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DoomsdaysCW

😢 Poet #AndreaGibson, candid explorer of life, death and identity, dies at 49

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and Hillel Italie
Updated 8:10 PM EDT, July 14, 2025

"Andrea Gibson, a celebrated #poet and #Performanceartist who through their verse explored #GenderIdentity, politics and their 4-year battle with terminal ovarian cancer, died Monday at age 49.

"Gibson’s death was announced on social media by their wife, Megan Falley. Gibson and Falley are the main subjects of the documentary 'Come See Me in the Good Light,' winner of the Festival Favorite Award this year at the Sundance Film Festival and scheduled to air this fall on Apple TV+.

" 'Andrea Gibson died in their home (in Boulder, Colorado) surrounded by their wife, Meg, four ex-girlfriends, their mother and father, dozens of friends, and their three beloved dogs,' Monday’s announcement reads in part.

"The film — exploring the couple’s enduring love as Gibson battles cancer — is directed by Ryan White and includes an original song written by Gibson, Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile. During a screening at Sundance in January that left much of the audience in tears, Gibson said they didn’t expect to live long enough to see the documentary."

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Poet Andrea Gibson, one of the subjects of the documentary film "Come See Me in the Good Light," poses at the premiere of the film during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, 2025, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
AP News · Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and identity, dies at 49Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist, has died at age 49. Their wife, Megan Falley, announced the news on Monday. Gibson, who explored gender identity, politics and their battle with terminal ovarian cancer through poetry, passed away at their home in Boulder, Colorado. A native of Maine, Gibson moved to Colorado in the 1990s and served as the state’s poet laureate for the past two years. Their acclaimed works include “You Better Be Lightning” and “Lord of the Butterflies.” Colorado Governor Jared Polis praised Gibson’s inspiring poetry and advocacy for arts in education.
#RIPAndreaGibson#LGBTQPoet#Mainers
Will 🏳️‍🌈

Since this is a safe space, I wanted to share something I've only shared with two other people. I've long questioned my gender identity, but since I was embedded in the corporate world and technology was not just a career but my life, I couldn't see a way to make it real.

Long ago, before my career had been all-consuming, I had gone as far as to connect with the amazing Dr Marci Bowers in Trinidad, Colorado (at the time) to discuss gender affirmation surgery. I moved away from the area before we went very far in the process.

I wonder if, now that I'm effectively retired, maybe the avenue of my gender presentation might be revisited. Or maybe that train has left the station. Something to ponder, eh?

Interesting story: my best friend Jack (may he rest in peace) hadn't heard from me for a long time. He was positive I had transitioned during that time, and was a bit surprised when it wasn't quite the case.

#GenderIdentity
WYM Mod

Peter Garrard Beck reveals a significant ruling from Judge Julia Kobick, who blocked the Trump administration's discriminatory passport policy against transgender and nonbinary individuals. This decision expands access to accurate documentation for all affected by the previous restrictions, affirming equality under the Fifth Amendment. The ruling follows an executive order limiting gender recognition, now overturned by the Biden administration. For more details, click here: cnbc.com/2025/06/17/judge-bloc #TransgenderRights #PassportPolicy #LegalVictory #GenderIdentity #LGBTQ+

CNBCJudge blocks Trump passport policy targeting transgender peopleA federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities.
Studio52nd
Nieuwe blog online!
In onze nieuwste blog, 'Een tuin vol verhalen', vertelt een van onze kernteamleden over haar eerste maanden bij Studio52nd, de bijzondere ontmoetingen met kinderen en ouders, en de magische reis van woorden tot toneel.
En... wil je deze verhalen zelf ervaren? Kom dan op 25 juni om 19:00 naar KIT LIVE in Amsterdam voor de voorstelling Backstage bij Oma Oost!
Meer info: https://studio52nd.nl/voorstellingen/bbo-
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#socialJustice #diversity #theater #inclusion #education #educationmatters #children #environmentaljustice #decolonial #decolonialstruggles #Gender #GenderRights #racism #justicematters #genderidentity #genderequality #equalityforall #Amsterdam #socialequity #equalityforall #youtheducation
#youtheducation
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DoomsdaysCW

So, I briefly worked with Wayne Maines, #NicoleMaines' dad. I remember him telling me about his daughter, and how before Nicole's transition, #TransPeople weren't on his radar and was a bit taken aback. But being a good dad, he fully embraced her, and became one of her staunchest defenders. A class act!

