#SexEd

Kai Cheng, Priestess of the Old Religion

Transformative Thursday: I believe that an enormous amount of sexual pain, violence & trauma could be prevented with extensive, trauma-informed, culturally competent sex education delivered not only to youth, but

#what'slovepodcast

We have sexed and have been sexed. We have slept with men whose names we hardly know sometimes. Don't come here with your patriarchy princess tendencies and shaming a child

Feminist Leaning

feministleaning

To those who claim we are reducing “womanhood” to “biology” or “a reproductive system” when we say that women are “adult female humans, there is an implication that we didn’t

KristofferPhilp

This week I have been told on neumerous occasions I am not trans because I don’t believe in gender. Here the thing, I am not trans because I believe in

Dr Finn Mackay Adult Human Queermale

Saying that sex is a construct is perfectly valid. It's not saying sexed genital & reproductive features of the body are constructed; it's not saying the body isn't real; it's

Dr Finn Mackay Adult Human Queermale

It’s common to see reference to #butch #lesbians when ppl want to argue that there are too many trans men, or that many trans men are actually butch lesbians. Is

I will never use this kind of patronising, regressive language when talking to patients about their bodies. I hope my colleagues in healthcare feel the same way. Naming the sexed

ok quick twitter thread: what is sex dysphoria/gender identity disorder/other term to be made up later and as distinct from the general malaise, depression or discomfort experienced by many trans

Pleased to sign on to this letter to the @TXSBOE calling for an "abstinence plus" approach to sex education, which is supported by 75% of Texas voters. Why is this

Destroy Your Binder

destroyyrbinder

The idea that a gendered "mismatch" between your body & your personality, interests, expression & sexuality is automatically distressing & must always be ego-dystonic is a foundational assumption of trans

#apretendthread 10 shit arguments for SELF ID #binthebill #selfid 1. Men would never abuse it. This argument is self evidently shit. 2. It will be a criminal offence to provide

Paul McLaughlin

If you voluntarily choose to exclude yourself from the category of women by identifying as a man or as a not-a-woman-nor-a-man, then it is not the responsibility of all women

One Writer Like That

Since the only SexEd we got from our parents was “avoid boys so you don’t get pregnant.” I hope we do better for our own kids. I’ll share a few

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this is a brilliant thread. i would just like to add that distress/dysphoria from being homosexual/incongruent does exist and therapy should be focused on acceptance and therefore removal of the

1) How does the “unsettling” that Grosz talks about it in Affective Bodies on page 199 effect feminist and queer theory? Does it support, oppose, or distort them?#TSUQueerTheory 2) In

White Ajah for Justice

I am having big big problems with RJ's depiction of the Seanchan as providing so many benefits for local people. It has big "Nazis made the trains run on time"