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I'm so mad that this book I got from the library, which claims to be the "complete works" of Emily Dickinson, omitted the one poem I wanted to find, probably for the exact reason I wanted to find it-- it's about queer women. I'm so goddamned tired of censorship and queer erasure.
In case you missed it, I posted a 2013 Year in Review of Lesbian/Bi Books on AE last week. Make sure to check out the comments where a few people have mentioned books I forgot!
In more pertinent-to-book-club news, there are also discussion posts up on Goodreads for this month’s choices, including one for the first portion of Bodies of Water. (I’ll post discussions for the rest of it once I’m actually able to start the book myself!)
Genderqueer Links and Books
The following are link and book recommendations, all evaluated myself, as helpful resources that relate to genderqueer and non-binary concepts and identities. If there is a resource you would like to suggest, please use the GQID submit form (select Submit a Link from the drop-down or copy and paste a list into the default text box). See also Marilyn Roxie’s genderqueer tag on Delicious. If you are instead looking for the bibliography for the Genderqueer History and Identities project, click here.
Links:
Genderqueer-friendly Tumblrs
Androgynites Unite, Anything But Binary, Ask a Non-Binary, Break the Binary, LGBTQ Advice, Fat Genderqueers!, Fuck Yeah Androgyny!, Fuck Yeah Bigender!, Fuck Yeah Genderless, Fuck Yeah Gender Studies!, Fuck Yeah, Genderqueers!, Fuck Yeah, Transitioning GQs, the gender bender agenda, The Gender Book, Genderforkr, GenderPanic, Gender Queeries, Genderqueer, The Genderqueer Activist, GenderQueer Confessions, Genderqueer Fashionista, Genderqueer Problems, GQ Moments, KNOW Homo, LGBTQ Connections, Neutrois, Nonbinary, Non-binary Artists, Nonbinary Autistics!, Non Binary Confessions, Non-Binary Folk, Non-Op, no gender rules, nullgrade, Practical Androgyny, Queer Dictionary, Smashing the Binary, spectrumofgenders, STFU Binarists, T.R.A.N.S., Transcending Anatomy, Trans*Opinions, Trans* Transgressions, Trans* Tumblr Directory, transbears, TransFess, TRANSPRIDE, ygender[queer]
GQ-friendly Livejournal Communities
Androgynes, Bigender, Birls, Gender Blur, gender_fluid, Genderqueer, Gender.queer_FTW, Girlfags and Guydykes, Transgender
Websites and FAQs
Androgyny Rarely Asked Questions, Chroanagram, Crossdreamers, Genderfork, Genderology, Genderpedia, Genderqueer in the UK, GenderQueer Revolution, Gender Sphere, The Midwest Trans & Queer Wellness Initiative, Nonbinary.org, Non-Op: Another Option, pipisafoat: FAQ on Genderqueers, Gender Expression, and Gender Variance, Practical Androgyny, Questioning Transphobia, T-Vox, We Happy Trans, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, YGender
Organizations and Events: Click here for a list
Forums and Groups
AVEN: Gender Discussion, Forum GenderQueer (Russian), Last.fm: Genderqueers Group, Laura’s Playground, Scarleteen: Gender Issues, Susan’s Place, TransYada, What is Gender?
Identity Sites
Androgyne Online, Bigender, Bi-Gender the Bisexual Partner, GirlFags, Neutrois.com/Neutrois Outpost, Neutrois Nonsense
Prounouns and Titles
Art of Transliness: Gender Neutral Relational Terms, Freelance Writing: The History of the Indefinite Singular Pronoun, Gender Neutral Pronoun Blog, Gender Queeries: Gender Neutral/Queer Titles, Genderqueer in the UK: Misc, or Mx: A Gender-neutral Title, MIT’s Ally Toolkit: Gender Neutral Pronoun Usage, Warren Wilson: Using Gender-Neutral Language in Academic Writing
Articles: Click here for a list
Fun, Videos, Podcasts, & Performance
Agender Earthworm, Facts About Queers (Humor), Fuck Yeah Non-Binary Seahorse, Genderqueer Chat, Gendercast: Our Transmasculine Genderqueery, Gender Queeries,Kreative Korporation: Yay genderform! (a comprehensive and fun-to-play-with list of gender, sex, orientation, and more identities), Midwest Genderqueer, regender: A Different Kind of Translator, Trans Parrotfish, Trans Parrotfish’s Significant Other
Education
Gender Diversity Project, Gender Spectrum: Resources, Queer Teaching Tips, Safe Schools Coalition, TRANScending Identities: A Bibliography of Resources on Transgender and Intersex Topics, Transgender Student Rights, Trans What?: A Guide Towards Allyship
Sex Ed: Click here for a list
The Trevor Project: “The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services” to LGBT youth: 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) Also available for matters of less pressing urgency, Dear Trevor is an “online, non-time sensitive Question & Answer resource for young people with questions surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity.” A directory of previous questions in the category of Transgender/Genderqueer is also available.
