#gendermarker

[ivygorgon]

An open letter to the President

Use the Real ID act to block FL’s driver's license gender marker ban!

1,038 so far! Help us get to 2,000 signers!

I know that, in a letter released Friday, every member of Florida's Democratic congressional delegation urged your administration to use its powers to block Florida's driver's license gender marker ban for transgender individuals using the federal Real ID act. I support this request 100%. As the letter states: “If [these] revisions are allowed to stand in Florida, and similar provisions are allowed to stand in other states, they will undoubtedly continue to spread, creating more confusion and inconsistency while severely hampering Americans' ability to travel, including LGBTQ+ American's ability to leave states that are hostile to their existence.” This would be unacceptable. The United States federal government should mandate Florida to come into compliance and use every other power at its disposal to prevent discrimination against transgender individuals on driver's licenses. The Biden administration has an important tool to utilize to counteract anti-trans Republican legislatures across the country. Please use it. Thanks.

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[zokimaga]

What if i just spend all my saved up money on diagnosis and tests and hrt,,,, hrhrhgrgh

[transmasc-malleus]

got my new ID and i've got the correct gendermarker now

[siriwesen]

TLDR: This is just a collection of my thoughts on the Bayern verbietet Gendern-Stuff. Do not approach this from a POV of an only English speaking person. German is a very gendered language and we have discourseTM. Language mixed for chaos and suffering of all who choose to read. Y'know, the issue with the Gendersternchen/ Semicolon etc. not being screenreader friendly, shouldn't mean, we abandon the notion of gendering in german. It should mean "We incentivise developers to include the Gendersternchen, Semikolon and other German gender Variants into their programming".

In written context, I definitely understand the accessibility option. Ich mein, als jemand der in einem pädagogischen author-bezogenen Bereich der Erwachsenenbildung gearbeitet hat und immer noch gelegentlich arbeitet, ist die Zielgruppe oft das A und O wenn Texte geschrieben werden. Gendern KANN Sätze umständlich und kompliziert gestalten. Lustigerweise ist "Lehrer:innen" oder "Lehrer*innen" jedoch schneller visuell zu fassen als z. B. das binäre Gendern. Beispieltext: "Lehrerinnen und Lehrer müssen sich der neuen Verordnung anpassen. Wenn die Lehrerinnen und Lehrer sich nicht anpassen, gibt es Diziplinarmaßnahmen von den zuständigen Kolleginnen und Kollegen. Viele Schülerinnen und Schüler verwenden womöglich bereits eine gegenderte Sprache. Wenn Jungen und Mädchen..." vs. "Lehrer:innen müssen sich der neuen Verordnung anpassen. Wenn die Lehrer:innen sich nicht anpassen, gibt es Disziplinarmaßnahmen von den zuständigen Kolleg:innen. Viele Schüler:innen verwenden womöglich bereits eine Gegenderte Sprache. Wenn Kinder..." Das ist jetzt nur ein Beispieltext den ich improvisiert verfasst habe, der natürlich nicht sehr sinnhaft ist oder perfekt ausformuliert. Aber in bestimmten E-Learning und Schreibkontexten muss man immer wieder die gleiche oder ähnliche Personengruppen erwähnen. Irgendwann ist man dann komplett genervt, weil man in einem Absatz drei mal "Beamtinnen und Beamten" oder "Verwaltungsmitarbeiterinnen und -Mitarbeiter" etc stehen hat. Vor allem wenn man als Author unter Zeitdruck steht und schlechte oder unzureichende Quellen zusammenfassen muss. Da gibt es dann viele Wiederholungen in bestimmten Begriffen und Phrasen, was auch eher eine Budget-/Zeitsache ist die da mit reinspielt. Wenn man gezwungen ist binär zu gendern im Text ist das anstrengend und ein Gender-Symbol ist tatsächlich weniger umständlich in diesen Kontexten. Alle Geschlechter sind mit eingebunden und der Text ist kürzer und griffiger. Das binäre gendern macht zwar Männer und Frauen sichtbar, aber es exkludiert auch ganz klar Intersex- und Transidentitäten. Ich selber gendere sehr häufig nicht, was eher aus Gewohnheit passiert. Ich verwende für mich selbst das generische Maskulinum, aber ich habe auch schon Personen getroffen, denen die weibliche Endung wichtig ist, oder denen das Gendersternchen wichtig ist. Von allen Arten gendergerecht zu schreiben ist das binäre Gendern von Personengruppen am längsten und zieht Texte am ehesten in die Länge.

