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1/4 "... several #sociodemographic and #socioeconomic factors as predictors of #LongCovid including lower #household #income levels, being #Hispanic, #female, #gay/#lesbian or #bisexual, and #divorced or #separated.
2/4 "Even after accounting for such factors, having #LongCovid was linked to higher risks of recent #unemployment, #financial #hardship, and #anxiety and #depressive #symptomatology, with evidence of dose-response relationships."
3/4 "Overall, an estimated 27.3 million US adults with #LongCovid were at risk of adverse #socioeconomic and #health outcomes including #anxiety and #depression."
#SDOH #social #determinants of #health
#SDOH #social #determinants of #health
while I was away, we apparently had both "bisexual women" & "dick energy" Discourses™. while I'm loath to weigh in directly (as both are complicated + I don't know all the specifics), this discusses unconscious meanings we project onto both (no-paywall):
juliaserano.medium.com/penises-privil…
juliaserano.medium.com/penises-privil…
...& this related essay explains why conservatives gratuitously smear all #LGBTQ+ ppl "gr00mers" while simultaneously embracing actual gr00mers like Andrew Tate (hint: it's not about sexual exploitation/abuse, it's about stigma-contamination; no-paywall):
juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-gro…
juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-gro…
...both these essays draw heavily from my latest book Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back. if you're interested in learning more, this chapter-by-chapter preview summarizes the book and all topics covered therein (no-paywall):
juliaserano.medium.com/sexed-up-a-cha…
juliaserano.medium.com/sexed-up-a-cha…
Kit Connor y la bisexualidad
(O, ese es joto, los bisexuales no existen).
Abro hilo.
#KitConnor #Heartstopper #bisexual
(O, ese es joto, los bisexuales no existen).
Abro hilo.
#KitConnor #Heartstopper #bisexual
Por partes ¿Quién es Kit Connor? Uno de los protagonistas de Heartstopper, el fenómeno LGBT+ televisivo más exitoso de los últimos años ¿Qué pasó con él? Después de una primera temporada, fue obligado a salir del clóset cono bisexual. Él así lo detalló hoy en un tweet.
¿Por qué es noticia? Porque en la serie, esta es justo la trama de su personaje: un chico que se enamora de otro, pero que no está seguro de sus emociones, de su orientación. A lo largo de los episodios va descubriéndose y ya en cierre, sale del clóset con su mamá como bisexual.
Guten Morgen liebe Leute.
Heute ist #BiVisibilityDay2022.
Und ich bin auf dem Weg zur @BiPlusPride.
🏳️🌈❤️💜💙 #BiVisibilityDay #BiPride #BiProud #BiMen #Bisexual
Ein Thread (1/22)
Heute ist #BiVisibilityDay2022.
Und ich bin auf dem Weg zur @BiPlusPride.
🏳️🌈❤️💜💙 #BiVisibilityDay #BiPride #BiProud #BiMen #Bisexual
Ein Thread (1/22)
Das ich frei über meine #Bisexualität denken und schreiben und reden kann, ist nicht selbstverständlich. Noch immer werden auch bisexuelle Menschen in vielen anderen Ländern verurteilt. (2/22)
In #Ägypten sind homosexuelle Handlungen verboten und wird mit 3 Jahren Haft veruteilt. Im #Iran erhalten queere Frauen 100 Peitschenhiebe. Und Männer werden zum Tode verurteilt. Die #Todesstrafe gibt es auch in #SaudiArabien. (3/22)
So, it’s #BiAwarenessWeek?
Which raises, for me, some existential questions
When I, sheltered in the Midwest within a white, performatively Catholic family, first learned attraction between people could actually be more than vanilla heterosexed, bisexual seemed to fit
But -
Which raises, for me, some existential questions
When I, sheltered in the Midwest within a white, performatively Catholic family, first learned attraction between people could actually be more than vanilla heterosexed, bisexual seemed to fit
But -
Back in the day when I was reading Dykes to Watch Out For & Hothead Paisan, I encountered the term “Stone Butch” which seemed to better encapsulate how I experienced love & affection for people but rarely any desire for them to get sexy with me (asexual wasn’t widely used)
I was sorting out my orientation in the 1990s & had been given virtually no healthy tools to do so
We didn’t have many terms for that complex trifecta of sex/gender/orientation better understood now
Also, AIDS was a thing & alternative sexuality carried enormous stigma
We didn’t have many terms for that complex trifecta of sex/gender/orientation better understood now
Also, AIDS was a thing & alternative sexuality carried enormous stigma
Here is a round-up of #PrideMonth with The Hindu.
