Arcane Paws & Tales

🕯️"As above, so below, as within, so without, as the Universe, so the Soul"
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☀️ Creature of many names
Dakoda, Kaden, Forrest, Koyote, Ekko, Korvus, Mythical, Griffin, Arcane
Online names: Starlight, Stardust, Starburst, Starry, Sunburst, Sunny
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🌙 Bisexual • genderfluid nonbinary agender • he/they/she/void/star/sun/any
🌟 Spiritual agnostic/atheist 𖤐⛥
⭐ Nerd
✨ Writer/aspiring author
🪐 Multifandom
🐾 Furry since mid 2023
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🪶 Main fursona: Arcanum/Arcane
- hybrid shapeshifter
- two forms, canine hybrid & dragon hybrid
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☄️ Philosophies:
Human-Kind. Be both.
Live & let live, so long as it harms none.
Respect/tolerate so long as others do so back to you.
Exist & express your diverse & varied human experiences.
Be your favorite and true self, normal & conformity is overrated and undefined.
Value animism, interconnectedness, the Universe/Source.
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🚫 Dni: zoos, pedos, homo/transphobia, racism, ableism, sexism, etc; doxxing, death threats


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Title: LGBTQ+, SCIENCE, AND CHRISTIANITY - MY OPINION

[[Part 3/4]] (read part 2 first) SOURCES continued:

Sexuality:
"What causes a person to have a particular sexual orientation?
There is no consensus among scientists about the exact reasons that an individual develops a heterosexual, bisexual, gay, or lesbian orientation. Although much research has examined the possible genetic, hormonal, developmental, social, and cultural influences on sexual orientation, no findings have emerged that permit scientists to conclude that sexual orientation is determined by any particular factor or factors. Many think that nature and nurture both play complex roles; most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation." - Understanding sexual orientation and homosexuality, by the American Psychological Association.

Transgender individuals:
"Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time.... Gender interacts with but is different from sex, which refers to the different biological and physiological characteristics of females, males and intersex persons, such as chromosomes, hormones and reproductive organs. Gender and sex are related to but different from gender identity. Gender identity refers to a person’s deeply felt, internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond to the person’s physiology or designated sex at birth." - Gender and Health, the World Health Organization (WHO).

"Understanding sex and gender is critical to understanding human health and disease. Although “sex” is often incorrectly thought to have the same meaning as “gender,” the terms describe different but connected constructs. Sex and gender shape health independently as distinct factors, as well as interactively through the many ways in which they intersect and influence each other.[1] It is important to understand the differences and interactions between sex and gender to better understand how they affect health and why they are important in medical practice and health research." - Sex and Gender, the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

"What is the difference between sex and gender?
Sex is assigned at birth, refers to one’s biological status as either male or female, and is associated primarily with physical attributes such as chromosomes, hormone prevalence, and external and internal anatomy. Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for boys and men or girls and women. These influence the ways that people act, interact, and feel about themselves. While aspects of biological sex are similar across different cultures, aspects of gender may differ.
Various conditions that lead to atypical development of physical sex characteristics are collectively referred to as intersex conditions.
Have transgender people always existed?
Transgender persons have been documented in many indigenous, Western, and Eastern cultures and societies from antiquity until the present day. However, the meaning of gender nonconformity may vary from culture to culture.
Why are some people transgender?
There is no single explanation for why some people are transgender. The diversity of transgender expression and experiences argues against any simple or unitary explanation. Many experts believe that biological factors such as genetic influences and prenatal hormone levels, early experiences, and experiences later in adolescence or adulthood may all contribute to the development of transgender identities." - Understanding transgender people, gender identity and gender expression, American Psychological Association (APA).

"Although sex has traditionally been described as binary—male or female—we are coming to understand that this classification may be too simplistic. Here, we use the term sex to refer to classification into a group with a shared set of anatomical and physiological traits. In this sense, sex in many species is determined largely by inheritance of sex chromosomes. (The term gender, previously used as a synonym of sex, is now more often used to refer to an individual’s own experience of identifying as male, female, or otherwise.)....
The biochemical, physiological, and anatomical features associated with “males” and “females” are turning out to be more complicated than previously thought, with many genes involved in their development. Because of the complexity of this process, many variations exist: Some individuals vary in the number of sex chromosomes in their cells, and others are born with intermediate sexual (intersex) characteristics, or with anatomical features that do not match an individual’s sense of their own gender (transgender individuals). Sex determination is an active area of research that will likely yield a more sophisticated understanding in years to come...." - Campbell Biology 12th Edition textbook, Page 298-299 & 1031, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman.

