UK nonbinary legal recognition court case

Help support the court case by reblogging this post and/or contributing to the crowdfund!

Ryan Castellucci, who is nonbinary, has issued legal proceedings against the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP) and the Secretary of State for Justice arguing that the GRP breached its statutory duty to issue a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) in terms which record Ryan’s acquired gender as nonbinary, and has instead decided to issue a GRC of uncertain legal effect. Ryan is also seeking a declaration that a GRC which records Ryan’s gender as “not specified” would mean that their gender is for all purposes nonbinary.

It turns out that the Gender Recognition Act in the UK doesn't actually specify that you have to be moving from male to female or from female to male, which means there is absolutely already room within the law to allow for nonbinary genders, and obviously the government should accommodate that.

Contribute to the crowdfund here - it's currently at £2,178 pledged of £100,000, with 28 days to go, ending on 27th April 2023.

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The 2023 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 10th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 9th May 2023.

It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.

Image title: Gender Census 2023. Image text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. On the left, a box textured with purple and silver striped leaves, featuring a Venus/female symbol. On the right, a box textured with plain soft green leaves, featuring a Mars/male symbol.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

For the curious, you can also spy on some graphs and demographic data for the incoming responses here.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

Image credit: Avery at Tradescantia Hub

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*You feel what can only be described as an overwhelming sense of dread.*

*You shouldn't be here.*

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Go back to bed—it’s World Sleep Day!

World Sleep Day is a global, annual call to action celebrating the importance of a good night’s sleep. Sleep is essential for health!

In partnership with World Sleep Society, we’re encouraging you to practice some self-care and look after your health. How? Just LOG OFF & GO TO SLEEP!

How can you help to make this our biggest celebration yet?

We know it’s a big ask, but we’re confident you can handle these two enormously difficult tasks:

For Web users:

LOG OFF

GO TO SLEEP

For App users:

LOG OFF

GO TO SLEEP

Need a little sleep-spo?

Check out the #GoToSleepTumblr tag. You can head over to @music for some soothing sounds to put you in the mood to snooze and stop by @gotosleep for the largest collection of yawn-inducing content. Let’s count some sheep, Tumblr.