The Nonbinary Zine

A small Zine to celebrate and share all things Nonbinary culture. July 14th is International Nonbinary Day

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Hi speaking of medical literacy for trans people, transfems pls check out the website Transfeminine Science, especially their introductory article on feminizing HRT

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Non-transfems can reblog this as well btw

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zaimki.pl

Kompendium wiedzy o języku niebinarnym i neutralnym płciowo.

A source for nonbinary people in Polish

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United States issues its 1st passport with 'X' gender marker

DENVER (AP) — The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the

"The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the State Department said Wednesday.

The department did not identify the passport recipient, but Dana Zzyym of Fort Collins, Colorado, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview it was their passport. Zzyym, who prefers a gender-neutral pronoun, has been in a legal battle with the government since 2015 over a passport.

Zzyym (pronounced Zimm) said the fight for the passport with an accurate gender designation was a way to help the next generation of intersex people win recognition as full citizens with rights.

“I’m not a problem. I’m a human being. That’s the point,” Zzyym said.

The U.S. special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, Jessica Stern, said the decision brings the government documents in line with the “lived reality” that there is a wider spectrum of human sex characteristics than is reflected in the previous two designations.

Read the full piece here

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Unapologetically themself: Nonbinary Olympian shares powerful message

Nonbinary American skateboarder Alana Smith said their goal going into the Olympics "was to be happy and be a visual representation for humans like me."

“for the first time in my entire life, I’m proud of the person I’ve worked to become” Alana Smith 🌟

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‘Hacks’ Star Carl Clemons-Hopkins on Making Emmy History

The nonbinary ‘Hacks’ star talks hopes, dreams, and possibilities, coming off of a groundbreaking Emmy nomination.

How long have you been an out nonbinary actor? And what has that experience been like?

It was less of an “out” situation and more an understanding within myself telling the person I love, and my mother who bore me. My mom didn’t really understand what it meant. And then I gave a textbook definition. She goes, Oh yeah, great, great, great. This was before people started putting pronouns everywhere on monikers or handles or résumés. There was no language around that. And once the language around it started coming out, then I’m like, Okay, I’ll just attach this.

I’ve had the privilege of viewing pronouns in a way that other people in our queer family have not. If you per se identified as she/her you may not have had the freedom to do that in previous years. And so you identifying in that and me respecting that is part of what keeps you safe, it’s part of what makes you freer. So I was like, well, let me, for myself, but also for my queer family, make sure that I am as clear as I can be about my pronouns. And so I was. I’m less demanding about it than other people are just because that’s my experience. It’s been about just going on three years of walking in a truth and acknowledging the truth when it’s asked.

But it’s weird being in this space now because I’m being asked often to somewhat explain myself.

Sure.

So it’s been a few years of taking it step-by-step, conversation by conversation, invite by invite, really. I’m not here to prove myself to anyone. It’s not for someone else’s understanding. It’s for my own enlightenment. You have to respect me, but you don’t need to understand me. I’m not here to do the very real research and work that I’ve had to do for someone else.

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I've decided to take action and really start a nonbinary zine to help me and others learn more about nonbinary culture and organize the information in an easy to digest way.

I have a few ideas already sketched out, and with 2020 coming to a close and still have yet to see more nby content, I've decided to try stepping up to the plate and contribute to my community of people.

To make this project really inclusive of all nby folx, I'd really love to see other people of color, and especially black and indiginous nby people, share their experiences. I'd also like to see more nby people who were assigned male at birth. Lastly, non-western nby people will have a space here to talk about their experiences.

I'll be aiming to publish a zine in time for International Nonbinary Day (July 14th), but will post content as we get up to that day. If there are any nby who know how to run zines that also do prints, I'd appreciate the advice/help.

Some content I'll be covering include fashion, news around the world, famous nby, playlist made of nby artists, fiction using neopronouns or mixed pronouns, artwork from nby, legal issues around the world still affecting nby, book rep reviews, tv/movie rep reviews, and advice or best practices section. I'm sure there are many more things I could cover but haven't thought of yet. If you'd like to contribute or help be my guest.

The community is so incredible and I want us to celebrate and bond and find our collective way around. Every year I go back to this post I saw in 2017 and ask myself, have we achieved this yet? And every year we get closer and closer. It's an exciting time for us!

(Img Description: Screenshot of Tumblr post by weaponized-androgyny that says, "In 2017 i want to see more discussions about nonbinary culture, fashion trends, sterotypes, social roles, hair styles. I want to talk about nonbinary relationship tropes. I want to see more cute NB/NB couples and polycules. I want nonbinary jokes. I want more nonbinary web content. I want nonbinarh vloggers. I want nonbinary characters in television. I want nonbinary comics and novels. I want nonbinary memoires and childrens books. I want to see more nonbinary parents. I want to see more nonbinary children. I want videogames and artwork and films with nonbinary people. I want to see more nonbinary people walking down the street with their nonbinary friends. Let's try to make this year more genderqueer than the last one. End Description/)

If anyone is interested please send me a message! Or if you are just interested in the project follow the account. Write ups will begin on January 1st and hopefully have two to three articles per month. If you are part of any mentioned marginalized group please don't hesitate to share your experiences and culture you have! The nonbinary experience is as vast and beautiful as the night sky, every piece is important to understanding ourselves.