"Some people have a gender which is neither male nor female and may identify as both male and female at one time, as different genders at different times, as no gender at all, or dispute the very idea of only two genders. The umbrella terms for such genders are 'genderqueer' or 'non-binary' genders. Such gender identities outside of the binary of female and male are increasingly being recognized in legal, medical and psychological systems and diagnostic classifications in line with the emerging presence and advocacy of these groups of people. Population-based studies show a small percentage--but a sizable proportion in terms of raw numbers--of people who identify as non-binary. While such genders have been extant historically and globally, they remain marginalized, and as such--while not being disorders or pathological in themselves--people with such genders remain at risk of victimization and of minority or marginalization stress as a result of discrimination." - Non-binary or genderqueer genders, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

"Gender is a multidimensional social and cultural construct that includes gender roles, expressions, behaviors, activities, power dynamics, and/or attributes that a given society associates with being a woman, man, girl, or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time.... A nonbinary person identifies outside of a gender binary by seeing themselves as neither a man nor or woman. Nonbinary people are part of the trans community." - Sex, Gender, and Sexuality, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

"The American Psychological Association has adopted a resolution opposing efforts to change people’s gender identity, citing scientific research showing that such actions may be harmful.
The resolution, adopted by APA’s governing Council of Representatives on Feb. 26, aligns with the association’s stance against similar efforts aimed at changing people’s sexual orientation.
“There is a growing body of research that shows that transgender or nonbinary gender identities are normal variations in human expression of gender,” said APA President Jennifer F. Kelly, PhD. “Attempts to force people to conform with rigid gender identities can be harmful to their mental health and well-being.”" - APA adopts resolution opposing biased or coercive efforts to change individuals’ gender identity, by the American Psychological Association (APA).

"Gender has two components:
1. Gender identity – a person’s basic internal sense of being a man, woman, and/or another gender (e.g., gender queer, gender fluid).
2. Gender expression – conveyed through appearance (e.g., clothing, make up, physical features), behaviors, and personality styles. These means of expression are often culturally defined as masculine or feminine. The ways in which people express their gender identity are both particular to each individual and variable across cultures." - Definitions of Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation and Pronoun Usage, by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

"Sex
A person’s categorization as biologically male or female, usually on a genital or gonadal basis. Gender Identity
One’s identity as belonging or not belonging to a particular gender, whether male, female or a non-binary alternative.
Genderqueer
An identity label used by some individuals whose experienced and/or expressed gender does not conform to the male/female binary or who reject the gender binary." - Terminology, by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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Title: LGBTQ+, SCIENCE, AND CHRISTIANITY - MY OPINION

[[Part 4/4]] Conversion Therapy

Gay converslon therapy is the widely discredited practice of attempting to change someone's gender ldentity, s*xuality, or gender expression to be cishet/ the 'norm'. It has been proven to be largely ineffective and harmful, and even torturous in extreme cases.

"Conversion therapy is a discredited practice focused on changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It is not an evidence-based treatment and is opposed by all major medical organizations. In fact, research continues to support that conversion therapy is harmful, especially for LGBTQ youth. In 2007, the American Psychiatric Association clarified the potential risks of conversion therapy as “great, including depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior, since therapist alignment with societal prejudices against homosexuality may reinforce self-hatred already experienced by the patient.” The American Academy of Pediatrics states that “therapy directed specifically at changing sexual orientation is contraindicated, since it can provoke guilt and anxiety while having little or no potential for achieving changes in orientation.” - Conversion Therapy, Where We Stand, by NAMI.

"Conversion therapy is any emotional or physical therapy used to “cure” or “repair” a person’s attraction to the same sex, or their gender identity and expression. Providers claim these therapies can make someone heterosexual or “straight.” But there’s no evidence to support this.
Medical and mental health experts have rejected conversion therapy practices as dangerous and discriminatory for decades. It not only doesn’t work, but could also lead to:
Depression
Anxiety
Drug use
Homelessness
Suicide
In extreme cases, the practices may be violent or torturous." - What is Conversion Therapy, by WebMD.

