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#USCIS just sent out an email announcing that it only recognizes "two sexes - male & female" & generally only sex assigned at birth.
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Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community.
https://www.ted.com/talks/samy_nour_younes_a_short_history_of_trans_people_s_long_fight_for_equality #TED #Transgenderl #LGBTQ #History #TransHistory #Identity #Equality
“So on this #TransDayOfVisibility, I see you — the person behind the governmental erasure and deafening public silence. I see your complexity, your resilience, your #humanity that extends far beyond your #gender #identity. And I promise to keep fighting for a world where being seen doesn't come with a side of existential dread.
Because one day, visibility won't be an act of #courage. It will just be #life.”
https://www.readtpa.com/p/navigating-trans-day-of-visibility
The Present Age · Navigating Trans Day of Visibility in Trump's America
Krzysztof Grzybacz’s large-scale oil paintings invoke tenderness and curiosity.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/krzysztof-grzybacz-floral-compositions/
In your opinion, what is the best domain for a personal blog?
Really good article that I just read which dives into autistic versus non-autistic identity, it puts out a theory that Autistic identity is value-and-passion-driven versus non-Autistic identity being focused on collective identity membership, and the way the two conflict and differ.
NeuroClastic · The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced DifferentlyTerra Vance posits that Autistic people experience empathy and emotions differently because the way autistic identity is structured differs from non-autistic people’s identity constructs.
In characteristically glistening blue hues, Robert Peterson’s striking portraits invite us into emotionally complex inner worlds.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/robert-peterson-portraits/
Weaving hundreds of pipe cleaners, Salvador Dominguez creates functional forms in color palettes that pay homage to the nostalgic vibrancy of his upbringing in southern California and Mexico.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/salvador-dominguez-mano-de-obra/
#HotTake: Every #human should be entitled by international #law to free, unseizeable #ID documents in the form of a travel #passport to evidence their #identity and have #FreedomOfMovement as well as a chance to #flee.
- It should also be illegal to demand #biometrics like #Fingerprints which are trivial to forge anyway!
Why?
- Because in past and in present day denying the issue and/or confiscation of #passports has been used and abused solely to commit #democide, #genocide and #hatecrime both #opposition groups and #minorities.
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…In 2021 #JustinEichorn objected to a bill requiring #Minnesota schools to teach about sexual #orientation & #gender #identity, saying “before you know it, they’ll be reading kids ‘50 Shades of Grey.’ This discussion is better had at a more mature age.”
…Eichorn also co-authored a bill to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness.
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@codinghorror @trending_bot Related, longer-term thought, in case it interests you: getting @letsencrypt to work with @opennic would put us on a path to set domain names free from the commercial system (after which we could try to get the EU to force browsers to support OpenNIC natively).
Aral’s fediverse serverAral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)@zbrando@vivaldi.net @morrick@appdot.net @ueeu@vivaldi.net You’re not wrong.
But, looking ahead, we can do so much better than the commercial domain name system.
Commercial domain names are a gold standard example of artificial scarcity. A domain name registrar cost next to nothing to operate. It’s tiny rows of text in a database. It could easily be free to own your own domain name – a huge part of what constitutes identity – on the Internet.
In fact, a non-commercial service has been operational for 24 years. It would be trivial to regulate that browsers in the EU implement support for it and work together with, say, @letsencrypt@infosec.exchange to ensure it can handle TLS.
That would be an amazing addition to the commons and a future-proof way forward that we could lead on with next to no investment.
#domainNames #DNS #openNic #LetsEncrypt #EU #commons #internet #freedom #ICAAN
I danced with a man, as a woman.
I let him lead and it felt wonderful.
