With a bit of publicity of late, this blog has had a sharp rise in visitors. I like that! It’s also brought with it some folks who rightfully question why I write this blog. In particular, there are questions about whether I’m somehow pigeon-holing Q and/or whether my appreciating things like his love for purple [...]
Posts Tagged ‘expanding gender notions’
Troubling our comfortable norms
Posted in beyond labels, community, expanding gender notions, gender funneling, resistance, social norms, support, tagged expanding gender notions, gender norms, gender roles, gender stereotypes, why blog on November 8, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Blogging for LGBT Families: Elbowing at the Boundaries
Posted in Prop 8, community, expanding gender notions, gender funneling, social norms, support, tagged blogging for LGBT families, expanding gender notions, Prop 8, queer rights on June 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
June 1, Blogging for LGBT Families Day in the blogosphere. Swept up in the recent Prop 8 stir, I’ve not been feeling so hopeful and didn’t know what to write. So I figured, why not a good ole reflection on why it is that I write in the first place.
Truly, I write/blog for my son. [...]
Being an opening for others
Posted in expanding gender notions, gender funneling, social norms, tagged community, expanding gender notions, gender, gender norms on November 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Something I love about mothering Q and being openly supportive of who he is, how he differs from social norms, etc, is that I get to be an opening for others to share their similar experiences with me.
Friends who write about their sons playing with gender, wearing dresses, wanting to be girls, etc, to others [...]
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labelsare4jars tweets!- labelsare4jars: RT @sexgenderbody: School pupils to learn about transphobic bullying http://ff.im/-c6Bj0labelsare4jars: RT @sexgenderbody: School pupils to learn about transphobic bullying http://ff.im/-c6Bj0
- labelsare4jars: Thanks @marnanel for the words!: I loved this post from @labelsare4jars: http://tinyurl.com/yjutdjdlabelsare4jars: Thanks @marnanel for the words!: I loved this post from @labelsare4jars: http://tinyurl.com/yjutdjd
- labelsare4jars: RT @JoinTheImpact: BREAKING NEWS: VICTORY!! Tampa City Council votes 5-1 to protect transgender citizens http://ow.ly/DOvY #tdor #lgbtlabelsare4jars: RT @JoinTheImpact: BREAKING NEWS: VICTORY!! Tampa City Council votes 5-1 to protect transgender citizens http://ow.ly/DOvY #tdor #lgbt
- labelsare4jars: RT @faroop: RT @chavahassan Help Inman Sq bookstore sell 5000 books to stay open http://tinyurl.com/yjownfq #cambridgelabelsare4jars: RT @faroop: RT @chavahassan Help Inman Sq bookstore sell 5000 books to stay open http://tinyurl.com/yjownfq #cambridge
- labelsare4jars: RT @massequality: GREAT NEWS! 76% of likely MA voters support Transgender rights says new study. http://su.pr/2ErJCm #LGBT#GLBT #transgenderlabelsare4jars: RT @massequality: GREAT NEWS! 76% of likely MA voters support Transgender rights says new study. http://su.pr/2ErJCm #LGBT#GLBT #transgender
- labelsare4jars: RT @queerunity: Challenge - Name one "family values" republican who hasn't had an "immoral issue" related to them or their familylabelsare4jars: RT @queerunity: Challenge - Name one "family values" republican who hasn't had an "immoral issue" related to them or their family
- labelsare4jars: RT @mombian: New York Times on gender identity and expression: Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School? http://is.gd/4Qd7C (they cite my blog!)labelsare4jars: RT @mombian: New York Times on gender identity and expression: Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School? http://is.gd/4Qd7C (they cite my blog!)
- labelsare4jars: RT @unitethefight: Dan Savage: "President Obama is a fierce advocate of gay rights the same way I'm a ladies' man.He isn't, and I//too true.labelsare4jars: RT @unitethefight: Dan Savage: "President Obama is a fierce advocate of gay rights the same way I'm a ladies' man.He isn't, and I//too true.
- labelsare4jars: Thanks @mombian @ameriqueer @naydeehnmessier for the retweet of request for blog support! http://bit.ly/4tyOdc Definitely making a dif!labelsare4jars: Thanks @mombian @ameriqueer @naydeehnmessier for the retweet of request for blog support! http://bit.ly/4tyOdc Definitely making a dif!
- labelsare4jars: Uptick in blog rdrship=questioners and naysayers (forcing my kiddo to be dfrnt). Could use support in comments. Thx! http://bit.ly/4tyOdclabelsare4jars: Uptick in blog rdrship=questioners and naysayers (forcing my kiddo to be dfrnt). Could use support in comments. Thx! http://bit.ly/4tyOdc
- labelsare4jars: RT @sexgenderbody: School pupils to learn about transphobic bullying http://ff.im/-c6Bj0
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