"There is no robust evidence to support claims that conversion therapy is effective at changing sexual orientation or gender identity.
Some of the largest studies report little to no reported change in sexual orientation, and reports of success are unpersuasive due to serious methodological limitations and sometimes major flaws in study designs.
No studies which examined the effectiveness of conversion therapy aimed at changing gender identity were identified during the search period (2000 to 2020).
Evidence of harm associated with conversion therapy outweighs reports of some benefits, such as social support and a sense of belonging. In addition, the reported benefits are common to most forms of talking therapy or support groups and could be provided by other, more affirmative, approaches that mitigate risks of harm.
There is an increasing amount of quantitative evidence that exposure to conversion therapy is statistically associated with poor mental health outcomes including suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. This body of evidence is larger for sexual orientation change efforts. However, one recent study has also found that gender identity change efforts are associated with similar negative health outcomes.
Although we need to take care when making causal inferences, qualitative studies have found that people who have undergone conversion therapy attribute such feelings to the conversion therapy. The majority of people we interviewed in this study described experiencing conversion therapy as harmful, and reported self-harm and suicidal thoughts.
Plausible explanations for such harms include that conversion therapy makes internal conflicts worse rather than resolving them. It also reinforces the stigma associated with minority sexual orientations or gender identities." - Conversion therapy: an evidence assessment and qualitative study, by Gov.UK.

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Title: LGBTQ+, SCIENCE, AND CHRISTIANITY - MY OPINION

[[Part 2/4]] (Check out part 1 first!) Here's a more in-depth explanation + sources:

Scientifically speaking, sex ≠ gender. Nearly every, if not every, major medical and psychiatric organization recognizes that, including but not limited to the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, National Institutes of Health, the Campbell Biology 12th Edition college textbook, etc. Biological sex is studied in the field of biology, whereas gender identity is psychological and neurosocial. Biological sex is determined by biological characteristics like phenotypical traits (primary and secondary sex characteristics like internal and external genitaIia, breasts, hormone levels/washes, bone structure) and genotypical traits (chromosomes) as well as what gametes you're born with. And even on a biological level, biological sex is bimodal rather than binary since intersex conditions exist.

Gender identity is very nuanced too, and we only categorize them into the binary options of man and woman based on the now unscientific and outdated idea that sex and gender are synonymous. But gender is actually just a complex combination of one's psychological and neurosocial identity, categorized into a socially constructed spectrum that humans have just labeled into one of two main binary categories due to people determining gender through their idea of sex. Trans and nonbinary identities exist and are valid, this is scientifically supported.

And trans and nonbinary individuals have existed for thousands of years across many different cultures all over the world. The terms transgender and nonbinary are just modern labels we use now in modern western cultures based on our current modern understanding of sex and gender. But many cultures have had third/other/trans genders, such as the Native American Two-Spirits, Mexican Muxes, Indian Hijra, Hawaiian Māhu, Samoan fa'afafine and fa'fafama, etc.

Let me help you understand what being transgender is. Trans people aren't 'trying' or 'pretending' to be the opposite sex or gender, and they aren't 'changing' their gender from their birth gender. They simply _are_ a gender identity that doesn't align with their sex (remember that sex ≠ gender). This misalignment can sometimes cause discomfort , distress, and sometimes even disassociation/disconnection, which is actually a mental disorder called gender dysphoria. And the current most effective treatment for gender dysphoria is transitioning paired with psychotherapy. That's why so many trans people transition either socially, medically, or both. To alleviate their gender dysphoria, and feel comfortable and happy in their own body for once by trying to ease the discomfort and distress that misalignment between their sex and gender brings.

Scientifically speaking, other alternative treatments for gender dysphoria or being trans that instead of having explorative and affirmative therapy, accept their transness, and transition so their body, appearance, and presentation better matches their internal gender identity, try to instead change one's internal gender to force them to 'accept' their sex as their gender such as conversion therapy do not work and aren't effective, and can even be more harmful. Conversion therapy itself is even banned in many places and considered a torturous practice by many medical organizations. Ultimately, allowing a trans person to change their body to match their brain is a more effective treatment than attempting to change a trans person's brain and identity to match their body.