We take you through all the inspiring stories we've come across this month and how different cities in India and the world celebrated #PrideMonth2022.
We take you through all the inspiring stories we've come across this month and how different cities in India and the world celebrated #PrideMonth2022.
#PrideMonth | A 24-year-old woman in #Gujarat's #Vadodara city married herself by undergoing traditional rituals of a Hindu wedding.
#KshamaBindu, who identifies as #bisexual, claims that her marriage will be the first instance of #sologamy in India.
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#KshamaBindu, who identifies as #bisexual, claims that her marriage will be the first instance of #sologamy in India.
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#PrideMonth | What does meaningful inclusion look like? How can corporations prove their allegiances to the great, grand cause of #queer liberation? A nondescript bakery in a sleepy #Juhu lane in #Mumbai shows us.
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I did not expect that in the days between #biweek and the @BECAUSEConf, a leading representative from a #bisexual organization would painfully erase #pansexual people and reignite the tired #bisexual vs. #pansexual label wars on social media. But here we are.
At this time, I think it is important that #bisexual leaders who organize #bisexual, #pansexual, #queer, #fluid and otherwise #nonmonosexual (sometimes known as "bi+") communities online and/or in person speak out to affirm that #pansexual people are valid.
Some suggestions about how to avoid causing pain regarding labels. First, if you don't use a label, don't define it. Not #pansexual? Don't define #pansexuality. Not #bisexual? Don't define #bisexuality. This places definitional autonomy where it belongs: w/ ppl who use the label.
This will seem like a very odd decision for anyone familiar with LGB Alliance's social media profile. Taking a first glance at @ChtyCommission's reasoning here's what strikes me as key. Others may have more insight...
Firstly, it seems that much of LGB Alliance's historic social media output runs directly contrary to some their started charitable aims, notably the fact that they spend a lot of time denying and denigrating #bisexuality. Thread: .
This ought to have been a red flag for the @ChtyCommission as in section 41, they specifically commented on whether or not the LGB Alliance was a "sham" and, in section 42, concluded that there was "no evidence".
This begs the question: what evidence do they need, exactly?
This begs the question: what evidence do they need, exactly?
Thread:#LGBTHM21 For Clarification: I protested at school in 1996-1998 at section 28.Watched the #LGBTQ community in my school bullied within a inch of their lives. Was told at meeting wasn't schools role to manage & I'd grow out if it.
It's been 25 years bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/artic…
It's been 25 years bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/artic…
I didn't ever grow out of it. It was repealed 5 years later When I was 21!!
So thank you to the #LGBTQ community groups across the NW that got many of us through that era, including @GLYSSwarrington for me. Today I'm a teacher, and appalled we ever had it! #LGBTHM21
So thank you to the #LGBTQ community groups across the NW that got many of us through that era, including @GLYSSwarrington for me. Today I'm a teacher, and appalled we ever had it! #LGBTHM21
I am however very proud to as a #bisexual be raising a very confident #pansexual daughter. Who knows nothing of ever feeling bad about who she chooses to love or be with, just thinks that's normal and people are different, get over it ❤👍
#LGBTHM21
#LGBTHM21
14 years ago today I was outed for being #bisexual and #polyamorous by a now defunct local Republican blog. Upset they weren’t getting more media attention they started sending my posts & photos to my board members & legislative leaders.
I quit my job when the press harassed me.
I quit my job when the press harassed me.
Because I deviated from the straight, monogamous norm, I was treated as a scandal per se. They felt free to dehumanize me, advocate for my children to be taken away from me and speculate wildly on who I had slept with. They constructed a tale where I traded sex for votes.
I was turning 29 in a few months and had a surprisingly successful legislative season as a lobbyist. I accomplished more in one year than anyone expected, including doubling the state’s moral obligation. I did it by being honest, sincere & transparent.
