#end the gender binary

[roomwithavoid]

trans people in sports/bathrooms

[vatt1vv]

I’m being a hater real quick. You trans women sy truthers have your fun I too enjoy imagining sy with tits…. HOWEVER it’s way too simple a solution to sy’s gender weirdness. He has way too much of a complicated relationship with gender for it to simply be ‘Teehee estrogen would save him’ break free from the gender binary embrace genderqueer sy

[arcticsart]

Clinical Trial

First time making digital art in years.

I might edit/finalize it someday.

[gemini-queen42]

I've seen ppl talk abt how its high time Ganondorf gets some gender fuckery, but it's in refference to since we've got a bit of it for both Zelda & Link in games so far [As much as one can ofc w/out actually including anything queer], but I haven't seen anyone mention the fact that Ganondorf is just already so *Primed* for it. Like Real Non-Binary Shenaniganery. He already kinda IS-

Lemme Elaborate:

It is long established that the Gerudo are female only, using males of other races/species to have children- those males never being accepted within Gerudo society and there is only one Male Gerudo every 100 years, who will be their king- which is Ganondorf.

The Gerudo do *Not* have a gender binary.

they have a gender Unary, based upon also having a Unary sex:

Women, females.

[Side note, this also kinda makes them genderless, as there cant be any social constructs of gender when those just apply to everyone, thus just being.. general social constructs. Anyways-]

See, the Gerudo have adopted the *language* Of the gender binary, as it applies to when they interact with the other hyrulian races/species- [Cultural Exchange ! ♡ ] but the actual ideas/"rules" of this gender binary, as social constructs, dont actually *Apply* to the Gerudo [At the very least/especially not Within Their Own & Not Interaction with the other Hyrulian Groups]

So, being a gerudo Man is not the same Gender as being a man in any other hyrulian group.

Because the other groups are working on a binary social constructs.

And the gerudo are Not.

This is not going to come out as succinct as I want but;

Being a gerudo Man is much closer to being in a higher role of religious/spiritual power/authority due to being intersex / nonbinary or Vice Versa - than being a man as we / other hyrulian groups think of it.

Like. It kind of literally *Is* that.

He is outside the Gerudo's main gender structure, he is a special case, places in a special role because of it.

He's non-Unary. Technically every Gerudo is non-binary, but that's also complicated-

Because they kind of have this synchratism thing going on with the rest of Hyrule's ideas of gender, and they both generally connect Gender with Biological Sex, so they share ideas there- and they've certainly blended their ideas of gender together to cohabitate and match things up linguistically- but like. It doesn't feel right to say theyre just.. working under the gender binary everyone else is. Because they're not.

I kind of want to compare it to Two-Spirt & Trans. Like they're understood easily through each other, because theyre kind of the same thing- but like. Also No. And Two-Spirit is very specifically a Native American Identity that is specific to Native American Culture [I'm sorry I don't Currently recall specific tribes the term is tied to its 2am for me as im writing this fjsjdjd]

The difference between Gerudo Gender & Other Hyrulian Genders is kind of like that. Except lacking distinguishing terminology. And like this is a kinda loose comparison and not exact but hopefully it helps you get what I mean?

So like yeah. Obvi the rest of Hyrule does not regard a male gerudo as being a seperate gender from any other man, and the gerudo barely do either- because theyre using the language of the binary, and they've fit him into it, and the rest of hyrule isnt really considering how gerudo gender doesn't work like theirs. So they dont acknowledge it.

And neither does Nintendo lmao

But he IS.

Because what does being a man *mean* in a culture of Only Women?

Not the same as in a culture of two genders.

Because one is an exception, an outlier - and the other is just one of two boxes.

Anyways FUN FACT I have a LoZ au / storyline in which I incorporate and explore all this!!! [I have made no other posts about it yet I'm sorry but PLEASE feel free to ask abt it if you're curious !!! ♡]

Ok thats it thanks for coming to my TEDtalk lmao

[kirkwallguy]

i think in a weird way knowing marcus makes anders(/justice) less likely to explore their gender(s) because marcus' transition is SO marked by his obvious dysphoria while andersjustice's to me would be more about euphoria. so when you see someone incapable of functioning in their birth gender it's kind of hard to reckon with the fact that you're Fine but it'd be nice if you could wear a nice dress and be called a girl sometimes. which really works for me alongside a lot of anders' weird avoidance of his own circle trauma / assurance it wasn't That Bad while trying to help other mages in kirkwall.

[ultrakillingmyself]

Man why is it so difficult for people to use non binary ‘nouns with characters

[remnantglow]

so normal about the gender fuckery of the Polish murderbot translation (lie i am on the verge of tears)

[sweerlyc]

I've never really understood the Dante is Ayin theory past the core concept of it. From my understanding it's largely from the idea of the Divine Comedy having Dante be someone from heaven who got sent to hell and lost their memories. To which i do understand that reasoning since The Light is the only heaven-like thing we've seen so far. Other than that it never quite made sense to me mainly in the "how the fuck are you here Ayin" since not even angela's shit even made him do anything really.

