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planet-gay-comic · 4 months

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Viking Love Pairs: New Insights into Sexual Diversity in the Viking Age

In recent years, several Viking graves have been discovered throughout Europe where two men are found hand in hand. These findings have sparked a new debate about the sexual orientation of the Vikings.

The initial discoveries of this nature were made in the 1990s. In a grave near the Swedish town of Birka, skeletons of two men were found touching shoulders. These men, aged between 25 and 30, were equipped with weapons and jewelry indicating their high social status.

Subsequent years revealed additional discoveries, including:

2001: A grave in Norway where two men were found hand in hand. These men, aged between 20 and 30, were dressed similarly. 2002: A grave in Sweden where two men were found hand in hand. These men, aged between 30 and 40, held a sword hilt in hand. 2014: A grave in Denmark where two men were found hand in hand. These men, aged between 25 and 30, had a gold neck ring. The interpretation of these findings is not conclusive. Some scholars believe they constitute evidence of Viking homosexuality, while others argue that the men were simply friends or relatives showing unity in their final resting place.

It is crucial to note that there was no clear definition of homosexuality in the Viking Age. Viking society was complex, with a variety of sexual norms. The relationship between the men in these graves might have been perceived as platonic or romantic. Regardless of interpretation, the discoveries of Viking graves with two men holding hands are significant. They demonstrate that homosexuality was not unknown during the Viking Age, contributing to a broader understanding of historical sexual diversity.

Viking sexual norms were intricate and diverse, lacking uniform rules or regulations and varying based on region and social class.

Homosexuality was not prohibited or condemned in the Viking Age. There are indications that, in some cases, it was accepted and even celebrated. The aforementioned discoveries of Viking graves with two men hand in hand serve as examples, suggesting that homosexual relationships were acceptable for at least some Viking men. Literary references also point to homosexual relationships, such as the Icelandic Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson, which narrates that Egil, the saga's hero, had a homosexual relationship with another man.

The discoveries and literary references indicate that homosexuality was at least acceptable for some Viking men. However, it is essential to recognize the absence of a uniform definition of homosexuality in the Viking Age, with sexual norms varying based on region and social class.

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poibynt · 6 months

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The GNCness of hiccup horrendous haddock the III can be so personal actually. Yeah that preteen is a mother what of it.

#HTTYD books #I JUST FINISHED 10 AGAIN #& ITS ABOUT OLD HICCUP REFERRING TO HIMSELF AS A MOTHER IN RELATION TO YOUNG HICCUP #& HICCUP RELATING TO STOICKS PARENTING RANT BC HES BEEN SINGLE MOTHERING A FLAMMABLE TODDLER FOR YEARS #& HICCUP TELLING EGGINGGARD SHE HAS A MOTHER WHO LOVES HER OUT THERE & DOING UP HER BEAR SUIT CORRECTLY #& YOU WERE LIKE A MOTHER AND A FATHER TO ME??????!????#ALL IN THE CONTEXT OF A STORY ABOUT A GUY WHO DOESNT FIT GENDERNORMS SLOWLY BECOMING ACCEPTED AND CELEBRATED AS HE IS #LIKE????? HOW WAS I NOT GOING TO TURN OUT TRANS IN THESE CONDITIONS GROWING UP ON A STEADY DIET OF HTTYD??#the thoughts I have about gender and how it’s played with and subverted in this series man #y’all don’t even know #not sw #shut up Flynn #transd my gender

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irrfahrer · 11 months

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are there any important npcs in your oc's life? what are they like?

ORIGINAL CHARACTER QUESTIONS& HEADCANONS: * collection #1

X'Ma - X'Ma was a Verpine Jedi Healer who at some point after becoming a Knight was called to help a by a natural disaster destroyed community on a Outer Rim world. The catastrophe was a lot of more devasting than she had been informed and after months of beeing on the planet the population turned to canibalism and X'ma and only one other of her Jedi-Healer group were able to flee. After years of redrawing, X'Ma eventually figured that all problems in the Galaxy came from hunger (For food, for more riches etc) and that she was able to at least help with the Hunger for Food and joined the AgriCorps. When Ziv was send to the AGriCorps, she was specifically send to learn under X'Ma, so her Force-Healing-abilities could grow. X'Ma was therefor Zivs Master in the AgriCorps and teached a group of Adepts. She was also the person on whichs example Ziv decided that she wanted to present specifically feminine. She was murdered during Order 66. Ziv refers to X'Ma often as "old bug" since X'mas petname for her group of Adepts was "my little grubs".

