Saturday, April 2, 2011.
Sorting Labels: The End
To sum up this “Sorting Labels” chapter, I would like to point out the term “gender identity.” We haven’t really discussed that at all in this chapter. Today, in general, gender identity is regarded as something we want to be, the way we present and express ourselves. Our identity is something we take for granted, that’s who we are. We never really discuss the matter. But…   more »

Friday, April 1, 2011.
Sorting Labels 4: Intersex Labels
If you think the queer label stirs things up, wait until you learn about intersex and intersexual people: people whom society actually recognizes as being both genders but talks very little about! Some children are born more or less mixed gendered, neither entirely boy nor girl, and in some cases this is discovered only later in life. How will this affect our understanding?   more »