Tag: Identity policing

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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 […]

Quickies 08/13/2012

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On August 14, 2012

The FAA has eliminated the psychological testing requirement for trans pilots.  Now we will take over THE SKIES! “My friend group has a case of the creepy-dude. How do we clear that up?”

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In any very large event where the people attending do not know most other attendees, there are two things, which characterize the event. First will be some kind of activity: athletic competition, a march, a concert. Second, and usually most important, there is a complicated and evolving dynamic of shared identity, which binds the attendees […]
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