A couple of months ago, it was major news that a bill was proposed in Florida to prohibit transgender people from using public, single-sex restrooms that do not match the sex they were born as. I saw arguments for and against, and eventually the story disappeared into the cyber dust that gets stirred up as […]
Posts Tagged ‘binary’
When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go!
Posted: 25th April 2015 by admin in BlogTags: #coming out, #LGBT youth, #transgender, binary, gender neutral restrooms
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Shades of Meaning or Shady Meanings?
Posted: 17th November 2013 by admin in BlogTags: #LGBT youth, adolescent development, binary, identity, queer, self-image, self-respect
“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.” ~Maya Angelou I am surrounded by an ongoing debate about words. Whether or not to, what does it mean, who can use that word, how do we write policy around using that […]
Being enough
Posted: 25th August 2013 by admin in BlogTags: #coming out, #LGBT youth, binary, gender identity, stereotypes
Newer national research informs us that the average coming out age for LGBT kids has dropped to 13 years old across the country, down from 19 less than a decade ago. With this change, we are also seeing a shift in how old kids are when they start to wrestle with their own awareness of […]