It's a similar thing with sexuality. Sexuality is not inherently a choice and can't be consciously or forcibly changed for most, according to any major medical and psychiatric organization I've seen. Practices like conversion therapy to change a queer person to be straight are proven to be torturous and largely ineffective and harmful. There is no known practice, treatment, or 'cure' for homosexuality that is effective on a large, widespread and consistent scale. There is no scientific evidence in "praying the gay away" other than isolated instances like people like you. Homosexuality is absolutely just as naturaI, naturaIIy occurring, and normaI as heterosexuality, it's been observed in over 1,500 animal species including humans, and we can observe queer humans all throughout history.

So then only acting on your identity, acting on your 'desires' or 'temptations' of homosexuality or being transgender could be considered a sin, right? So if you don't act on it, if you deny and repress your lgbtq+ identity even if it's still there and can't be fully gotten rid of or changed to be the opposite cishet identity, then you aren't sinning. But this doesn't make sense to me either. A gay person like myself being forced to remain single and celibate forever simply because God apparently made us with this identity, with our brain being wired this way, only to go "oop nope only man and woman can love and marry and have sex, oh no, so sorry". That just seems cruel and unfair. And being forced to repress your trans identity and 'accept' your 'birth gender' seems cruel and unfair too because it can cause even more distress, discomfort, and gender dysphoria to arise, and the current most effective treatment for gender dysphoria is transitioning paired with explorative and affirmative psychotherapy (aka accepting your trans identity). Untreated or severe and persisting gender dysphoria can lead to other conditions developing like anxiety, depression, EDs, SH, or even in extreme cases, sulcidaI ideation. And again with both sexuality and gender identity, numerous studies have proven that being forced to hide, repress, and deny your involuntary lgbtq+ identity in favor of pretending to be cishet or simply just not 'acting' on that 'lifestyle' can cause detrimental and negative effects to one's health, happiness, and wellbeing, while accepting it and being able to openly live and love as yourself without homophobia and transphobia can be beneficial to one's heaIth, happiness, and wellbeing.

SOURCES:
"What Causes People to Be Transgender?
Many health experts believe that being transgender isn't caused by any one thing. What makes a person comfortable or uncomfortable with his or her anatomy is unclear, but they believe it's the result of a complex mixture of biology, psychology, and environmental factors — and not simply a matter of choice." - Transgender People, by Children's Minnesota.

"Why don’t transgender people get counseling to accept the gender they were assigned at birth?
Counseling aimed at changing someone’s gender identity, sometimes known as conversion therapy, doesn’t work and can be extremely harmful. The belief that someone’s gender identity can be changed through therapy runs counter to the overwhelming consensus in the medical community. Telling someone that a core part of who they are is wrong or delusional and forcing them to change it is dangerous, sometimes leading to lasting depression, substance abuse, self-hatred and even suicide. Because of this, a growing number of states have made it illegal for licensed therapists to try to change a young person’s gender identity (laws apply to those under 18). However, many transgender people find it helpful to get counseling to help them decide when to tell the world they are transgender and deal with the repercussions of stigma and discrimination that comes afterward." - Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People, by Advocates for Trans Equality.

"Why are some people transgender?
There is no single explanation for why some people are transgender. The diversity of transgender expression and experiences argues against any simple or unitary explanation. Many experts believe that biological factors such as genetic influences and prenatal hormone levels, early experiences, and experiences later in adolescence or adulthood may all contribute to the development of transgender identities." - Understanding transgender people, gender identity and gender expression, by the American Psychological Association (APA).

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Title: LGBTQ+, SCIENCE, AND CHRISTIANITY - MY OPINION

[[Part 1/4]] Some questions for anti-lgbtq+ (or just
not supportive) Christians:

1. Do you believe that God, as the creator of the universe and everything within it, also created the laws of physics, logic, reality, and science? In order to create and keep order from chaos, you'd have to first create rules for your creation to follow, right? And then humans just discover, research, and understand this reality and science, correct?

2. Would you say you choose to follow and believe the facts and reality that evidence, science, and research finds, if they're made by God to be discovered by us humans? Whether or not they contradict or support the claims of the Bible?