Malkhaz- Malkhaz is a Kiffar with psychometric abilities, who had been send to the AgriCorps at the start of the Clone Wars. He was Zivs best friend in the AgriCorps and boyfriend only for them eventually realizing that they were better of as friends. Zivs earring is a gift from him. Depending on the Plot when a antagonist is needed, Malkhaz is a inquisitor. Ziv regulary remembers him as "a sweet boy".

Malaarrii- is a Wookie artist who worked for the same Crimelord as Ziv did shortly after she became the Murakamis Warden. When Ziv took the Murakami with her she figured she would need to be able to fight against Lightsabers and joined the service of a Crimelord as a personal Doctor in exchange for a cortosis vembrace. She thought she would pay off her debt to the crimelord, but obviously she had not yet grasped the fact that she wold never be able to pay off her debt as long as she was useful for the crimelord. Malaarrii was a woodcarver and since Ziv could understand his langauge they often sat together. As Malaarriis favorite pastime was carving childrentoys and Ziv as a midwife was earning money on the side working woth new parents, they bounded overtheir interest together and Malaarrii was the first time Ziv actually fell in Love. After around two years Ziv eventually figured that she would never be able to pay off her debt and Malaarrii helped her escape out of the crimelords grasp. They still love eachother dearly but had ahd no contact since that time. Ziv still unknowingly looks for features and personalitytraits in other people and people she is romantically attracted all have in some way some similatritys to Malaarrii.

Joon -Joon is a Rhodian Force-Sensetive who was a member of Zivs Youngling Clan and with that was essentially Zivs brother in the manner that they grew up together since they were laying in the Crib and therefor knew eachother inside and out . He survived the purge and became a Bounty Hunter. And he utterly hates Ziv. For a complete understandable reason from his perspective, but anyway: The members of the different Hawkbat Clans are known to be creative, caring, determinated and very intelligent and have the potential to be mischievous, if not even very cunning just as the animal Hawkbats who are considered to be elegant animals but also a animal on whichs bad sides one should never end up. In a group the animals were strong and could take down any prey. They adjusted to the life on planets like corouscant through intelligence and teamwork and became the symbol of many pirate-groups due to their slyness and ableness to adjust to their changing enviorment (Like hawkbats adjusted in Legends to the new biological components on Coruscant after the Yuuzhan Vong War). The animals personality features are very good features to have in a personality as learning children, especially the social side of it, but also give birth to very colourful characters in adults- Like Ziv is one obviously, who is with her intelligence, willingness to serve the community (or flock if one wants to stay in Hawkbat terms) and determination that often grows into cunningness a typical personality found in a Hawkbat Clan. The task of growing up in such a Clan is to balance those features- to make sure that ones determination does not grow into obstinacy, to make sure that ones caring nature does not grow into giving oneself up for others, to make sure ones creativeness and mischief does not grow into cruelness. Joon struggled with this balance- in fact, he failed. Just as Ziv would numerouse timesduring her life. He was determinated to become a Jedi Knight and would not allowe that his Clans preformances slowed him down. If he would have worked with the other children, that would have been fine, yet his determination turned into cruelness because there was on eof the children who always lacked behind, especially in Lightsaber Practice. The children of the Clan decided as a group that this child should be taken on easily and train with the younger chlidren of another clan who were on their level, but Joon would not join in this decision and always pick out this child a sparring-partner to essentially beat that child down into a bloody mush everyday over and over and over again. The children of the Hawkbat Clan took Joon to th side and told him to go easy on their sibling, Joon promised and said that all he was thinking of was the education of the clan. Then he again picked on that child, picked them as a sparring partner and again beat them to a bloody mush. This went on for weeks until Ziv decided it was enough and one night while everyone was sleeping she went over to Joons bed, pinnend him down into the sleepingmath with her weight and remainded him that she has very sharp claws and very sharp teeth, that she was sleeping every night right next to him and especially:That her mind could not be read. To make her point she burried her teeth in the boys throat and left permanent scars that damaged the boys vocal Chords or the rest of his life.Joon left the other child alone after that and redrew from the other children and while he never snitched on Ziv, she was eventually months later send to the AgriCorps. So while her mind could not be read there were probably catched flickers of this episode in Joons mind by older Masters in the Temple. Joon can be used as a occaisonal antagonist in theards and his relationship with Ziv is obviously complicated: They are siblings they grew up like siblings, thy love eachother like siblings and they are for eachother the only thing left of the Hawkbatclan but they also hate eachothers guts.

