Word: genderism
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...wanted to go to the pool. They had legitimate concerns that the attendant at the public pool would scrutinize them because they are transgender, would demand identification and then turn them away from the pool or would force them to use a locker room that was inappropriate to their gender identity. Then we came up with an idea: why not make our own IDs? There’s nothing against the law about issuing membership cards, as is done by countless places of employment, clubs, parties and organizations...
...want. Male, female, transgender, MTF (male-to-female), FTM (female-to-male), intersex—all of these are fine options, as is any other identification people want to list. People are also welcome to leave the space blank if they do not want to define or disclose their gender identity...
...believe strongly that people have a right to self-define their own gender identity. People have struggled hard to find their own words for describing and affirming their own personal gender, and I am not going to be a gender gatekeeper who tells people that they can’t be the identity that they are living...
Stephanie M. Skier ’05, a Crimson editor, is a social studies and women’s studies concentrator in Currier House. She is spending this summer getting the kind of gender studies education that doesn’t happen in a Harvard classroom...
...legacy of their ancestor Paikea, who was once saved from drowning by riding on the back of a whale. The would-be heir to the title of chief dies during birth, while his twin sister, Pai, survives. A natural leader, Pai grows up striving to overcome the odds of gender oppression in her tribe and engages in a quest for the title of chief. The performance is moving and well acted, although meanings of some tribal references are lost on Western audiences. Director Niki Caro’s shots beautifully capture the picturesque scenery of coastal New Zealand. Whale Rider...