Wir sind die Nation die zig Rechtschreibreformen innerhalb weniger Jahre durchgezogen hat. Ich habe zwei verschiedene Rechtschreibreformen mitgelernt in meiner Schulzeit. Wir haben Schulbücher innerhalb eines Jahres von DM auf Euro umgewandelt. Wir haben nach Jahren endlich offiziell ein großes scharfes ß in der Typographie eingeführt. Obwohl KEIN mir bekanntes deutsches Wort mit ß anfängt. Warum ist es so schwer zu sagen, wir führen ein Zeichen als Gendermarker ein, als Bestandteil unserer modernen Sprache, welches dann auch von Softwaredevelopern von z. B. Screenreadern wahrgenommen und umgesetzt werden muss? Zusätzlich, wenn man amtliche Dokumente in "leichter Sprache" beantragt, dann ist die Sprache und der Satzbau eh KOMPLETT anders, als man es von den üblichen Behördenschreiben gewohnt ist. Im Kontext mit leichter Sprache muss man vielleicht schauen, ob es einfacher ist "Menschen" oder "Personen" zu sagen anstelle von "Bürgerinnen und Bürger", "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner" oder "Bürger:innen". Da kenne ich mich zu wenig aus, welche Worte da angebracht sind, ich weiß nur, dass lange Worte und Fremdworte vermieden werden müssen. Und dass Sätze kurz gehalten sein sollten. Aber es geht hier ja vorrangig nicht um leichte Sprache, sondern um das Beamtendeutsch. Und Beamtendeutsch war leider noch nie leicht. Behörden sind zwar angehalten Kommunikation so einfach wie möglich zu halten, aber dann ist die Verwendung Geschlechtergerechter Sprache (z.B. Personengruppen, Person, Studierende...) sinnvoller als überall "Studentinnen und Studenten" zu schreiben... like.

[rainwindandstars]

Here in Germany health insurance is legally required to cover gender affirming surgeries- but only for binary trans people. Sure, sometimes insurances try to find a reason to deny it anyway, but as a perisex binary trans person you will eventually win. But if you're nonbinary and/or intersex*, you will have to lie to your insurance and if for some reason you can't do that (if you have an X gendermarker, or have a diagnosed intersex variation in your records) then insurance will deny you and there's literally nothing you can do about it. A couple years ago a brave nonbinary person went to court to force their insurance to cover their top surgery, but they lost. The judges reasoning was that "there's no defined way to look nonbinary, so you don't need surgery to pass, so you don't need surgery at all" and now all health insurances point to that ruling if you try to get them to pay for any kind of gender affirming surgery as a nonbinary person.

(* I'm not intersex myself, but I know that insurances require you to show "proof" that you're not intersex when you apply to get surgery. This generally means either a karyogram to rule out chromosomal intersex variations or a note from a gynaecologist/urologist stating that you're not intersex. If you "fail" to prove that you're perisex they can use that to deny you. Because apparently you cannot be both trans and intersex.)

Another thing is that every time a country makes it easier to change your gender marker between male and female it gets celebrated as an important step for trans rights (and rightfully so!), and people changing their gender marker from male to female or vice versa get congratulated on passing this step of their transition. But every time a country introduces some kind of neutral gender marker, or a nonbinary person expresses a desire to change their gender marker to an X or other neutral marker, people (and sadly I've seen this much more from binary trans people than from cis people) only talk about how it would actually be much better to remove gender markers entirely, how having an X marker will just out people or will give governments a list of trans people and actually, wanting a neutral gender marker means you're privileged and clearly don't experience transphobia yourself.

❗️❗️ This is asked entirely in good faith. This post is intended to open dialogue and help with solidarity and understanding. ❗️❗️

I would like to hear specifically from nonbinary people how the system of exorsexism/enbyphobia uniquely targets and affects you. Things that you feel other demographics do not experience. Reblogs and replies are very encouraged! If you would prefer, you could dm or send an ask to be added anonymously by me.

This is in the spirit of wanting to understand. I am listening. I encourage all binary trans people to not speak on this topic and let nonbinary people do the talking here. Reblog the post to spread it, but please say nothing.

