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(Not an identity or a feeling.) In some current arguments Intersex conditions are being used to legitimise the idea of ‘being born in the wrong body’. Intersex is not transgender or non-binary. Barring rare medical conditions ( DSD or Intersex), female humans have two X chromosomes. The word female comes from the Latin femella, the diminutive form of femina, meaning "woman". (Not an identity or feeling.)įemale is the sex of an organism that produces non-mobile ova (egg cells). To express my convictions as clearly as possible, I have made a list of key words and their definitions as I understand them to be correct and have used in this essay.Ī woman, is an adult human female. I feel no animosity towards people who hold different beliefs to me, be they religious, gender identity ideology or any other kind of faith, and I hope you can extend the same courtesy to me.ĭefinitions matter. With this post I seek to articulate my personal beliefs, so that I can defend and advocate for them. The implication being that if one can simply self-ID into womanhood, the single-sex protections of the 2010 equality act become completely null and void.Īnd so the issue has collided with my understanding of feminism and simply by being a feminist or part of certain circles, incorrect assumptions about my political beliefs are being made. I had also been blissfully unaware of last year’s consultations by the English and Scottish Governments regarding the GRA (Gender Recognition Act) reform in respect of ‘self-ID’ (self identification) and the potential legal and human rights ramifications for women and girls. An Idea that seems to have gained a rather fanatical following and high visibility via social media over the past few years. ‘It’ being the idea of a gender spectrum and sex as a social construct, rather than a biological reality. I stumbled across the subject of gender identity ideology somewhat out of the blue about seven months ago and, after some initial research into it, I became really rather alarmed by the rise of accusations of bigotry and hatred aimed towards people who don’t buy into it. And I will tell you them candidly so no mistake can be made in misunderstanding or misrepresenting me. My hope is that this will help you, the reader, the viewer, to understand my conclusions about this subject. I have tried to replace anger with compassion and, finally, this is the version I feel ready to share with everybody who’d like to read it. Had friends read over and edit it, took a break to digest, then scrapped half of it. I’ve started and finished this post many times. I found it necessary however to accompany my art with words on this occasion. Being a visual artist, I don't often explain my ideas and concepts in detail, leaving interpretations mostly up to the viewer. That is the title of my embroidery which you can see at the top of this page. Since June is officially Pride month, it's time to fly your own flag high, but before you do, find out what the colors of the rainbow flag mean below.Somewhere over the Rainbow, something went terribly wrong. As the popularity of the flag grew, its design was adapted to meet demand, and by 1979, the six-color version became the official symbol for gay pride. Instead, it became a universal symbol for LGBT pride and began hanging from windows, flying high at demonstrations, and cropping up all over the country. Originally hand-stitched and hand-dyed with eight colors - pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, and purple - the rainbow flag became much more than a simple reaction to homophobic behavior. In 1978, though, a gay artist and civil rights activist Gilbert Baker, alongside the Grove Street gay community in San Francisco, made the first rainbow pride flag as a response to an anti-gay community that began using the pink triangle the Nazis used to identify gay individuals. You know the Pride flag well, but what is the meaning of the rainbow flag? Its history is as interesting as it is colorful.įrom peace movements to political parties, the rainbow flag has been the symbol of dozens of historical and cultural organizations. You've seen it on buildings, bumper stickers, and front lawns, and you've waved one at parades, rallies, and protests.