Hi! Happy #BiVisibilityDay! Every year for the last 5 years I have said a version of the same thing. This year is no exception. Let's talk bisexuality! (short thread👇)
1) I am #bisexual. To me, this means I can be attracted to people who *are not* of my gender identity, as well as being attracted to people who *are* of my gender identity
2) it does not mean I erase non binary gender identities. The '2' implied by my use of 'bi' is 'like me' & 'not like me'
Being Bisexual:
A Thread.
💗💜💙
A Thread.
💗💜💙
“Do you realise you’ll never be happy.” Was the response one of my closest ‘friends’ at the time said when my 15 year old self finally plucked up the courage to tell him. “If you’re with a girl you’ll always want a guy or if you’re with a guy you’ll always want a girl.”
I can still remember everything about this moment. I remember because this moment branded its mark in my head and shaped the way I loved for years. It ruined so many relationships because I would second guess everything and tell myself “I’m never going to be happy.”
@SimonFanshawe Fairly shocking to find eradication of "mixed wards" By @NHSEngland @NHSImprovmeent was only rebranding exercise & that now they just lie about #male genitalia to #female patients so they have no way to protect themselves. @CMO_England @CNOEngland
@Jochurchill4
@Jochurchill4
@SimonFanshawe @NHSEngland @CMO_England @CNOEngland @Jochurchill4 NHS guidelines:
Grade #1 woman: transwomen with #ladydique
Grade #2 woman: biological female #unraped (of course)
Grade #3 woman: Biological female - rape survivors, it doesnt matter that they can't sleep or scared out of their wits. @Baroness_Nichol
Grade #1 woman: transwomen with #ladydique
Grade #2 woman: biological female #unraped (of course)
Grade #3 woman: Biological female - rape survivors, it doesnt matter that they can't sleep or scared out of their wits. @Baroness_Nichol
@SimonFanshawe @NHSEngland @CMO_England @CNOEngland @Jochurchill4 @Baroness_Nichol Ideally, of course #Female #Rape survivors (or victims) dont actually show up for medical treatment they need & deserve, freeing up #NHS resources for patients who are not damaged goods & who deserve actual health care.
Why do monosexual people (in my experience particularly cis het men) ask pan/queer/bi people which gender they prefer? Men keep asking me this on dating sites. I truly don’t understand what they are trying to uncover with this question.
If I say men, does that make them feel more secure? If I say women, does that make them feel like they have to work harder or do they feel special to be a man dating a woman who prefers women? And what if I said I prefer non-binary folks? Would they even get it?
I think this question baffles me too bc I’ve had more sex w/ men, but more sustained intimate relationships w/ women & prefer the company of women & non-binary ppl socially. So are folks asking about a sexual, social, or romantic gender preference? Do they know the difference?
Hello again! We are pleased to be telling the #polyam / #nonmonogamous (hi)story of Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), the American poet, feminist, and playwright.
Millay is very well-known among #polyam communities today due to a number of articles that @brainpickings wrote about her “polyamorous” love letters: brainpickings.org/2016/02/22/edn…
Thread on naming, claiming, anachronisms, community, & queer identity:
Y’all know I stan for @OctaviaEButler but she wasn’t a lesbian. She died in 2006 when it would have been relatively acceptable for her to be out, even just privately, as a lesbian.
lgbtqnation.com/2019/02/overca…
Y’all know I stan for @OctaviaEButler but she wasn’t a lesbian. She died in 2006 when it would have been relatively acceptable for her to be out, even just privately, as a lesbian.
lgbtqnation.com/2019/02/overca…
People read Butler as lesbian/queer because she was a tall, dark-skinned, deep-voiced woman who valued her writing more than romantic relationships. I appreciate that folks want to claim her. We love her. Hell, if I could find a way to claim she was my distant cousin, I would.
But to retroactively apply the label of lesbian to a person who did not choose that term & who left no evidence (see her papers at @TheHuntington) of sexual/romantic relationships with women, does not help anyone.
To #bisexual #pansexual #queer women: #Callforwriting for @BiWomenQtly. The theme of the next issue is "Firsts." What “firsts” have been significant to you? DUE BY February 1, 2019. Info: biwomenboston.org
#bicommunity #bitwitter #bipride #bisexuals #biwriters
#bicommunity #bitwitter #bipride #bisexuals #biwriters
Please share this call for writing widely. Help us to spread the word about Bi Women Quarterly, (@BiWomenQtly), available FREE to folks around the world. We're looking for #writers, #artists, subscribers, & #donors. More at biwomenboston.org.
