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Intersex

10 AM Pacific: Intersex Presentation by Cody Kennedy

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Intersex

We have a great event today – QSFer Cody Kennedy has put together a great two hour presentation on what being Intersex is and what it isn’t: Cody will share with you what intersex is; what intersex is NOT; how one becomes intersexed; how many types of intersex combinations exist; the difference between organs and glands, and internal and external organs; what it means to live as an intersex person; commentary on surgery; intersex rights and where the law remains gray. The presentation will last approximately two hours and will include a Q&A session. Sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/events/497658957275736/ The discussion … Read more

FOR READERS: Favorite Intersex Characters

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Intersex Flag

FOR READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: For Intersex Awareness Day, I thought we’d talk about your favorite intersex characters and books. :) Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

ANNOUNCEMENT: Renewal, QSF’s Flash Fiction Anthology

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QSF Renewal-Print

QSF has a new book out, the latest in our series of flash fiction anthologies: Re.new.al (noun) 1) Resuming an activity after an interruption, or 2) Extending a contract, subscription or license, or 3) Replacing or repairing something that is worn out, run-down, or broken, or 4) Rebirth after death. Four definitions to spark inspiration, a limitless number of stories to be conceived. Only 110 made the cut. Thrilling to hopeful, Renewal features 300-word speculative fiction ficlets about sexual and gender minorities to entice readers. Welcome to Renewal. Mischief Corner Books | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GUEST POST: Trans Liberty Riot Brigade, by L.M. Pierce

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Trans Liberty Riot Brigade

L.M. Pierce has a new genderqueer ace/aro sci fi book out: Andi knows being born an intersex “Transgressor” and then choosing to stay that way can have lethal consequences. After all, surgical assignment is mandated by law. But she ain’t going to spend her life hiding from the Society, hooked on Flow, and wanking tourists just to make a few bucks. She’s a member of the Trans Liberty Riot Brigade, an underground faction of Transgressors resisting the government’s war on their illegal genitalia. But it’s not enough to tag their messages on shithouse walls and sniff down the next high. … Read more

Angel’s Bits – Transgender Awareness Week

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Hi all and Happy Friday! This week is Transgender Awareness Week, November 14-20. Instead of me talking about this, I want to signal boost The Trans Fiction Week blog project that Matthew Metzger spearheaded. The blogs this week focused on inclusion, on non-binary issues as writers, and on getting writers past that “can’t” mentality one often hears from cis-gendered writers. Some of the wonderful and informative blogs include: Beyond Punctuation: Editing Diverse Content Safe Spaces, and Safety Writing from the Closet (a non-binary writer’s view) Gun Control (a cis-gender writer’s view on the importance of inclusion) If it’s Cis, It … Read more

Man Tries to Kill His Intersex Child

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A Chinese man has been arrested for trying to kill his newborn baby three times with the help of the child’s grandfather. According to the Deccan Chronicle, the father has been detained while the grandfather was released pending trial. “We thought we would have a girl. But soon we were told the ‘girl’ is actually a boy, with an atrophic sex organ. We panicked and got concerned,” the child’s mother, Yang Xiaoqing, told the newspaper. She said the father tried to kill the baby because “he is neither a boy nor a girl”, but a “monster.” The man tried to … Read more

Announcement: Day of Enlightenment, by Damian Bloodstone

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Day of Enlightenment

QSFer Damian Bloodstone has a new sci fi book out: Ciar, conflicted and troubled, lost everything to the mega city and is hunted by a stalker for things written of the past. To survive, he must first retrieve something in a place forbidden to travel. Alone and tortured by his own code, he wishes to find what’s lacking in his life. Can he accept the very thing he is truly running from? Edyn tried to escape her past from the courtesan houses in the mega city. The Holy Light Church guided her once and wishes for her return… but with … Read more

For Writers: Future of Intersex Rights

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Intersex

Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Matthew J. Metzger: What’s the future of intersex rights? Will discrimination fade away as the west progresses, and the view that there’s nothing to fix wins, or could technological and medical advances actually make social discrimination worse and fuel a “why didn’t you fix it?” view instead? Join the chat