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Here are some of our other social media! We generally post events on IG and FB.
Instagram: instagram.com/ucllgbt
Facebook page: facebook.com/ucllgbt/
Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/ucllgbt/
Discord: discord.gg/QaSvQxp
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
🌈 What’s on in LGBTQ+ London today?
⏰ Thursday 27th October
🧵 Check out our thread below.
📲 heyqueerlondon.com
#LGBTQLondon
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
Tomorrow is #IntersexAwarenessDay 🧵
From @interACT_adv:
"Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Intersex people are born with these differences or develop them in childhood. (cont'd)
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
"There are many possible differences in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes, compared to the usual two ways that human bodies develop." - @interact_adv
#IntersexAwarenessDay #BornBeyondBoxes
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
"Some intersex traits are noticed at birth. Others don’t show up until puberty or later in life. Intersex people often face shame—or are forced or coerced into changing their bodies, usually at a very young age." - @interact_adv
#IntersexAwarenessDay #BornBeyondBoxes
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
Hungry for history about the roots of Intersex Awareness Day? Here's a post that gives you the story !
interactadvocates.org/whats-…
#BornBeyondBoxes #IAD2022 #intersex #LGBTQIA
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
"Most surgeries to change intersex traits happen in infancy.
The word intersex also invokes a community. Intersex people are diverse..." - @interact_adv
#IntersexAwarenessDay #BornBeyondBoxes
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
"We are united by
1. our experiences living with variations in our sex traits,
2. the belief that these differences are a natural part of human diversity,
3. the idea that people deserve their own choices about their own bodies." - @interACT_adv #IntersexAwarenessDay
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
#IntersexAwarenessDay facts from @interact_adv:
About 1.7% of people are born intersex.
Compared to a ~0.3% chance of having identical twins!
1 in 2,000 babies (0.05% of humans) are born with genital differences that a doctor might suggest changing with unnecessary surgery.
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
#IntersexAwarenessDay fact from @interact_adv:
Being intersex is a common as having red hair or green eyes
#BornBeyondBoxes
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
Intersex myths from @amnesty:
Everybody is either born male or female
Being intersex is very rare
Being intersex is a condition that needs to be corrected
Intersex people are transgender
No one is speaking out for intersex people
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
#IntersexAwarenessDay
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
My friends @The_Ace_Couple did a fantastic 4-part series on the religious right objecting to asexual marriages. They are amazing people, and they are super-funny as well. Subscribe to their podcast and follow them. I have an episode linked below!
youtube.com/watch?v=aCgTXXV8… – at Broken Arrow, OK
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
It's not just same-sex marriages Republicans want to ban. Now they don't like asexual marriages either.
My article for @lgbtqnation! #AceWeek – at Broken Arrow, OK
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
This week it is Vietnam Asexual Awareness Week. It is organised with the aim of raising awareness and reducing and eliminating prejudice, stigma and discrimination. This years theme is "Asexuality Is Not Invisible" with 4 main activities:
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UCL LGBT+ retweeted
It's time we stop talking about what "asexuality isn't".
Asexuality IS. Asexuality contains multitudes. Asexuality contains contradictions. Asexuality is not having sex. Asexuality is having sex and hating it. Asexuality is having sex and loving it. Asexuality is sex work. 🧵1/7
UCL LGBT+ retweeted
The ace community has a real problem with ableism, and we NEED to talk about it. #asexuality #disability 1/23