Thore Wotans - Thore is one of the Imps Ziv used for intel. He originally joined the empire to protect himself and his family from histilitys as he as a Kiffar and with that "only" a Near-human was for the empire not human enough. They lived together for a little over a year in the starharbour on which Thore was stationed only for Thore to be seen as unimportant enough to not be evacuated by the empire when the starharbour was used as a testfield for the Blackwing virus to nuke out the rebelcell stationed there. WHich obvious was there because Ziv was part of it. Thore and Ziv evntually managed to flee the starharbour but as it obviously was revealed that Ziv had constantly used Thore for intel and drugged him with avabush they broke appart. A year later Thore joined the rebellion. Ziv and Thore became friendly after a longer time and eventually occaisonal lovers, but they never reconected again for the obvious reason that the trust was gone. There is still love, but no trust. Thore is the Father of Ullr and Thrud, however he has no idea that he is a biological miracle who managed to concieve crosspecies since him and Ziv had had no contact after Endor.

Sos - A whipid prostitue in whichs Borthel Ziv worked as a midwife and medic. The Borthel, located in a big starharbour and therefor often visited by Imps on shoreleave which among other people Sos used to get Intel for the Rebellion. Ziv and Sos had a short affair, which lead to her intreducing Ziv to Saltbite and with that to the Rebellion.

Deep Current Squad, but especially Óss Saltbite and Ár Southriver- Since Ziv is named after Sif, the Deep Current Members are all named after runes in the Elder and Younger Futhark in some connection to Sif. With Óss (Wotan, Odin, inspiration, Wisdom) and Ár (plenty, bounty of Frey, good harvest), beeing examples. Saltbite obviously had been the one who had been contactd by Sos when Ziv joined the Rebellion and he is also the only one who knows about Zivs Jedi Background. This secret makes them closer, but also they are more distantly in thir personalitys because Saltbite is the oldest of the Group and really has not the nerve to deal with Zivs antics that happen because Ziv had not been socialized by Tynnan and also loves messing with people.Ár and Ziv mostly ended up often sitting together because Ár needed estrogenshots and Ziv as a medic was the one giving them to her. Accordingly after a long time they ended up beeing friends with Ziv even beeing the midwife when Árs mates had litters. This friendship was eventually shaken up a bit after ZIvs Jedi-background became known to the other members of Deep Current but they eventually reconnected again. In the Sequel verse in which Ziv had been frozen in carbonite, Ár is the one who took care of Zivs Daughters when she vanished.

Thrud and Ullr: Zivs twindaughters, that had till now not played a big role in any theard. They are Endor-babys, and eventually more of an epilogue aspect of her story and a reason why she redrew from the rebellion. Thrud and Ullr are forcesensetive, though they never joined Lukes school. Thrud becomes a Doctor and Ullr uses her forcesensetivity for little crimes.

The Murakami Orchid- For someone who had influenced Zivs life so much and in fact is the one person that protecting and keeping save is Zivs lifeduty, there can be not much said about the Orchid. They are young and they are learning and they might be just as stubborn and foulmouthed as Ziv.

#on a complete sidenote: Would X'Ma be a transwoman? Joon and Ár are trans #but their species has specific gendernorms #but verpines have not so I am wondering #hmmm well since tehy have non X'ma referring to herself as a woman itwould make her a transwoman ?#anyway thanks for the ask and have fun reading!#headcanon #irrfahrer #Ziv Odiz' Zee

