In a world where binary thinking is normalized, the Movement intentionally celebrates a spectrum of identity. We teach, live and affirm gender expansiveness, naming ourselves and celebrating each other. As we work to disrupt oppressive binary attitudes, we educate ourselves around language while enlarging our understanding of identity.

Living Into It

Claiming our authentic identity is essential to how we understand being in community. The truth is we live in a world where assumptions are made about who we are. We are often labeled and misnamed. For example, we begin our conference calls:

Out of respect for each other and to honor our diversity, we begin our community check in by inviting you to state your preferred pronoun, if you use them, as well as the ethnicity you wish to be called or known by, example would be for myself I prefer no pronoun, but any pronoun spoken with respect is ok and prefer to be referred to as black, cisgender straight female. I invite… to speak next.