adam-and-even

[adam-and-even]

Transgender characters in film and how we are getting it wrong.

[adam-and-even]

Illustration from our earlier article '50 Shades of Ignorance' http://adamandeven.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/50-shades-of-ignorance.html

[adam-and-even]

Earth hour was successful, but not everyone joined in. Should we be doing more? 

[adam-and-even]

Latest post on our blog! please have a read <3

[adam-and-even]

On respect.

[adam-and-even]

Meet the New Generation of Gender-Creative Kids

Raising a child who doesn’t conform to gender roles is a minefield, for even the most supportive parents. How do you let your children be themselves while also protecting them from bullies? That question led a number of parents to organize an annual four-day camp in the wilderness for their kids.

The result was an annual long-weekend camp that serves nearly 30 families, many of whom met several years ago through a therapy group for gender-nonconforming children in Washington, D.C. It started in a few hotel rooms in D.C. and evolved into a real camp usually held at religious retreats in various rural settings around the country. The children, ages 6 to 12, attend with their parents and siblings.

In 2007, Sag Harbor photographer Lindsay Morris began attending camp. She took pictures of the children and their families to document their camp experience. But as the years passed and her photo library grew, Morris thought about doing something more with the pictures. In 2012, thanks to the courage of some of the families, Morris’ photographs appeared in a cover story for the New York Times Magazine. The book, titled You Are You, is an expansion of that project.

At camp, the children do all the typical camp things. They canoe, they craft, they roast marshmallows. Almost all of the children are biological boys who like to wear girl’s clothing. The weekend culminates in a fashion show with the works: red carpets, a runway, and fans to blow the kids’ hair back. “We try to make them feel fabulous,” says Morris, “I think it helps carry them through the year — the memory of their parents and siblings in the audience clapping for them.”

Read more.

[adam-and-even]

In my highschool we are putting these signs up. We put the first picture up and if someone rips it off, they get the one to the right beneath.

[adam-and-even]

Check out our article on gender discrimmination in sport:  http://adamandeven.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/time-for-fair-play.html

These little boys are so threatened that a woman may actually be capable of doing things just as well as them. How cute. 

Nonetheless, women are still highly discriminated against in sports. And that needs to change.

[adam-and-even]

Did you know Google Translate suggests the words “faggot”, “fairy”, and “poof” as direct meanings of the words “gay” and “homosexual”?! Check out this translation.

Google already has the technology to filter out hateful language - typing “female” doesn’t throw up sexist words - and 500 million people use Google Translate every month. That’s a lot of people being taught these insults.

Add your name to sign and tell Google to remove this anti-gay language!