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Discourse Terminology

A lot of terms are being thrown around throughout all this ‘discourse’ so I wanted to clear some of them up for my followers, especially since some of them are very new.

A-spec = Anyone on the ace or aro spectrum. Ace/Ace-spec = Anyone on the ace spectrum (the most common ace identities being asexual, gray-asexual, and demisexual). Aro/Aro-spec = Anyone on the aro spectrum (the most common aro identities being aromantic, gray-aromantic, and demiromantic).

M-spec = Anyone on the multisexual or multiromantic spectrum.

REG = Reactionary Exclusionist Gatekeepers (covers people like T(W)ERFs, truscum/transmedicalists, intersexists, monosexists, exorsexists, and aphobes who are trying to exclude and gatekeep people they’ve decided aren’t ‘queer enough’ to be in the community.)

Exorsexism, Nbphobia, or Enbyphobia = Prejudice against non-binary genders.

Binarism = A term coined by POC to describe the way white colonialism forced the gender binary on them. The term should not be appropriated by white non-binary individuals and it does not simply refer to prejudice against non-binary genders.

Monosexual = Someone who is sexually attracted to only one gender.

Monoromantic = Someone who is romantically attracted to only one gender.

Monosexism = Prejudice towards m-spec people.

Allosexual = Someone who is not on the ace spectrum.

Alloromantic = Someone who is not on the aro spectrum.

Allosexism or Aphobia = Prejudice towards a-spec people.

Amatonormativity = The idea that romantic attraction/relationships should be valued above all other forms of attraction/relationships and are an inherently important part of the human experience or that monogamy and marriage are the desired end result for everyone.

Perisex or Dyadic = Someone who is not intersex.

SGA/SSA = Same gender attraction/same sex attraction. Often confused with SGL. Has it’s roots in Mormon conversion therapy and is thus a gross ass term.

MGA = Multi-gender attraction. I personally don’t use it just because SGA is such a problematic term.

SGL = Same gender loving. Often confused with SGA. Is AAVE and should not be used by non-black people.

MOGAI = Marginalized Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Intersex. Replaces problematic or less effective umbrella terms like LGBT, or GSM (Gender and Sexual Minorities). Coined by a CSA survivor, not a pedophile. 

COGAP = Centered Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Perisex. An umbrella term to describe people who are heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, and perisex.

Split Attraction Model (SAM) = Used when someone’s sexual orientation and romantic orientation don’t match. (Examples: Asexual heteroromantic or bisexual homoromantic)

If I got anything wrong, let me know. And feel free to add.

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I made some badges

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Transitioning isn’t always linear. It isn’t always “from one gender to another.” There’s a misconception that when people transition they increasingly conform to gender roles; that they reinforce the gender binary. If anything, the opposite is true. As we grow more confident in ourselves, we expand the boundaries of our presentation and how the world conceptualizes gender. The further on hormones I was, the less I felt tied up by the gender norms that restricted me throughout my teenage years. Transitioning can welcome in bodies to new forms of gender presentation and even create new genders. This development of self-consciousness isn’t just for us, it’s also a way of communicating that everyone should be able to express themselves. Transitioning isn’t just about gender: it’s about our ability to create community and understanding.

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It’s #TransDayOfRemembrance & I’m especially thinking of trans POC, who are particularly vulnerable to transphobic violence & have also made some of the most dramatic contributions to LGBTQIAA+ rights. Notably Marsha P. Johnson. #TDOR #TDOR2017

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Transgender Day of Remembrance “The TDOR seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people – sometimes in the most brutal ways possible – it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice." - Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith

Memorializing 2015: Find an event near you: http://tdor.info