I do think it's objectively hilarious to think about though. Man who created his own hell, goes to heaven, ends up back on earth, becomes nonbinary and an amnesiac, proceeds to be the most goofy, most sopping wet thang ever.

oooh the Light = Heaven comparison is really interesting, makes me think that if we ever get past inferno with its ongoing rollercoaster of shitty people we could someday meet the man the legend himself...... drools

"man who created his own hell" yet another potential shared theme YES!! YESS!!!

if we think past book Dante to Dante Alighieri the writer that is. it is exactly why i think that Dante is the founder of Limbus Company, since Dante Alighieri put people he knew and people he admired or loathed into his story, writing himself out as what would be the ideal Christian man — in a similar way LC's pre-Dante could be able to pull the strings and collect all of these influential people and make them part of the company, then discard their self (who sounds like not the nicest person) in favor of being the clueless and naive manager of the LCB who's yet to witness the cruelties of the City, creating an ideal closed space (a limbo you could say) for them to grow into the perfect, most kind and virtuous person among the rest

The "man sent from heaven down to hell" idea could work for the Dante is Ayin theory if we think about Ayin being forced into Limbus Company in some way. Did Angela's actions force him down? Or do we think someone else convinced him to join the company? i'll be chewing on this for the next couple of days, thank you anon, nom nom nom

[solomorne]

society if jeff vandermeer used they/it pronouns for ghost bird during their chapters of acceptance

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[booabug]

tbh the way i got into this show when my egg was just cracking and now that im getting back to it im a very silly and soft and unabashedly loving man is sooooo blatant foreshadowing.

not to @ god but this writing is a little on the nose smh

[orcelito]

You know maybe I'm not "vaguely gender fluid" maybe I'm just bigender or something like. Pangender. I'm everything. I'm nothing, too. Maybe I still am genderfluid. But it sure does feel like I got multiples in me

[bitsofsciencelife]

As usual, my mind has been blown after watching a video essay from Alexander Avila about how "conservatives" invented gender, my world has shifted. I've come to the conclusion that this modern dividing sex and gender as completely separate and exclusive terms is bad actually and has damaged our ability to accept fully the lgbtq+ diversity, especially in the gender spectrum. Gender theory actually has transphobic, misogynistic, gender-essentialists origins.

Because if we understood from the get-go that biological sex is actually so much more diverse, we would find ALL gender identities a natural consequence of this diversity and not as a human construct only. For example, if we saw the way non-hetero sexuality could be evolutionary advantageous in human communities (maybe with the care of the young like it happens with other species) or simply a random natural variation; or how not rare being intersex actually is, how a lot of people don't even know they're intersex and they might live their lives without knowing it, how in trans people certain parts of the brain show very small gender differences that match their gender identity more than their sex assigned at birth (we don't know the cause tho, more research is needed and this might also be related to sexual attraction); how the ammount of queer people has stayed basically consistent throughout human history, etc. And that's just humans. The diversity in nature is insane. (Humans are part of nature, btw. It could also help us fight this idea that we're entirely separate to other animals when we're also animals. That superiority is not doing anybody good.)

If we knew how much nature and biology don't care about our gender norms and ideas, I think it would be easier for young queers and conservatives to see how this "gender thing" is not just "woke identity politics" or a new human social invention. When we understand that this wonderful diversity has always been part of nature and humans, it becomes easier for the general public to accept queer people.

Imho, sex education when it comes to gender should start by stating the fact that queerness is inherent to both nature and humans. This is not to say we shouldn't discuss gender discrimination, gender expression, or acknowledge that gender is a social construct as well, distict to each human society, but separating gender and sex into neat, barely related categories is not what will liberate us and it's not a good strategy to teach about queerness. It hadn't really helped us that much so far, tbh.

Speaking from experience, it was that fundamental understanding of how much sex in humans isn't binary or divorced from gender, that made me finally become an ally to trans people (and eventually accept myself as nonbinary too), when before I had been raised conservative and I had very bad takes on the subject, I can tell you that.

I'm not saying this will solve all out discriminatory problems, obviously not, but it might help a little, especially in sexed. Biology does NOT support binary gender essentialism, never has, never did. And conservatives have been mad about it for decades.

[the-casbah-way]

some people are not going to like this but there is not in fact a rigid red line between cis people and trans people and acting like there is isn't helpful for anyone

[toastysol]

I don't get why everyone's surprised that the brotherhood use the correct pronouns with Dane. I think people have forgotten a major aspect of the fallout environment. The bombs falling destroyed conventional societal norms. This includes any political agenda to erase trans people from history and the future. Also this is fiction. The brotherhood of steel are not a conservative christian political party. They care about what they dub "abuse of technology", this includes the biproducts thereof. The only people who fit that category are synths and mutants who they view as abominations that need to be exterminated. If trans people even counted as abuse of technology (which they don't and shouldn't, as the technology used for transition is helpful and not hurtful), they would be so far down the list the brotherhood wouldn't care. Why would they care. It's really not a big deal imo. It's a big deal in OUR world, but not theirs. Not by a long shot.

[acertainmoshke]

The beard sure is helping with kids being unsure of my gender

[male-yandere]

i honestly really hate how we have cycled back to having just completely bioessentialist / gender norm reinforcing genderbends be acceptable or encouraged in fandom spaces. i’m more openminded depending on the context but like some people really need to interrogate why their female version of a character needs to dress/act/look so different OR why they think they need to change a character’s gender to draw them in a certain outfit or consider certain body parts for them etc. i have seen some evil evil posts within this context recently. at this point i would even accept bringing back the word “cisswap” because that is what you are doing