We force gender and sexuality onto our children

Gender and sexuality are things we all force upon our children, as society and as parents.

If our child is born with a penis, for example, the doctor tells us it’s a boy. We believe that doctor and raise that child as a boy. We assign him gendered pronouns and give him a gendered name. We envision him growing into a man one day. We dream of him falling in love with a woman and providing us with grandchildren one day.

Activism, LGBTQ

Being an ally of non-binary people requires action

Being supportive to and an ally of non-binary people requires more than using their proper name (rather than the name you’re used to using). That’s actually the easiest part of it all.

Poverty

Billionaires become rich on the backs of the poor

The only way to become a billionaire is on the backs of poor people.

LGBTQ

Trans athletes don’t have a physical advantage

Over the last few months, I’ve seen people sharing memes and links about trans women athletes competing on primarily cis women teams. They’re worded in a way to get people worked up over having a “biological male” or “genetic male” competing with “biological/genetic females”, with the assumption that being assigned male at birth gives athletes some sort of advantage.

This just isn’t true.

Uncategorized

Locking my house isn’t equal to closed borders

A couple of months ago, I attended an anti-immigration rally to counterprotest. Someone at the rally, when they saw my “No borders” sign, asked me if I locked my house, telling me it’s the same thing as immigration restrictions.

Here’s why this a false equivalence.

Gay, LGBTQ

Don’t shove your sexuality in my face

Someone recently commented on one of my Facebook posts, saying something like, “I don’t care if people are gay; I just don’t want them shoving their sexuality in my face.”

Women, Work

Without female labour, the economy would fall apart

Sure, the fact that 47% of the workforce in Canada, for example, 25 years old and older are women is part of that point. If they all walked off the job, we’d have to somehow virtually double the men in the workforce. And that’s not including females under 25.

Sex

Virginity isn’t always a bad thing

Some time ago, I noticed more commentary than usual about the LDS Church’s approach to virginity. I recognize that their approach is problematic and comes with a lot of baggage. I also recognize that a lot of people view virginity in general with a critical lens. That‘s fine. I want to be clear that I’m not trying to shame them. I also want to be clear that I’m not defending the approach the LDS Church takes on virginity, either literally or culturally.

Uncategorized

Why the justice system is racist

The justice system is broken; it’s racist. Here’s why.

First Nations, Race

Why we should stop using “Lamanite”

The use of the term “Lamanite” to refer to people indigenous to the Americas and the Pacific Islands is problematic. Continue reading “Why we should stop using “Lamanite””