It was a waltz, a totally #LGBTQ waltz. He was #gay, and I was a #transgender woman, but a gentleman asked a lady to dance and so we did.
https://buff.ly/5YL0iK6
Prism & Pen · I Waltzed with Prince Charming on My Transatlantic Trans Cinderella Cruise
Flatpak & Flathub: 6 Security and Privacy Concerns You Should Know
https://video.fosshq.org/videos/watch/d2e570dc-dff1-4111-928f-8706b4578ef3
New in our electronic #collection:
Belonging and #Identity in #STEM #HigherEducation
https://uclpress.co.uk/book/belonging-and-identity-in-stem-higher-education
**Antiquity - Including the “East” As “Western Identity”**
_“In this book, the reader will access debates on intercultural experiences from the perspective of Phoenician colonists in Spain; the formation of a particular Greek identity built by Greek colonists in Sicily; the dramatic social and cultural transformations in the southern Levant following the regional transition to the Bronze Age; the integration of pre-Islamic Somalia in a trade network connected to the Mediterranean, from the Bronze to Iron ages; the multicultural influences inspiring the Book of Genesis; the cultural identity of early Christians as the New Testament is developed under the influence of Near Eastern traditions; and the complex multi-cultural and multi-ethnic dialogue behind the process of formation of Koine Greek during Byzantine times.”
Antiquity - including the “East” as “Western identity” [Working title] (2023) IntechOpen eBooks. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104678.
#OpenAccess #OA #DOI #Academic #Ebook #Bookstodon #History #Histodon #Histodons #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Linguistics #Antiquity #Culture #Identity @histodon @histodons @archaeodons @linguistics @bookstodon
doi.orgAntiquity - Including the “East” As “Western Identity” | IntechOpenThe usages of the past, and of antiquity, were felt throughout history, reflecting the fabric of apologetic and ideological narratives. Antiquity is studied to understand time to understand the way in which the past is received, integrated, and used. This work gathers seven essays featuring case studies on ancient cultural identity via interdisciplinary approaches. Interdisciplinarity, thanks to the intersection of history, archaeology, and linguistics, corresponds to the transversal, comprehensive, and complex look essential to understand the intrinsic value of antiquity in each time and in each present. Ancient history and archaeology demonstrate how diverse the ancient world truly was. Socio-cultural change and dynamics in contact situations between groups of distinct cultures produced constant innovations and adaptations. In this book, the reader will access debates on intercultural experiences from the perspective of Phoenician colonists in Spain; the formation of a particular Greek identity built by Greek colonists in Sicily; the dramatic social and cultural transformations in the southern Levant following the regional transition to the Bronze Age; the integration of pre-Islamic Somalia in a trade network connected to the Mediterranean, from the Bronze to Iron ages; the multicultural influences inspiring the Book of Genesis; the cultural identity of early Christians as the New Testament is developed under the influence of Near Eastern traditions; and the complex multi-cultural and multi-ethnic dialogue behind the process of formation of Koine Greek during Byzantine times.
This graph shows the percent of each generation that identified as LGBT in 2024.
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Erin Milez’s uncanny paintings portray characters and a home that reflect her own experiences of starting a young family.
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However, one section appears to apply far more broadly, targeting ALL #transgender visa applicants—not just athletes. It mandates that “all visas must reflect an applicant’s sex at birth” & grants ofcls the authority to deny #visas based on “reasonable suspicion” of a person’s transgender #identity.
Scenes from the keynote address, speaking from Ōsaka to Sarajevo. On the spur of the moment, I pulled out an uchiwa fan (団扇) to show cuteness from Japan to Eastern Europe, and I had it take bows at the end. The character on the fan is our city mascot, based on a terra cotta figure from 1,500 years ago found in the huge Imperial tumulus (古墳) here.
The screenshot of part of a slide shows the point I made about how revolutionary AI can be. Just as we have been Googling to get information when needed, without having to remember it, foreign languages and even knowledge itself could become like an accessory that younger generations rely on AI for. There is no telling how this will play out, but I know that internalized (身についた) knowledge constitutes my expertise, and the Japanese language has enriched my identity and relationships.
#technology #culture #Japan #kawaii #cute #AI #knowledge #Japanese #language #identity #linguistics #philosophy
