Last week, New York City became the first U.S. city to pass a law allowing birth certificates to be marked with a gender-neutral “X” rather than the traditional gender markers “M” or “F.” The policy will go into effect January 1.
The new law also mandates that people be allowed to choose their gender marker when applying for amended birth certificates, replacing a previous requirement that applicants provide letters from medical and mental health practitioners confirming their gender identity. […]
New York City is unusual in that it issues birth certificates to those born in the city through a vital records department separate from New York state. Typically, birth certificates are issued statewide. New York state does not currently offer gender-neutral identity documents — but a bill proposing nonbinary driver’s licenses was introduced in June 2017, and is still making its way through the state legislature voting process. A NYC municipal ID that gives applicants the option to forgo a gender marker entirely has been available to city residents since 2014, making it one of the first genderless ID cards in the country.
While New York is the first city to pass a gender-neutral birth certificate law, it joins a handful of states that have recently passed legislation to make gender-neutral birth certificates available: Oregon, Washington, California, and New Jersey. Last month, Colorado issued an intersex birth certificate to a single person in response to extensive documentation supplied in their application, but did not announce plans to make gender-neutral birth certificates widely available.
Stories like these make me proud to be a New Yorker!
At my nieces swim meet out of town and we sat down in the bleachers. Behind us we see this woman knitting…the blanket is made out of plastic(grocery bags) y'all. For the homeless. She didn’t want her face posted but this is about the fourth or fifth blanket she’s done. It makes so much sense ya know? Plastic is insulated and it’s surprisingly heavy.
Bless this lady and people like her.
ETA: @aplaceformywanderingmind said it’s called plarn!
Society raises robots
Boys are taught that they can’t cry nor show emotion, taught that they can’t be human.
Girls are taught to hide their emotions, lest they be asked “are you on your period”, taught that it’s shows that you are weak.
Society is huge on double standards
‘Boys must be over 6ft, and have muscles"
‘Why are girls so self conscious?’
If you hate yourself, you must be fishing for compliments.
If you love yourself, you must be narcissistic.
Society has an obsession with victim blaming and ignoring the true problem
‘Boys can’t be the victim of rape because they always want sex’
'All men are trash’
'She was obviously asking for it’
'Well what were you wearing?’
As if you could blame an entire gender on the actions of a few
As if the amount of skin you show determines your ability to consent and say NO
We are supposed to be able to think, we are not savages and should be able to understand that an absent of a YES means NO.
What was the point of this mini rant?
To call society out on it’s bullshit! and to rant because of frustrations
The point is we are not robots and have the right to emotions, we have the right to love ourselves because a bit of body positivity never hurt nobody, and IT IS NEVER THE VICTIMS FAULT why is it so hard to understand that?
Old lady Margaery, don’t enjoy this TOO much
Be careful
fellas is it gay to transcend this plane of existence with your situationship
ANA AMARI → BASTET
A guard on the ground between them groaned, and in a flash, Ana drew her sidearm and fired a sleep dart into his neck.
“You missed one,” Ana said.
Beirut residents stay safe ❗️
Scotland made history recently by becoming the first nation in the world to mandate teaching about LGBTQ history and social movements in public school curriculum.
State schools will be required to teach pupils about the history of LGBTI equalities and movements, as well as tackling homophobia and transphobia and exploring LGBTI identity, after ministers accepted in full the recommendations of a working group led by the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign. There will be no exemptions or opt-outs to the policy, which will embed LGBTI inclusive education across the curriculum and across subjects and which the Scottish government believes is a world first.
Jordan Daly, the co-founder of TIE, said the “destructive legacy” of section 28 had come to an end. This legislation, introduced in 1988, banned local authorities in the UK from “promoting” homosexuality, until it was eventually repealed in Scotland 2001 and in the rest of the UK two years later.
Daly said: “This is a monumental victory for our campaign, and a historic moment for our country. The implementation of LGBTI inclusive education across all state schools is a world first. In a time of global uncertainty, this sends a strong and clear message to LGBTI young people that they are valued here in Scotland.”
Incredible. I can’t wait until the day when this is the standard around the world.
Harry: Draco gave me a get better soon card
Hermione: Awwww that’s surprisingly sweet!
Harry: no… I wasn’t sick, he just thought I could do better
Hermione: …