Category: Gender

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I Know it When I Experience It

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In Gay , Gender , Sex & Sexuality
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On December 20, 2012
So, the UK government is working through the necessary legal contortions to achieve marriage equality (yay!), and of course opponents are falling all over themselves trying to come up with ways to prevent, delay, or weaken this.  One particular issue that’s been raised struck me as faintly absurd at first blush: British marriage law currently […]
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Bender is the Greatest! (At Being a Fembot)

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In Gender
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On November 27, 2012
Hello, all! Lux, here, writing my first legitimate post for Queereka! (Insert Akin joke here.) Since I’m jumping the gun a bit and posting before being formally introduced, allow me to fill you with information. Having been recently married, I changed my entire name. You may be more familiar with me as “Elly”, which you […]
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Gender Neutral Pronouns

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In Gender , Transgender
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On July 14, 2012
Various groups of people have been trying to create and popularize gender neutral pronouns in the English language for quite some time. Ze/hir, hu/hus, and many other neologisms have been tried – but none have ever caught on outside of the transgender communities. Their primary function has been to irritate and confuse our cisgender allies, […]
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