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erosianexile · 2 years

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For many years, I believed the rumors that men wanted to chase, and women had to be chased. I knew what I wanted, when and how I wanted it... and in every other aspect of my life, I chased my desires. But where men were concerned, I'd essentially stalk them and trick them into thinking it was their idea to seduce me. While I was fairly successful, I wasted a lot of time and caused a lot of pain - not only for me, but for men. I'm mostly into shy, beautiful, graceful men... not hyper-masculine ones. The shyer dreamier men balance my intense chasing energy better. But I was scaring those types of guys away, by not making a move; and I was attracting the guys who are assertive, but not fully my type. Playing those stupid man-woman games was the dumbest thing I ever did, and easily the thing in my life that I regret most. I'm so honest most of the time, relentless... but I'm terrified of rejection. So I tried to play along with the man-woman model even though in every other way I broke the mold without second thought. My fear choked me. Fear that I was not beautiful enough for the caliber of men that I'm into. That they could find someone healthy, successful, normal... just better. I'm so overconfident in other areas that people didn't realize how much romance fucked me up. In my 30s I dropped the bullshit and just chased men when I wanted to. Told them my feelings, seduced. Oddly enough, knowing I could do exactly what I want made me much more picky, and I CHOSE to spend years waiting for my soulmate. When I found him, I informed him the first week that he's moving here and marrying me. It wasn't a question. And the irony is, when I started doing the things I was told "men" would do, people started perceiving me as more feminine than before. In a good way! I've always been perceived as a masculine energy, but now that I just let myself "act like a man" (or like a man supposedly acts), I was suddenly a real woman. Because I was true to myself. For fuck's sake. Ignore the bullshit and just be you. Squeezing yourself into gender norm crap is just a waste of everyone's time.

#gendernorm #defy gender norms #stereotypes #men and women #real woman #female author #girl power #feminism #mars astrology #art of seduction #erica xenne #overcome #fight fear #true to myself #womens issues #women #dating game

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lemonlovemeanslove · 1 year

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I believe that a big motivator behind the "I wish I had been born a boy" tiktok trend is not actually driven by any form of gender envy, but rather by the desire to be skinny and conveniently attractive. For a lot of these girls, because yes, it is mainly cis girls who post these, what their really looking for is to be as beautiful as the pictures of models/actors/Pinterest pretty boys they show in their little slide shows. And it makes me sad. How badly people want to be pretty

#this obviously doesn't apply to EVERYONE #but once youve seen enough you start to see the trend #also a lot of it is also probably driven by internalized misogyny #like an alt guy is cooler than an alt girl #or that being a guy and breaking gender norms is somehow more groundbreaking #and this isnt speculation #go in the comment section #and youll find people outright stating that men who break from the gendernorms are more desirable than when a woman does the same #and again #im only talking about the people who are cis who engage with this trend

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theblackbasketballchannel · 2 months

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🌟 Reflecting on icons: Zen Master discusses Prince's impact on gender norms and the lessons we can learn today. https://youtu.be/Hdu29QPUico

#Iconic #GenderNorms

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allaboutsofie · 6 months

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Pleasing: The beauty brand that celebrates the multitude of unique identities

In 2021, the world witnessed a groundbreaking moment in the beauty industry as Harry Styles, the iconic singer known for his gender-fluid fashion choices and love of nail polish, took a leap into the realm of beauty entrepreneurship. Harry Styles introduced “Pleasing,” a beauty brand that echoes his values of inclusivity, self-expression, and breaking traditional norms. In recent years, Harry…

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#beauty #blogger #brands #diversity #gendernorms #harrystyles #inclusivity #makeup #nailpollish #pleasing

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cyarskaren52 · 11 months

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conversationswithjustice Well… what did you think was gonna happen? @dababy

Shared via @gaytimes There's more bad news for DaBaby...⁠

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boohooMAN has dropped the rapper from their campaign and condemned his homophobic actions.⁠

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In a statement posted to Instagram, the fashion retailer said they “will no longer be working” with the rapper following his vicious and uneducated rant about HIV positive people at Rolling Loud Miami.⁠

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“Diversity and inclusion are part of the boohoo Groups DNA and we pride ourselves on representing the diverse customers we serve across the globe,” their statement reads.⁠

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“We stand by and support the LGBTQ+ community, and do not tolerate any hate speech or discrimination in any form.”⁠

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boohooMAN follows in the footsteps of Dua Lipa, who also released a statement criticising his comments. The British singer collaborated with the rapper on the remix of her critically-acclaimed Future Nostalgia single Levitating.⁠

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During his set at Rolling Loud Miami, DaBaby claimed that HIV positive people will “die in two to three weeks” before making derogatory comments about his gay fans “sucking d**k” in the parking lot.⁠

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After his comments were widely criticised online, the 29-year-old released a series of Instagram Stories doubling down on his ignorant views.⁠

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Find out more at the link in our bio.⁠

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#hivpositive #hivawareness #stigma #erasethehate #heteronormativity #gendernorms #erasethestigma #pride #pride🌈 #2slgbtq #lgbtq #lgbtq🌈 #gaypride #gay #lesbian #asexual #bisexual #nonbinary #trans #progress #rainbow #equality #equalrights #humanrights #family #acceptance #queer #2spirit #indigiqueer