Social Media
Fashion and Transitional Gear: Click here for a list
Banner: This Journal is Gay/Lesbian, Bisexual, Pansexual, Transgender, Intersex, Genderqueer, Asexual Positive banner (with flags; without flags). Designed by nethdugan.
Books:
Note: Use Worldcat.org, the world’s largest global library catalog, to see if the book you’re seeking is available at a library near you!
Gender Now Coloring Book - Maya Christina Gonzales
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us - Kate Bornstein
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation - Kate Bornstein
Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws - Kate Bornstein
My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely - Kate Bornstein
Books and essays by Ivan Coyote
Grrl Alex: A Personal Journey to a Transgender Identity - Alex Drummond
GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary - Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, Clare Howell
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality - Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel
Queer Theory, Gender Theory - Riki Anne Wilchins
Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender - Riki Anne Wilchins
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves (in-progress) - Laura Erickson-Schroth
whatever.odt (free!) - JD O’Meara
That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men - Lori B. Girshick and Jamison Green
Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity - Reid Vanderburgh
(Looking for a list of books concerning gender, sex, and orientation that aren’t genderqueer specific instead? Click here)
Book lists compiled by others:
I’ve updated this yet again on site and used the reblog post format that subtlecluster had put up to share it - keep sharing and suggesting more resources that I should include!
Memory Mambo by Achy Obejas -culture, memory, relationships, family, love, queer persons of color I really liked this book. It was a good, relatively quick read. I would definitely like to re-read it some time later just to savor and analyze it. If you like drama, I highly suggest it. I will issue a warning though because there is some… abuse in it? Augh, I really don’t wanna spoil it. When I got to a certain point (and if you read this book, you will know what part I’m talking about), I just gasped and cringed and was just in omg mode. My sister was next to me when I was having my disbelief fit and she was like, “Oh, you’re at that part? Yeah, I pretty much said the same thing.” I don’t know if you guys do the same thing or not, but sometimes when I’m reading something I just imagine it as a movie or tv show. When the writing is vivid and the story really captures me, I think, “Wow, this would make a great movie.” Of course if it was done right, and if not, that would just be really sad. I’d really love it if it were some sort of HBO mini-series special. This has been sitting in my drafts for forever, and I have since then read a few other books. I think I’ll try to keep going with this until school starts. I didn’t want to bs a summary so at the top are just a few themes and topics I thought were related to the novel. Should I make some sort of grading system? I’d love to hear any questions or comments you guys have! I wanna know if our followers are alive haha
Oh man, I have to check this out. I loved “We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?”
LGBTQ* Theory Books (You May Want) To Know
The Combahee River Collective was a trailblazing Black feminist lesbian organization based in Boston in the late 1970s.
reblogging this so i’ll read it later~
saving this
[Image: Photo from a pride event of two people holding up a purple banner that reads in script, “Lesbianas Resistiendo,” and in smaller text, “La Perlita” with a labia-and-clitoris symbol]
ELFLAC – Guatemala 2010 (by mulheres rebeldes)
LGBTQ* Marketing and Slogans
PFLAG’S:
Here are 5 ways you can make your school safer for LGBT students no matter what your role:
If you’re a student:
If you’re a teacher:
If you’re an administrator or guidance counselor:
If you’re a parent:
(image from University of New Mexico)
LGBTQ* Acronyms
I’m part of a (fabulous) patchwork
Note: the “Q” can also represent “Questioning”
the “A” can also represent “Ally”
the “U” should possibly be changed to “Undeclared”
I've also heard of "Outside the Relationship, Gender, And Sexuality Mainstream"
In other words, ORGASM! I'm fond of this one, myself. ;)
Pariah
This was a good movie. I cried.
