Since the 1990s, scientists have known that chemical pollution causes frogs to be sex-reversed or intersex and believed that this is inherently harmful. But in 2019, environmental scientist Max Lambert and Melina Packer, a social scientist, collaborated on investigating the subject through a queer feminist lens, challenging assumptions about masculine and feminine behaviors and the "wrongness" of supposedly "feminized" males. In an extract from a new book, "Feminism in the Wild," reproduced in MIT's The Reader, Packer and her co-author Ambika Kamath explain how this approach led to new discoveries.
gender
”Dress Rebelling Against Gender (DRAG). We’re not making fun of any specific gender, we are hitting on #gender itself.”
Unlocked at my #Patreon: My interview with Raemonn James, aka the #drag queen Hermajestie the Hung. https://www.patreon.com/posts/100612676
”I do drag is because it's an illustration of what total human liberation would look like.”
Unlocked bonus content on my #Patreon: This excerpt from my interview with the #drag queen Hermajestie the Hung, on the philosophy of drag and #gender, as well as a response to a common criticism of drag: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100612676
#Vatican #blasts #genderaffirming #surgery, #surrogacy and #gender #theory as #violations of #humandignity.
The #Pope #signedoff on the #publication
— So much for them reforming their hateful views.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-gender-surrogacy-abortion-pope-3f84d8eb97f045b0cfb0ec1efa4e614e
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The 11th annual international Gender Census 2024 is now open until at least 13th June 2024!
https://survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
"The manufactured controversy surrounding Khelif reveals far more than just misplaced concerns about fairness in women's sports. It exposes a deeper, more insidious agenda that uses the guise of 'protecting women' to reinforce traditional gender roles, control women's bodies, and provide convenient scapegoats for those pushing a regressive social agenda."
~ Parker Molloy
#ImaneKhelif #gender #GenderRoles #patriarchy #MaleDomination
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“Hey, White Dudes! So, I think we’re all pretty sick of hearing how much we suck. Every time you go online, it’s the same story: we’re the problem.
#Masculinity #TonicMasculinity #MAGA #ToxicMasculinity #Men #Women #misogyny #honesty #decency #character #sportsmanship #Strength #truth #evolved #meta #gender #WeAreNotGoingBack
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjnyiMSKB3Q
#Families, #LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block #Trump order on care for #transgender youth
The action follows a Trump admin order seeking to halt federal support of #gender transition care for those under 19.
#law #USpol #CultureWars #hate #discrimination #bigotry #health #medicine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/04/transgender-care-lawsuit-trump-executive-order/
Hey, some fun news! Sir Ian McKellen is headlining an all #trans and #nonbinary reading of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. It’s a delightful play with much playing with #gender and the understanding of it. I’m very excited and am buying livestream tickets. 🥰
#theatre #arts #plays #Shakespeare #yay #GoodNews
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“Our country is really headed in a direction away from caring about individuals, and it’s still so shocking.”
New today at Austin Free Press: I spoke with the ACLU of #Texas, and the parents of local transgender teenagers, about the impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling which upholds bans on gender-affirming care for minors. https://austinfreepress.org/supreme-sadness/
#SCOTUS #Austin #trans #transgender #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ+ #news #politics #USpol #healthcare #gender #children #transphobia
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The #Trump admin has sued <California for allowing #transgender athletes to compete on #school sports teams that match their #gender #identity.
The suit alleges that California has violated federal civil rights law by discriminating against women [which doesn’t make any sense].
California officials have denied any wrongdoing & rejected federal demands to bar transgender #athletes from girls’ & women’s school #sports teams.
#law #LGBTQ #disinformation #bigotry
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-09/trump-sues-california-alleges-title-ix-violations-transgender-athletes
A federal judge on Tues blocked the #Trump admin from refusing to issue #passports to #transgender & #nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their #gender identities, after finding it was likely #unconstitutional.
US District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary #injunction that expanded an earlier order she issued in April that had stopped the US #State Dept from enforcing the policy in the case of just 6 people.
#law #discrimination
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-trump-passport-policy-targeting-transgender-people-2025-06-17/
#SCOTUS on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on #gender-affirming care for #transgender minors, a stunning setback to #TransgenderRights.
The 6-3 decision in a case from #Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by #Trump’s #Republican admin & #state govts to roll back #protections for transgender people. 26 other #states have laws similar to the one in TN.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #CivilRights #HumanRights #privacy #BodilyAutonomy
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-health-care-trump-79fc6f3bbdab2e92d6f0184201a468a9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-18-Breaking+News
Call for papers:
(Un)natural Stevenson: Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science & gender
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 11–12 May 2026
This conference aims to explore the concept of nature/natural in Robert Louis Stevenson’s work, & to investigate Stevenson both as a writer of dichotomies/dualisms & of their wild transgressions
@litstudies
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EoselkYayxzSXzW36aDZTbZv_SQt8cCG/
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #LiteraryStudies #ecology #science #gender