During the past 24 hours, we've received four more submissions to @BiWomenQtly . Thanks to all who are helping signal boost this grassroots bi+ publication! You can find the call for writing, submission guidelines, and 10 years of back issues at biwomenboston.org.
#Gender #Identity (FCO since 2009) Mathematical Analysis of @MoJGovUK stats 30 June 2018 wrt sexual offences (99.1% #Male) #Male-pattern Sexual Offending shared by #Transwomen, 60 is just under half of 128 #female from total population of 30M in #England & #Wales. @munkihanger
#Gender #Identity:
#Tavistock *Gender Identity* Clinic
#BAGIS #British Assn of *Gender Identity* Specialists
#GIRES *Gender Identity* #Research & #Education #Service &
@FCOHumanRights since 2009/10-ish!
Why does this #Lesbian of the #BritishEmpire know? 🤔
@faintlyfalling 😊😊😊
#Tavistock *Gender Identity* Clinic
#BAGIS #British Assn of *Gender Identity* Specialists
#GIRES *Gender Identity* #Research & #Education #Service &
@FCOHumanRights since 2009/10-ish!
Why does this #Lesbian of the #BritishEmpire know? 🤔
@faintlyfalling 😊😊😊
#Shoutout for @mrkhtake2 for patiently explaining that #Intersex people can ONLY be i) #female with Variant Sex Characteristics from typical #female sex characteristics presentation &... ii) #male with Variant Sex Characteristics from typical #male sex characteristics. @ClareCAIS
I looked up @lgbtmap's resources showing which states have passed bans against #conversiontherapy on the basis of sexual orientation for minors. The states are CA, WA, OR, NV, NM, IL, VT, NH, RI, CT, NJ, DE, and MD + D.C. lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/….
Here are the relevant portions of CA's law: "This bill would prohibit a mental health provider, as defined, from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts, as defined, with a patient under 18 years of age."
“Sexual orientation change efforts” means any practices by mental health providers that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation.
@SurvivorsnetBtn @RASASC_London @survivorstrust @Danvers07943910 @ObjectUK @BrightonSurvivorsNET “In the light of a highly disturbing increase of #transphobia locally & nationally…” IF everything anybody says or does is #transphobia, of course you can say it is rising. Any reputable statistics?
@SurvivorsnetBtn @RASASC_London @survivorstrust @Danvers07943910 @ObjectUK “…so the date @Womans_Place_UK event feels like a concerted effort to make #trans ppl, & particularly #transwomen, feel #intimidated and #invalidated” Is it the position of SN that the sensitivities of #transwomen mean that #democracy should be suspended any time they say so?
@SurvivorsnetBtn @RASASC_London @survivorstrust @Danvers07943910 @ObjectUK @Womans_Place_UK #Transwomen do face special challenges but they remain #bio #logical #males but it is fine for them #Gender express as ‘women’ but with the best will in the world, they remain #bio #logically #male @WomenEqualities @Commonswomequ @PennyMordaunt @MariaMillerUK @LesleySemmens
I'm gonna chat for a while about what it is like to be the B in LGBTQIA. Well most of the time it feels more the b in LbG(t). #pride #bisexuality
See binary concepts are a thing which are simple to understand, so for many people they struggle to get it when you say there is more then just straight or gay! J #pride
It's tough when your sexuality gets erased and derided, esp by those who are Gay and Lesbian. J #Pride
Hey Twitter! This is @SaraRamirez, artist and proud Mexican Irish American #immigrant #bisexual #queer #woman. To mark #BiHealthMonth, I’m doing an #HRCTwitterTakeover to talk about the need to address #biphobia and #bi-erasure. #BHAM18
Those of us who love more than one sex/gender use many different labels, but we share a common experience: our presence makes people uncomfortable. Our very existence as #bisexual threatens heteronormativity and the gender binary. —@SaraRamirez #HRCTwitterTakeover
#Bisexual, #queer, #pansexual, #fluid, non-monosexual folk are the single largest group within the #LGBTQ community, and we come in all Pantone shades, all genders, and no gender. We're trans, cis, nonbinary. We're ✨everywhere ✨. —@SaraRamirez #HRCTwitterTakeover
