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======A New Generation Overthrows Gender====== | ======A New Generation Overthrows Gender====== | ||
* https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/02/526067768/a-new-generation-overthrows-gender | * https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/02/526067768/a-new-generation-overthrows-gender | ||
====Sapiens Anthropology Magazine==== | |||
=====August 2020===== | |||
======My Nonbinary Child====== | |||
* https://www.sapiens.org/biology/nonbinary/ | |||
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:The author, a biological anthropologist, talks about her child coming out as [[femme]] and [[agender]]. Very supportive. | |||
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:Barbara J. King | |||
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<blockquote>Certainly, I make mistakes myself when I speak about or to Sarah, more often than I ever thought I would. Those 26 years of habit don’t break easily; [[pronoun]] use is a “very deeply seated feature of language,” according to linguist John McWhorter. My husband and I have set up a system to help each other. When one of us is talking to or about Sarah and accidentally misgenders them, the other raises a hand high in the air. Less harsh than a verbal interruption, this signal works well to keep us focused and on track. | |||
In 2020, intolerance and violence seem to have increased across much of the world, including against trans and nonbinary people. We can and must create a world where queer rights, including nonbinary rights, are human rights. I believe that coming to know the lived experiences of queer and nonbinary folks can help. | |||
Sarah is a young adult making their way forward in the world as an agender person. I am thankful for their permission to tell a part of their story here. As I think how best to end this essay, I am filled with one upwelling sensation. I am proud to be the mom of a wonderful person—one who works tirelessly for social justice, and who lives as neither a woman nor a man. To love them as they are is a gift of my life.</blockquote> | |||
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:King also wrote a piece in 2013 for NPR titled [https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/12/12/250012887/why-we-need-more-than-three-genders Why We Need More Than Three Genders]. | |||
====Associated Press==== | ====Associated Press==== | ||