This bi-week:
Gender recognition act reform is being abandoned?
Voter ID laws may be a thing soon!
A summary of all the events at the US Supreme court!
We talk to Theo Hendrie (YouTuber) and May Bowen (podcaster on Nuanced Nonsense) about why anti-non-binary sucks and you should cut it out!
And why the hell are transphobes organizing a margarine boycott?
twitter.com/whatthetrans
facebook.com/whatthetrans
whatthetranspod.tumblr.com
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Episode 31 notes & references
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1. Voter ID rules may be incoming!
BBC report referenced in the episode:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50044539
LGBT impact specific news reports
https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/14/many-ways-lgbtq-community-will-disenfranchised-voter-id-10916733/
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/13/boris-johnson-plans-voter-id-transgender-people-right-to-vote/
Write to your MP! Tell them this is bullshit!
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/
Here is the current info on how to get your passport sorted so if this happens, you can still vote (assuming you are able to get your passport sorted in this broken hellscape that we all live).
Here is some info from the amazing Gendered Intelligence that covers the basics on getting your driving license sorted.
http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/projects/kip/transitioning/docs/driving
2. GRA Reform….is it happening?
Original Daily Mail story:
Jess Glass PA piece:
And here is our current women and eqaulities minister…supporting mumsnet….gah
WRITE TO YOUR MP! TELL THEM TO RELEASE THE RESULTS OF THE CONSULTATION!
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/
3. US Supreme court hearings
The transcript from the hearings:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/18-107_c18e.pdf
Here is the view from some one who was there (the mighty Katelyn Burns for Vox!)
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/10/10/20906610/supreme-court-transgender-discrimination
Neil Gorsuch could be more trans-inclusive than he appears…
https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/10/08/neil-gorsuch-supreme-courts-wild-card-lgbtq-rights-cases
4. Community announcements!
Kamp Kiki needs your money so they can fund a retreat for trans and non-binary people of color! Donate and share generously!
https://uk.gofundme.com/f/kamp-kiki-a-treat-for-qtpoc-trans-people
Trans Gloucester are kicking off a new swimming club for trans folks! Go support them! Go along to the first test session and help make it a real thing!
https://twitter.com/gloucestertrans
5. Our guests!
We talked to two amazing non-binary folk. If you like their words, go find more of their words!
Theo Hendrie
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZt62HzP3XGOST0UH183-w
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/genderpunksap
They have a book! Buy it!:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marks-Spot-Anthology-Nonbinary-Experiences/dp/1080968032
Twitter: https://twitter.com/genderpunksap
May Bowen
Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY7r7KO9twVMlYJXultXLxg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MayGriffin64
6. Basic info on what being non-binary is.
Clueless on non-binary people? Well, start here (but don’t stop here!)
https://www.apadivisions.org/division-44/resources/advocacy/non-binary-facts.pdf
https://everydayfeminism.com/2014/12/myths-non-binary-people/
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/9-things-people-get-wrong-about-being-non-binary
https://www.allabouttrans.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/non-binary-gender-factsheet.pdf
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