Any and all people who identify as nonbinary are encouraged to participate. This is not agab-locked. If you are agender, trans neutral/neutrois, genderfluid, bigender, trigender, multigender, xenogender, genderqueer, third gender, two spirit, or any other gender not wholey contained within the strict binary of "man" or "woman", this post is for you. Even if you have already posted on the trans fem or trans masc versions, if you are nonbinary, you are welcome here.

This is not bait to start a fight. I will block without hesitation anyone who is actively being a shithead on this post. I want to hear and uplift your voices by getting it directly from you.

Click this to access the trans fem and trans women version of this post.

Click this to access the trans masc and trans men version of this post.

Click this to access the intersex version of this post.

[orpheus-looks-forward]

I'm just so tired.

I'm so sick of being worried about everything all the time.

This week audio was released of a certain political party planning on ending trans health care for everyone. Florida is trying to make ids with updated gendermarkers count as fraud, criminalizing trans people for (checks notes) DRIVING. Dont even get me started on what the anti-abortion movement is doing.

And internationally there are, what, 6 genocides going on rn that we know about. And our president is funding one of them publicly with no intention to stop, and his opponent this next election would take a more extreme stance.

I'm just so tired of things getting worse constantly.

*** disclaimer*** this next paragraph is vent-y and I don't stand by any of it ideologically. Obviously rape, torture, and murder are bad. I shouldn't need to say this but there are enough actually evil people out there and bad actors that I feel the need to clarify.

***end disclaimer***

If I could press a button that would kill every politician that made these policies I wouldn't hesitate. I hope all transphobes die a long and painful death as their bodies are mutilated and they are forced to watch as people tell them they are mentally ill for complaining. I want them to feel at least a fraction of the suffering that they impart on other people. I want every person against abortion to gain the ability to be pregnant and be 5 months into a pregnancy from a rapist. I want them to know that they have a high risk pregnancy and that any care they need will be denied. I want genocidal maniacs to wake up to their family and friends being killed while everyone applaudes and sullies their names by calling them terrorists.

alternatively: i want people to be able to feel compassion without having to empathize in the most literal sense.

Alternatively: i want to kill myself.

[sadtrash-masculine]

my passport says boy for a reason y'all!!

what is this behaviour?!?!

(went to all the trouble of getting my name and gendermarker changed and this is the thanks i get?)

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

I can change my legal name and gendermarker in three months (pretty easy and not expensive) but i can't afford the risk of transphobic doctors

can we talk about being trans and medically complex for a minute??

about all the extra appointments with different doctors I'd have to make to make sure my body won't shut itself down if I start T

about all the extra psychiatric examinations I'd be subjected to before being able to start T because I have a history of delusions

about how T can affect any future health decisions I make because i won't have the privilege of not disclosing my transness to doctors anymore. how many doctors are biased against trans people. how many diseases are associated with a specific sex and I might get denied a diagnosis for it not aligning with my gender

about all the extra money a month that T implies and how that may not even be possible for me because of how much I already spend on meds

about how I can't be sure if I'll ever be completely independent so me starting T has to be approved by my parents because even if I'm not a minor i still need them to survive

I dunno, intersectionality is always so important and I feel like we don't talk about it enough

[giofvcks]

Emotions make you cry 😭 sometimes. It’s official! You see that M?! Yeah you see that M for Male. Thanks to @jocelynbenson a prime example of elections matter. This year has truly been remarkable for me. I dig deep and went MIA all year to heal, to live my truths, to be my true authentic self and as the year comes to an end I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished. I look 👀 forward to 2020 and omg 😱 I haven’t looked forward to the new year in years since my grandfather passed away. Onward and upward G-Boo as my papa would say. #transmasculine #transgender #transftm #transman #ftm #translivesmatter #transmanofcolor #michigan #electionsmatter #intersex #male #driverlicense #gendermarkerchange #gendermarker #giofvcks https://www.instagram.com/p/B6CZlE6D6JY/?igshid=42o3sxs6o6oi

[yaboirileyy]

Got home from work and my new birthday certificate had come in the mail!!! I'm so happy holy shit now I can change my name and gender on all my documents 😭💙

[nay2the]