Looking back on the Maine Supreme Court transgender bathroom case

by Jackie Mundry
May 28, 2025

"In January 2014, the Maine Supreme Court ruled in favor of Nicole Maines. At the time, she was in the fifth grade in Orono and identified as #transgender.

"She and her family say the school administration, her classmates and their parents were all aware that Maines was trans, and because of that, she had no problem using the bathroom that aligned with her gender identity.

" 'When I would introduce themselves to myself, I would say, 'Hi, I'm Wyatt, I'm a boy who wants to be a girl. What's your name?' And they'd say, 'Hi, I'm Ryan, I like trucks.' And it was on the same level of mundanity,' Maines said, describing her time in school.

"One day, that changed, and she was not able to use the girls bathroom anymore after another male student followed her into that bathroom.

" 'I went into the bathroom with another girlfriend of mine, and he followed me, and he didn't say anything to me, and he just kind of, like, made prolonged eye contact with me as he went into the second stall, and he use the bathroom, and it was like I was glued to that spot,' Maines said.

" 'I redid fifth and sixth grade, being there to make sure that she was OK. She never had a normal childhood,' Maines' mom, Kelly Maines, said reflecting on how much time she spent in the school trying to protect Nicole.

" 'It got so bad that Kelly had to quit her job at the University of Maine, and we moved her and the kids to Portland, and they lived in hiding in America,' Maines' dad, Wayne Maines, added.

"Eventually, Kelly contacted the #MaineHumanRightsCommission, and a lawsuit was filed. While the precedent was set in Maine more than a decade ago, the Maines family is concerned about upcoming legislation.

" 'Freedom matters, and they're taking freedoms away,' Wayne said.

"The state Legislature's Judiciary Committee is considering several pieces of legislation that would not allow transgender students to play sports with students who align with their gender identity or use the bathrooms or changing rooms of their choice.

[...]

"There is also a proposal to remove #GenderIdentity as a protected class from the #MaineHumanRightsAct.

"Maines lives in California and is pursuing an acting career. Her message to #TransKids is clear.

" 'Do not give in to their hatred,' she said.

"All of the bills looking to change the transgender rules in Maine are still waiting to be voted out of the Judiciary Committee. Once that happens, they will get a full vote, and likely a debate, on the House and Senate floors."

wmtw.com/article/looking-back-

#ProtectTransYouth#ProtectTransKids#GBLTQRights
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OLD Bhawthorne account

Gender identity, societal vs. personal:
My struggle with intersectionality

One difficulty I have with terms like “men” and “women” is that people have radically different conceptions of what those words mean, and those meanings have changed dramatically in the last 50 years. Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, during a time when we openly talked about “liberation,” those terms were very broad, and we were trying to broaden them to include in “man”anyone who identified as a man, from Liberace to Joe Namath. Similarly for the gender term “woman.”
The concept of “man” that I learned as an adolescent and young adult included so much more than it does today. In those pre-intersectional days, with our goal of broadening genders to be free and all-inclusive, my spouse and I tried to raise our kids to be comfortable being whoever they were. We tried not to make assumptions about sexuality or gender.
When our eldest told us they were non-binary, I was so happy that they felt comfortable being whoever they are. But, it meant I finally had to dive into the world of intersectionality because words had changed so much.
So, while I still identify as a man, it is as a half-century-old, pre-Reagan, liberated man with a very different identity from what is portrayed by the media in our 21st century fascist hellscape as a “man.” In current intersectional terms, I would define myself as a queer, assigned male at birth, pansexual, and non-binary person with breasts.
Part of the reason that I enjoyed Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time so much is because in the future/alternate reality of the book, they had taken the broadening step to its logical conclusion and eliminated the words man and woman, replacing them with the word person, and the universal pronoun “per.” My difficulty with intersectionality has always been that it divides instead of unifying, it focuses on the prison of ever more detailed gender roles rather than on the liberation of defining one’s own personal gender identity and throwing out the concept of gender-related roles in society entirely.
I understand the personal and political realities that make intersectional identities so important for marginalized and oppressed communities and individuals. But I still long for a world where we can all just be the people we are, instead of fitting our identities into ever-smaller boxes.

#gender #GenderQuestioning #genderIdentity #intersectionality

[ Edited to add: “with breasts.” I mean, we all have breasts, but most men are taught to ignore them as inconvenient bits of fat on top of over-developed pectoral muscles. I’ve recently become reacquainted with mine. ]

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