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Power grab: reclaiming words can be such a bitch. Forty-four.

Power grab: reclaiming words can be such a bitch

That’s how many times Madonna uses the word “bitch” on her latest album, Rebel Heart. She has reclaimed and owns it – proudly, powerfully and with panache. It is, perhaps, one of the most successful examples of reclaiming a word that exists in the dubious track record of this linguistically defiant activity. Madonna has a dogged, playful and largely successful way of presenting the subversive to the masses in an easily digestible way. Sometimes, though, it leaves the public with indigestion and they indulge their misogyny and ageism by saying she should “just give it up”, “put it away” and is “past it”. Currently touring Rebel Heart and dropping the B-bomb in her uniquely unmellifluous tones, Ms Ciccone has taken the word and made us sing it back at her – beating us at our own game of ever daring to dislike her.

What Does Queer Mean Anyway? LGBT Resource Center. The LGBT Community uses many acronyms in various presentations or discussions to describe the community.

LGBT Resource Center

It is one method to be inclusive to all the diverse sexual and gender identities within the Community. "Queer" Is Still An Important Term For The LGBTQI+ Community. There's a reason, both historical and utilitarian, that queer is one of the letters in LGBTQI+, and it shouldn't be removed.

"Queer" Is Still An Important Term For The LGBTQI+ Community

Of all the words in the LGBTQI+ acronym, “queer” may be the most controversial. LGBTQIA Resource Center. Anti-LGBT Terms For Gay Vs Queer - Reclaiming Words. Sylvia Rivera Changed Queer and Trans Activism Forever. Most Cis People Are Unwilling to Date Trans People According to This New Study. Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders Before European Christians Forced Gender Roles. The 50 Biggest Homophobes of the Last 50 Years. These Underwear Brands Are Helping LGBTQ+ People Feel More Comfortable in Their Bodies. Pansy Ass Ceramics Sell Penis Planters for Your Succulents. 2019's Top LGBTQ+ Films. The Genderless Digital Voice the World Needs Right Now. The Social Costs of Gender Nonconformity for Transgender Adults: Implications for Discrimination and Health.

How to React After Accidentally Misgendering Someone. 30 Oct 2014 October 30, 2014 Being misgendered can create an uncomfortable, embarrassing and even unsafe situation for many trans* individuals.

How to React After Accidentally Misgendering Someone

There’s no doubt that when working toward creating or contributing to safer, more accessible spaces and services for all people, a person must be committed to affirming others’ gender identities and pronouns. However, despite the best of intentions, missteps may occur. When they do occur, when you’ve misgendered someone (either in front of the person or when they aren’t present), your reaction in that moment is paramount. Center the needs and feelings of the person who has been misgendered, not your own. There’s nothing worse than getting misgendered and then having to soothe and care-take the person who just misgendered you. THEYISMYPRONOUN.COM. What is Transphobia? Transphobia is the phrase used to describe the intense dislike of or prejudice against transgender people.

What is Transphobia?

It also covers the dislike of transsexual, intersex or androgyne people. A transgender person feels that the gender they were assigned at birth is not the gender they are. Find out more about gender identity. What You’re Really Saying When You Misgender. “This is Miss Joli, and he’ll be substituting for Miss Alison today,” says an elementary school teacher to her class, as I stand in the back of the room in a solid color blouse, patterned skirt, black leggings, and ankle boots.

What You’re Really Saying When You Misgender

“Excuse me, sir, I’d like to order now,” says a customer to my girlfriend as she works her barista job, wearing a floral print dress, striped knee socks, dark lipstick, and dusky eyeshadow. Misgendering — referring to someone by the pronouns or honorifics of a gender that is not theirs — is a daily event for most trans people. Even those of us who are often read as our actual gender, rather than the one we were assigned at birth, live with at least the threat of misgendering dogging our heels — a heart-wrenching, day-ruining landmine that usually lies dormant but can go off without warning.

Others of us can barely leave the house without being sirred or ma’amed incorrectly. I work hard to present myself to the world as a woman. The Political Pettiness of Misgendering Transgender People. Tips for Allies of Transgender People. A Feminist Challenging Transphobia. How do I reference an online video (e.g., YouTube, TED Talk, or webinar) in APA style? - WriteAnswers. Lastname, A.

How do I reference an online video (e.g., YouTube, TED Talk, or webinar) in APA style? - WriteAnswers

[Screen name]. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from URL In-text citation: (Screen name, year, time of quoted material within video e.g. 1:25) See "Timestamps for Audiovisual Materials in APA Style" from the APA Style Blog for more information on creating in-text citations for videos, movies, podcasts, and television shows. TED Talk If the video was retrieved from the TED website: Robinson, K. (2006, February). In-text citation: (Robinson, 2006, 15:45) If the TED video was posted on YouTube and that's where you retrieved it (versus directly from ted.com): TED. (2007, January 6).

In-text citation: (TED, 2007, 1:15) For more information, see "How to Cite a TED Talk in APA Style" from the APA Style Blog. YouTube Video Fields, J. (2012). The Political Pettiness of Misgendering Transgender People. Gender Terms. Androgyny (also androgynous, bi-gendered, no-gendered): A person [a] who identifies as both or neither of the two culturally defined genders; and/or [b] who expresses and/or presents merged culturally/stereotypically feminine and masculine characteristics, or mainly neutral characteristics.

Gender Terms

May or may not express dual gender identity. Assigned Gender: The announcement by doctors (It’s a boy/girl) based on what your physical anatomy looks like.