Watching his downfall is like watching a reviled villain get his comeuppance: something that was worth hoping for

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tht1person123 · 1 year

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me pre transition:[does heavy lifting to go against gender norms]

me now:[does heavy lifting cause its gender affirming]

#also me pre transition:[doesnt do heavy lifting cause im just a little weak girl i cant lift that]#me now:[doesnt do heavy lifting to go against gendernorms and cause im just a weak little guy i cant lift that]#its now what you can do for gender is what gender can do for you

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figgup-updates · 1 year

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"I underwent a $10K surgery to restore my virginity after a disappointing first experience"

#Hymenoplasty #Virginity #SexualHealth #ControversialProcedures #BodyAutonomy #SexualEmpowerment #PersonalChoice #CulturalPressure #GenderNorms #Women'sHealth #Women'sIssues #BodyPositivity #SexPositivity #Feminism #GenderEquality

A woman who had a disappointing first sexual experience has undergone a $10,000 surgery to restore her virginity. The 22-year-old woman from Miami, said that she was uncomfortable with the idea of losing her virginity and had difficulty relaxing during the encounter. “I was a 17-year-old teenager when I lost my virginity to a 30-year-old guy, Just like many women, I was deceived. I was promised…

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#BodyAutonomy #BodyPositivity #ControversialProcedures #CulturalPressure #Feminism #GenderEquality #GenderNorms #Hymenoplasty #PersonalChoice #SexPositivity #SexualEmpowerment #SexualHealth #Virginity #Women&039;sHealth #Women&039;sIssues

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aheroicvisionoflife · 1 year

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January 2023/6

It would be wrong to think that the discussion of “identity” ought to proceed prior to a discussion of gender identity for the simple reason that “persons” only become intelligible through becoming gendered in conformity with recognisable standards of gender intelligibility.

Whereas the question of what constitutes “personal identity” within philosophical accounts almost always centres on the question of what internal feature of the person establishes the continuity or self-identity of the person through time, the question here will be: To what extent do regulatory practices of gender formation and division constitute identity, the internal coherence of the subject, indeed, the self-identical status of the person? To what extent is “identity” a normative ideal rather than a descriptive feature of experience? And how do the regulatory practices that govern gender also govern culturally intelligible notions of identity? In other words, the “coherence” and “continuity” of “the person” are not logical or analytic features of personhood, but, rather, socially instituted and maintained norms of intelligibility. Inasmuch as “identity” is assured through the stabilising concepts of sex, gender, and sexuality, the very notion of “the person” is called into question by the cultural emergence of those “incoherent” or “discontinuous” gendered beings who appear to be persons but who fail to conform to the gendered norms of cultural intelligibility by which persons are defined.

Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, 1990

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sherlockig · 2 years

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Who made the stereotype that women shouldn't train upper body and men shouldn't train legs and butt? Is that whack or am I just really bisexual?

#personal #gym culture is weird #and so are gendernorms #and they need to die #gendernorms #butts and arms <3

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india24h · 2 years

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Women Who Overturn Gender Norms Face More Violence In Marriage

Read about it: https://india24.live/city-news/women-who-overturn-gender-norms-face-more-violence-in-marriage/

#violenceinmarriage #femaleissues #gendernorms #gender #violence #harrassment

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maxellminidisc · 2 years

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Personal lil rant here but I do get really annoyed by the way people in the community who aren't bi just assume gnc/femme guys cant be bi or any gnc/butch or masculine women can't possibly be bi either. Hell, a lot of y'all even forget or assume trans people in general can't be bi ether. It's like y'all assume bisexuals are mostly just white, cis hyper masculine/feminine people who only ever experience conformity to cishetero gendernorms and have it easy or some shit.

And it's so fucked up, because that mentality and image y'all have of us contributes to not only the constant erasure of how diverse bisexuals are as community (plus just the general erasure of bisexuals as a whole), but the constant and cruel invalidation you throw at the bisexuality of those of us who are gnc, trans, and poc especially. It's this nasty toxic mix of transphobia, biphobia, and racism that we frankly don't talk about enough and I'm really tired of that shit.

#bi tag

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fazcadeemployee69 · 1 month

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Some people have asked me, since women go by miss and men go by mister, what do #no-binary people go by? In case you don't know, no-binary means you're not a #girl but you're also not a #boy. As it turns out, no-binary people actually go by "miss" but with a P instead of an M, and the P stands for person because no-binary people are just people and using this term helps keep them away from #gendernorms.