out of gender and helps us move away from rigid gender stereotypes. [...] I feel that the concept of passing is destructive, both for those who cannot pass and for those who can pass. It establishes and reinforces gender roles and stereotypes. It sets a judgmental standard that is arbitrary and ill defined. A healthy approach is to recognize the full spectrum of gender, which is already present in the GLBT community. We see [[butch]] women and effeminate men. Perhaps it is time to reset the standards to fit what nature has created—a full spectrum of gender."<ref name="Brookover" /> | "In the transgender community, there is a concept of [[passing]]. Within a [[binary gender]] system, being able to pass as a different gender may seem healthy and good. The truth is that passing is propagating the myth of a binary gender system. It is a lie and is unhealthy. When we can see gender as a spectrum, then we can be the gender we are and celebrate in our diversity. It takes the value system out of gender and helps us move away from rigid gender stereotypes. [...] I feel that the concept of passing is destructive, both for those who cannot pass and for those who can pass. It establishes and reinforces gender roles and stereotypes. It sets a judgmental standard that is arbitrary and ill defined. A healthy approach is to recognize the full spectrum of gender, which is already present in the GLBT community. We see [[butch]] women and effeminate men. Perhaps it is time to reset the standards to fit what nature has created—a full spectrum of gender."<ref name="Brookover" /> | ||
"One of my big dreams life vision is to create a sex-positive world that's accepting of all sexes and where there's equality between all sexes. We have so much misogyny and just inequality in life."<ref name="Funk" /> | |||
"Doctors should not play God and force babies to become male or female. People should choose their [[gender identity]]."<ref name="Wang" /> | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Raven_Wilbur Wikipedia entry] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Raven_Wilbur Wikipedia entry] | ||
*[https://www.ravenslairleather.com Gigi's website] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||