"My friend came out to me and I have no idea what they actually said! What is "genderf*ck"?? Why do we need the term "birthing person"? Why does my queer friend keep complaining about 'TERF's? My friend said she's genderfluid but NOT genderqueer? Help!"

If any of that sounds like you, this might be the podcast for you. We're going to break down what some of the most common transgender-related terms actually mean!

That's not to say this episode isn't for you if you're already an expert on queer terminology... because we're ALSO going to explain the history of these words: where they came from, who coined them, why they're used, why there's pushback, and why they're important!!

In this episode, we'll go over 14 of the 27 terms Chloe researched, including: "cis," cisgender, transgender, AMAB, AFAB, TERF, Gender-Critical, FART (no, really), Birthing Person, Pregnant Person, Chestfeeding, Non-Binary, Genderfluid, Genderqueer, Gender non-conforming, & Genderf*ck.

Subscribe or come back in two weeks for a whole lot more!

00:00 Intro/Table of Contents
00:03:47 "Cis" & "Trans"
00:16:33 AMAB/AFAB (& DSAB)
00:31:03 TERF, Gender-Critical, FART
00:43:50 Birthing/Pregnant Person + Chestfeeding
00:58:01 Enby / Gender- *fluid *nonconforming *f*ck *queer
01:01:06 Agender / Aporagender
01:07:35 Preview for Part 2 / Thanks

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Did men ruin calendars??
Because it's the end of the year, curiosity got the better of Laura, and she decided to look into why our calendar is organized the way it is. Why are there 12 months? Why are there such a random number of days in each month? Why are their names of the so nonsensical? How did ancient civilizations organize their calendars? And is the answer to every one of these questions just, "PATRIARCHY"?!

The answer then raises new questions: Why DON'T we organize our calendar around a natural cycle like the moon? Why did ancient matriarchal cultures ALL organize their years around the moon? What role did Catholicism play in the destruction of ancient ways of organizing time??

Literally all of those answers and more (plus quite a bit of rambling) in this episode.

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:07 Lunar vs Solar
00:14:42 Matriarchies with Lunar Calendars
00:41:17 Patriarchy: Caesar, Julian, Gregorian
00:53:09 Desert Faith
00:55:28 What do we do? / Farewell!

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[Research sources available in YouTube description]

Before colonialism took over the globe, before the Abrahamic/patriarchal Religions took hold, there were trans people. In fact, EVERY pre-colonized culture had a version of trans people, and in EVERY culture, the same belief cropped up again and again: people who were cross-gender or 'between' genders were the people with supernatural abilities, capable of communing with the spirit realm, heal sickness and disease, sense evil, befriend animals, see the future, and more...

In PART THREE of our exploration of gender variance in pre-colonial cultures, we explore 1) slaves who were FORCED to be trans, 2) how terminology has evolved and been co-opted to fit into larger colonial societies, 3) alternate possible causes for alternative gender identities, and most importantly... 4) the spiritual connections / superpowers that trans people were believed to hold. Some of these cultures are still holding it down in the fight against colonizers, and to them we say: KEEP IT UP.

Today, we're covering another SIX cultures (although it's secretly a lot more), and the history of the gender-differing people within them. Namely: The various Two Spirit identies of Indigenous North America, the Köçek (or 'forcibly transed slaves') of the Ottoman Empire, the Sworn Virgins (trans men) of the Balkans, the HIGHLY spiritually connected Machi of Mapuche culture in Chile and Argentina (and their FIGHT against colonizers), the Chibados of Ndongo and Matamba, and the Femminiello, who may have evolved from the Galli, in Italy. Join us on this vision quest deep into the past to learn more about our present, what could have been, and what may still be to come!

00:00:00 Intro/Welcome!
00:01:23 Two Spirit of North America
00:15:57 The Köçek of the Ottoman Empire
00:30:43 The Machi of Chile and Argentina
00:48:05 The Chibados of Ndongo & Matamba
00:52:14 The Femminiello of Italy

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Samantha Fulnecky, a junior at the University of Oklahoma, has cried RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION after she FAILED a Psychology research paper, wherein she ignored the rubric & requirements and INSTEAD wrote about her personal beliefs that trans people are "Demonic" and "listening to Satan." Her professor's administrative assistant, who she knew would be grading the assignment, was a transgender woman named Mel Curth.

Mainstream Media has been covering this story as "Transgender teacher fails student for quoting the Bible!" -- a narrative that has been HEAVILY touted and pushed by Turning Point USA's University of Oklahoma chapter.

So today, we're going to give you JUST THE FACTS about this story: what was the research paper she was supposed to be responding to? How did she respond? What has been the fallout from her actions? Why is she so insistent on turning FAILURE into a media moment? And more importantly... what can WE do to reinstate Mel Curth, who was put on probation?

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Before colonialism took over the globe, before Christianity, Buddhism, and the other patriarchal Religions took hold, there were trans people. In fact, EVERY pre-colonized culture had a version of trans people, many having as many as 5 recognized genders. And in every colonization story--they were the first ones targeted and unalived. Why?

That's some of what we explore in PART TWO of our exploration of the pre-colonial cultures and their gender identities, how those identities evolved, and what they look like today--at least, the ones that still exist.

Today, we're covering another FOUR of those cultures, and the history of the gender-differing people within them. Namely, the 5 genders of the Bugis, the Irawhiti of the Māori, the Mahu of the Hawai'ian Islands, and the Fa'afafine of Samoa. Join us on this vision quest deep into the past to learn more about our present, what could have been, and what may still be to come!

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You hear it a lot these days: "Trans People just came out of nowhere!", "This whole transgender thing is a made up fad!", "There's no evidence of trans people ever existing before!"

Except... none of that is true. Before colonialism, before Christianity, before patriarchy... there were trans people. Trans people were such a natural part of humanity, that transgender people existed in nearly every indigenous and pre-colonial culture across the entire globe. Not only that, but those trans people were seen as 'closer to god,' and in nearly every society, were chosen as spiritual and religious leaders, sometimes being the only ones trusted to choose the King.

Much of that history was lost to the violence of missionaries and colonizers, but some of it remained. Today, we're covering FOUR of those cultures, and the history of the gender-differing people within them. Namely, the Hijra, Kathoey, Muxe, and Bakla.

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What does it mean to be intersex? How many intersex people are in the world? How many different variations (that we know of) currently exist? Is it possible to be intersex and not know? (yes) Why are people so obsessed with performing nonconsensual surgery on newborns?! How much overlap is there between Intersex and Transgender rights?!?!

We answer all of these questions and more in our first deep-dive into Intersex People. Our main takeaway? If we want Equality For All... it behooves us to drop what we're doing and start fighting for Intersex Rights, and NOW.

Well worth a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

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We've taken some HEAT online recently in regards to the title of this podcast. A small (but loud) group of activists think we're implying, 'trans women aren't ladies.' So, to put the whole discussion to bed, we figured we'd take this opportunity to EXPLAIN OURSELVES!

We discuss WHY we chose the title, the multitude of factors that went into that decision, and whether or not we agree that it could be considered transphobic. Then we talk about The Lady and the Tramp (1955), Chloe being in a fraternity, the general state of the internet, and a few other random topics before we call it a day.

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