Practical Androgyny

Providing ambiguous gender presentation resources & information, devoted to the practicalities of ambiguous gender presentation within a binary gendered society

[Gender Census @gendercensus]

The ninth annual international Gender Census 2022 is now open until 13th August 2022!

https://t.co/0LXDPsNjK3

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

[Practical Androgyny @PractiAndrogyny]

…Anyway, should you wish to read Spivak's The Joy of TeX for some gender neutral neopronoun history, there's a PDF copy here https://t.co/i419LQPqAf

[Practical Androgyny @PractiAndrogyny]

Huh, I was going to the source for how the 'E' in the Spivak pronoun set has to be capitalised like 'I', so it's E/eir/em/emself...

I'm surprised to discover that The Joy of TeX in fact has all the initial Es in the pronouns capitalised, so Spivak's true set is E/Eir/Em/Emself!

[Practical Androgyny @PractiAndrogyny]

…Spivak's pronoun set is so firmly paired with singular grammar like 'E is', rather than 'they are', that it's even done while revealing that the author is in fact a group of people writing under one name.

[Kodasprite^2 @ClownDefeated]

‼️TO THOSE WHO WANT FLAT CHESTS‼️

gc2b is having a black friday sale! 15-20% off binders right now until Dec 2!!

if you need one but still can’t afford it, or need a more discreet way of getting it, dm me and i’ll help ☺️

(RT to spread pls)

[Ada Powers //☁️ @powe.rs @unknownmetric]

I've gotten a few questions about it, so I'd like to do a thread: what does it mean when someone describes themselves with a pronoun mix, like she/they?

(Spoiler: this touches on a lot more than just pronouns!)

[Quarries & Corridors @quarridors]

I have mentioned this before but when I was 15 in 1995 there were nonbinary people on prime time BBC 2 and we were in the middle of a glam rock revival with androgynous people all over the media https://t.co/nvlgKbLHTb (NB this 1995 article uses misgendering pronouns)

[Practical Androgyny @PractiAndrogyny]

For those who enjoyed the Vocal Androgyny video from a few years back, Nat is the lead singer on all 11 tracks of this album

[Quarries & Corridors @quarridors]

⚡️Our debut album Going through Changes is out! ⚡️

55 minutes of music over 11 tracks; an eclectic mix of indie folk & synthpop, inspired by life’s struggles and the fantasy fiction that gets us through them.

Stream & download now 🎶 or pre-order on CD 💿https://t.co/5bpZl4YVSY

[Ellen @ellenfromnowon]

it's SUPER easy to make school uniforms gender-neutral:

- take the two existing lists
- merge them without removing stuff
- you are done!

[Gender Census @gendercensus]

Day 7 of the sixth international Gender Census, and we’re about 200 short of 8,000 participants.

Last year’s record to beat is 11,278, and our deadline is 25th March.

https://t.co/5sJThv7oHw

Have you taken part yet? Can you share the survey URL with someone else? ✨

[Practical Androgyny @PractiAndrogyny]

@EllieLeahJacob1 @tortoise Apologies, I don't tend to look at notifications this account, my main is @quarridors, if that helps.

[Quarries & Corridors @quarridors]

This also hopefully means that things like swimmer, cyclist and facepalming etc etc that are only available on emoji keyboards in gendered versions will now be included in gender inclusive versions.

Because currently I have to google their names so I can copy-paste them in 🙄

[Practical Androgyny @PractiAndrogyny]

Article from @Emojipedia explaining the new 2019 emojis, with examples for how Person should be represented with a distinct design from the existing Man and Woman emojis.

At present Apple shows no-gender-specified emojis as men, Google shows them as women https://t.co/59zq5fyNHS

[Practical Androgyny @PractiAndrogyny]

Unicode has approved the 'gender inclusive person' emoji family, we have designs for how they'll be separate from man and woman versions.

So by the end of the year we should be able to choose gender neutral options for several emojis and not have them show up gendered elsewhere.

[Quarries & Corridors @quarridors]

Your unscheduled reminder that 'empirically proven cognitive sex differences' previously assumed to be caused by testosterone can be cancelled out just by asking women to *imagine* they're stereotypical men when taking the test https://t.co/7sGL3VR7PR

[Accidental Queens @AccidentalQ]

Do you know of any non-binary person who happens to do voice acting? 🎙️
Based in the UK, France or Germany? 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪
And whose voice ranges from early 30s to middle aged adult? 🗣️

If so, send them in our DMs!

[Gender Census @gendercensus]

Here’s a survey about titles that should only take 3 minutes or so, for literally anyone who speaks English:

https://t.co/h6a7KvzBmf

It’ll end at noon UK time on Sunday 13th January 2019 at the soonest.

Every survey response, RT and boost is really helpful! Thank you. :)

[Quarries & Corridors @quarridors]

Polls about how you feel when 'guys' is used as a term for a mixed gender group of people with you included

[Amnesty UK Rainbow Network @AmnestyUK_LGBTI]

Due to high volume of responses the #GRAReform consultation deadline has been extended. So you have until midday on Monday to #ComeOutforTransEquality - see https://t.co/dOBzp6fcgU for details on how to take part.