Cisgender people getting mad at being called cis is no different from straight people getting mad at being called heterosexual.
The very existence of those terms frames what they are as something other than "just normal", and frames people they don’t want to exist as valid.
@RebeccaPorter_ @rhkirsty @CDSLeeds @Leeds_DPO And we have been talking in LDPO about the members who are UoL students reviving DAS and having a relationship between the two.
@RebeccaPorter_ @rhkirsty @CDSLeeds @Leeds_DPO LUU are apparently having a load of "Spotlight on Disability" events in the last week of Nov/first week of Dec. I don't know if that might be linked to a new incarnation of Disability Action Group/Society?
In the meantime, if anyone reading this has things they need transcribing (e.g. research interviews or podcasts), please consider using my workers' co-op, @TypeOlogyCoop ! I am in need of income...
I see that I have some notifications from the Lancaster Disability Studies conference last month. I will respond to these in the next couple of days - sorry for ignoring them while finishing my PhD thesis!