http://kboo.fm/node/17817
Today (Tuesday) at 6pm! Jack, Sam and Smitty will be on KBOO talking about everything CoG! Including our upcoming fundraiser and non-profit status! Tune in but if you miss it, it will be online at the link above.
oops sorry here is the rest of the pictures!
pictures of the new studio at Switchyard!
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The non-trans privilege checklist
(Cause this was awesome.)
1) Strangers don't assume they can ask me what my genitals look like
and how I have sex.
2) My validity as a man/woman/human is not based upon how much surgery
I've had or how well I "pass" as a non-Trans person.
3) When initiating sex with someone, I do not have to worry that they
won't be able to deal with my parts or that having sex with me will
cause my partner to question his or her own sexual orientation.
4) I am not excluded from events which are either explicitly or de
facto* men-born-men or women-born-women only. (*basically anything
involving nudity)
5) My politics are not questioned based on the choices I make with
regard to my body.
6) I don't have to hear "so have you had THE surgery?" or "oh, so
you're REALLY a [incorrect sex or gender]?" each time I come out to
someone.
7) I am not expected to constantly defend my medical decisions.
8) Strangers do not ask me what my "real name" [birth name] is and then
assume that they have a right to call me by that name.
9) People do not disrespect me by using incorrect pronouns even after
they've been corrected.
10) I do not have to worry that someone wants to be my friend or have
sex with me in order to prove his or her "hipness" or good politics.
11) I do not have to worry about whether I will be able to find a
bathroom to use or whether I will be safe changing in a locker room.
12) When engaging in political action, I do not have to worry about
the *gendered* repurcussions of being arrested. (i.e. what will happen
to me if the cops find out that my genitals do not match my gendered
appearance? Will I end up in a cell with people of my own gender?)
13) I do not have to defend my right to be a part of "Queer" and gays
and lesbians will not try to exclude me from OUR movement in order to
gain political legitimacy for themselves.
14) My experience of gender (or gendered spaces) is not viewed
as "baggage" by others of the gender in which I live.
15) I do not have to choose between either invisibility ("passing") or
being consistently "othered" and/or tokenized based on my gender.
16) I am not told that my sexual orientation and gender identity are
mutually exclusive.
17) When I go to the gym or a public pool, I can use the showers.
18) If I end up in the emergency room, I do not have to worry that my
gender will keep me from receiving appropriate treatment nor will all
of my medical issues be seen as a product of my gender. ("Your nose is
running and your throat hurts? Must be due to the hormones!")
19) My health insurance provider (or public health system) does not
specifically exclude me from receiving benefits or treatments available
to others because of my gender.
20) When I express my internal identities in my daily life, I am not
considered "mentally ill" by the medical establishment.
21) I am not required to undergo extensive psychological evaluation in
order to receive basic medical care.
22) The medical establishment does not serve as a "gatekeeper" which
disallows self-determination of what happens to my body.
23) People do not use me as a scapegoat for their own unresolved gender
issues.
(from http://ping.fm/43WfG)
