R4 D11 Monosexism
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...
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Comment by LeilaniB on July 7, 2012 at 9:20am -
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!
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Comment by IslandGirl on July 6, 2012 at 6:34pm -
Love this! Have you seen Raising My Rainbow? I'm not even a parent, and it's one of my favourite sites.
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Comment by Deb~ Community Manager on July 6, 2012 at 1:42pm -
They can~ Thank you...
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