3. Do you believe that the Bible, while still deeply important and relevant as it is God's inspired word, is NOT inherently a modern science textbook and shouldn't be taken as such, especially not over what actual modern science and facts are saying? For example, the story of Adam and Eve has a talking snake that once had legs until it was cursed to slither with no legs. Yet in reality, we have no scientific or historical evidence of talking animals or that snakes evolved in that specific way. So would you agree that for the sake of that story in Genesis, those details were just made up/exaggerated and aren't meant to be taken literally as straight up fact over what science says? Or that perhaps the Bible may include some details that at the time may have seemed supernatural but can now be explained through our modern scientific understanding and research, such as the big bang, or science being able to explain and understand between the lines if the Bible doesn't explicitly state it? I personally take science as explaining the "how" things work and happen, and would see the Bible as explaining "why" they work and happen that way from a theological perspective. I don't see them as mutually exclusive, but each has their own lanes that they work in and explain, and shouldn't be used to explain the other lane.

4. Do you believe that if someone rejects or denies their God-made identity and nature, if they go "well God made me like this/to be this but I don't wanna be that, so I'm going to choose to pretend to be this instead", that they'll then end up experiencing negative or adverse effects like worse mental and physical health? For example, God calls us to eat healthily and in moderation, and he gave us meats and fresh fruits and vegetables and nuts and beans and all that to eat. But if we reject that for what the world offers, cheap unhealthy, processed, junk food, and you overeat, then you'll most likely experience negative impacts of falling away from God's design for you and humans, right? Worse mental health, excess weight gain and other physical issues that can come with that, things like that.

5. On a similar vein, do you believe that if someone chooses to follow God's plan and design for them, following their God-made identity and nature, they'll experience less negative effects and more positive or beneficial ones, like an improved mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health? For example, if someone stops their phone addiction and instead fills up that time scrolling with forming a relationship with God and spending time in nature that God made, their mental and physical health will improve, their attention span will heal, they won't constantly seek cheap unhealthy unsustainable dopamine and won't be as overwhelmed by the constant overstimulation without a break or rest for the brain from constant scrolling, and won't experience fomo the same?

-> If you're in agreement with all of those... Then why and how can you logically and realistically believe that being lgbtq+ is a sin that you must turn away from and repent for? Think about it.

Being lgbtq+ is scientifically not a choice and can't be consciousIy or forcibIy changed for most. It's completely naturaI, normaI, and naturaIIy occurring, since over 1,500 other animal species are also gay. Repressing and denying your sexuaIity and pretending to be cishet, like being forced to remain singIe and ceIibate for queer people or 'acceptlng your 'birth gender' and not transitioning/transitioning if you've already transitioned for trans people, can be detrimental and cause negative effects to one's heaIth, happiness, and weIIbeing, such as possibly worsened gender dysphoria; while acceptlng one's lgbtq+ identity and openly living as who they were meant to be (lgbtq+) and transitioning causes neutral or beneficial effects to one's heaIth, happiness, and weIIbeing, especiaIIy considering transitioning paired with expIorative and affirmative psychotherapy (aka trans acceptance) is the current most effective treatment for gender dysphoria.
Therefore God had to have made us lgbtq+, and it seems to be how he created us to be in our nature.

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RE: they/them pronouns

PSA: The third person pronoun 'they' is both plural and singular. It has been used in a singular sense since the 14th century, even before singular 'you' was used. The pronoun 'they' is now used to refer to one of three things:
1. A group of two or more things.
2. An individual of unknown gender.
3. Most recently, but because language changes and evolves alongside its culture and society, an individual with a neutral gender or gender outside of the gender binary.

“Singular they has become the pronoun of choice to replace he and she in cases where the gender of the antecedent – the word the pronoun refers to – is unknown, irrelevant, or nonbinary, or where gender needs to be concealed. It’s the word we use for sentences like Everyone loves his mother.
But that’s nothing new. The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375, where it appears in the medieval romance William and the Werewolf.” - A brief history of singular ‘they’, by the Oxford English Dictionary.