Had an amazing time connecting with some local trans advocates Chauntey MoNique and Dena Rhonda Stanley while in Pittsburgh with Black Ladies In Public Health. We spoke with some students in the social work program at Penn State University(McKeesport) about the trans community We were also able to hear about some of the great work being done by these trans leaders in their city to assist with #housing #jobplacement #name and #gendermarker changes and #HIV prevention. We are here for the 2022 TransPride Pittsburgh Health and Wellness Conference thanks to a grant provided by Texas Pride Impact Funds. Thank you to Christopher Robinson DEd for the opportunity to help nfluence the next generation of leaders. #Advocacy #TransLivesMatter #TransPride #BLIPH (at Penn State Greater Allegheny) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjWWk4rrS9r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thetravelingtotoros]

Got it! The guardian found out he should be able to get the gender marker changed on his birth certificate too so 6 years later, still working on it! #transgender #totoro #paperwork #namechange #forms #gendermarker https://www.instagram.com/p/CNykexdBW4X/?igshid=3gnxtbfdehyk

[barksbog]

in case anyone noticed how my shop is in a weird halfway rebranded state it´s because i´m currently still fighting the country of austria over changing my legal name to Bark  (:

[tigerinkangel]

Specific example; needing access to specific types of medical care that, should I change my gendermarker, no longer be covered under my country healthcare and without a job, could mean putting myself between

1) not changing my legal gender and constantly dealing with every issue that comes with that as I start medically transitioning

Or

2) putting myself in a position where, should my family history of certain cancers effect me, potentially having to pay for some if not all of the treatments out of pocket.

I am not currently desiring any bottom surgery (I don't have significant bottom dysphoria), so just...removing everything preventative isnt something I want to have to do if I dont need too, and the language around ANYTHING for these types of cancers is so gendered it makes me feel even more likely I would have to misgender myself just to receive treatment.

❗️❗️ This is asked entirely in good faith. This post is intended to open dialogue and help with solidarity and understanding. ❗️❗️

I would like to hear specifically from trans men and trans mascs how the system of [whatever the fuck you call the intersection of transphobia, misogyny, and specifically your gender- whether transandrophobia, isomisogny, antitransmasculinity, transandromisia, transmisandry, or any that I have missed as there are a lot of words to describe similar concepts] uniquely targets and affects you. Things that you feel other demographics do not experience. Reblogs and replies are very encouraged! If you would prefer, you could dm or send an ask to be added anonymously by me.

This is in the spirit of wanting to understand. I am listening. I encourage all non-trans-mascs to not speak on this topic and let trans mascs and trans men do the talking here. Reblog the post to spread it, but please say nothing.

Any and all people who identify as trans men and/or trans mascs are encouraged to participate.

This is not bait to start a fight. I will block without hesitation anyone who is actively being a shithead on this post. I want to hear and uplift your voices by getting it directly from you.

Click this to access the trans fem and trans women version of this post.

[videodr0m3]

🤡#transguy#transman#transgender#gendermarker#misgendered

[therainbowtimes]

#Michigan you get it!! Thank you. • • • #lgbtq #lgbtq🌈 #therainbowtimes #rainbowtimesmagazine #transgender #namechange #idchange #transgenderlives #transtoday #independentmedia #gendermarker • • #Repost @thechrismosier ・・・ Effective immediately in the state of Michigan, people who would like to correct the sex designation on their driver's license or ID card will now only need to fill out a form, go to a Secretary of State branch to have their photo taken and pay the $9 correction fee for a driver's license, or $10 for a state ID. They will no longer need to provide a birth certificate, passport or court order, as was required under the old policy for changing a driver's license. . Having legal identification that shows the proper name and gender preference matters. In a 2015 survey, 33 percent of transgender Michigan residents surveyed said they have shown an ID with a name or gender that did not match their gender presentation and were verbally harassed, denied benefits or services, were asked to leave, or assaulted as a result. From traveling to using a credit card in everyday life, transgender people wishing to change their documents will experience less stress showing an ID. 👏👏👏 . Next up: adding a non-binary option (not yet but Michigan officials said they are working on it!). . #imagedescription a screenshot of a trans flag image above text that reads “New Michigan rules allow transgender people to easily change gender on drivers license. . #trans #transgender #michigan #frm #mtf #transition #transisbeautiful #wontbeerased https://www.instagram.com/p/B59gGZ-ARFD/?igshid=1itejlcmzbf7b