R4 D11 Monosexism

[LeilaniB]

Today my gift was to reach out to one of the circles of parenting community I'm in and talk about monosexism. I want to be sure to hold space for our child outside labels or any expectations I might have about his orientation. I hope he feels free to love and engage in positive consensual relationships - with people who will cherish him and hold the complexicities of his experience and life. I don't really care how that person or those people identify and how they present their gender. I care about how healthy and loving their relationships will be.

I find gender, sexed bodies, community identification, sexual and romantic behavior, and identity so much more complex than binary thinking. Labels can be so limiting...

[LeilaniB]

No I hadn't seen raising my rainbow. I do reference the Genderbread person often however http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/01/the-genderbread-person/  Monosexism is about thinking everyone is either gay or straight and that there's only two orientations and likely only two genders. hmpf. Thanks for the link!

[IslandGirl]

Love this! Have you seen Raising My Rainbow? I'm not even a parent, and it's one of my favourite sites. 

[Deb~ Community Manager]

They can~ Thank you...