“We will note that they has been in consistent use as a singular pronoun since the late 1300s; that the development of singular they mirrors the development of the singular you from the plural you, yet we don’t complain that singular you is ungrammatical; and that regardless of what detractors say, nearly everyone uses the singular they in casual conversation and often in formal writing.
They is taking on a new use, however: as a pronoun of choice for someone who doesn’t identify as either male or female. This is a different use than the traditional singular they, which is used to refer to a person whose gender isn’t known or isn’t important in the context, as in the example above. The new use of they is direct, and it is for a person whose gender is known or knowable, but who does not identify as male or female. If I were introducing a friend who preferred to use the pronoun they, I would say, “This is my friend, Jay. I met them at work.”
If you’re someone who has a binary gender (that is, who identifies as male or female) and you’ve never encountered the nonbinary they before, it may feel a little weird. Or you may think it’s unnecessary. You may be confused by all the new terminology (though there’s help out there for you). Yet we’ve been searching for a nonbinary pronoun for quite a while now.
There have always been people who didn’t conform to an expected gender expression, or who seemed to be neither male nor female. But we’ve struggled to find the right language to describe these people—and in particular, the right pronouns. In the 17th century, English laws concerning inheritance sometimes referred to people who didn’t fit a gender binary using the pronoun it, which, while dehumanizing, was conceived of as being the most grammatically fit answer to gendered pronouns around then. Adopting the already-singular they is vastly preferable.” - Singular 'They’, by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

“Something comparable is happening today with the third-person plural pronoun they. Like you, but for different reasons, they has become a singular pronoun with two different uses that fill two gaps in the English language.
First use of singular they
First, they is used when the gender of the referent (the noun to which the pronoun refers) is unknown or unimportant. This use avoids clumsy workarounds such as he/she and his or her…. While grammar prescriptivists may object to the use of a plural pronoun with a singular meaning, this is a widely accepted usage that dates back centuries and has finally been recognized by most style guides. Singular they is colloquial, convenient, and concise, and it is an option that English learners can and should be taught.
Second use of singular they
The second use of singular they is more contemporary. Some people do not identify with the pronouns he or she. Many nonbinary people use the pronouns they/them/their. It is a sign of respectful and inclusive language to use people’s identified pronouns. They can also be used for people whose gender and identified pronouns are unknown rather than assuming he/him/his or she/her/hers pronouns simply based on someone’s name or appearance. Note that plural verb forms are always used with they even when referring to one person, as they are with you (e.g., they are and you are and not *they is or *you is).
Making ESL/EFL more inclusive
Teaching English learners to understand the importance of using people’s identified pronouns is part of a broader project of making ESL/EFL more inclusive so that the language we teach is better aligned with the lived reality of the millions of users of English around the world. In some teaching situations, it may be better to wait until a context for singular they arises before pointing its use out to students. In other situations, it might be taught as part of basic instruction in pronouns. In either case, it is important for teaching materials not to assume that there are only two possible singular pronouns for people, he or she.” - Singular ‘they’: teaching a changing language, by the Cambridge Dictionary.

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PSA: Y'all need to raise your kids better, I swear. I've been harassed multiple times now while just going out on a walk in public wearing a pride shirt and tail. Like if you think furries or gay people are somehow weird, cringe, or wrong, cool, keep it to yourself instead of constantly following, barking at, making fat noises at, swearing out, yelling slurs at, or just general harassing a random person minding their business who's not affecting or harming anything.

I just got followed by three middle school aged boys swearing at me, yelling at me, threatening/joking about touching my property and destroying it (may tail), throwing around hate speech like "gays, lesbians, and transgenders aren't allowed", and threatening/joking to follow me to my house or find where I lived. I literally did nothing but walk down the public path at a public park, doing so little as looking at anyone.

Earlier today, before I even left my street, I had a car of teenagers pass me and bark at me and yell out the f slur for daring to exist outside of society's norms and ward off my depression with self expression.

Raise your kids better. Raise them to mind their business, be kind, and not harass strangers, no matter what their opinions are. It's really not hard.

And if you don't have kids, learn to set an example yourself. Educate yourself instead of being blindly ignorant. Practice tolerance and respect instead of throwing hate on everything you see. Human-Kind. Do both.

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Anyone know if there's an official xenogender for relating to the game Monument Valley?
I really like the xenogenders for the game Sky: Children of the Light because I connect to that game on a deep level both in my gender/identity, and in my spirituality and beginnings witchcraft.
But I'm getting back into Monument Valley and it's pulling at my lil gremlin inside too.

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