X-gender & bi's

Rubén Om-line

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Sep 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/13/96

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I request your opinions about matching bi-sexual orientation and
bi-genderable expression. One, from the subject being bi-bi
(experiencies?) and from the bi-bi-friend (testimonies?).
Since x-gender is addmitedly independent of sexual orientation, I just
wonder if us/they can find more openness into the bi-community.
Love. R.
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sarah

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Sep 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/14/96

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RubČn Om-line wrote:
>
> I request your opinions about matching bi-sexual orientation and
> bi-genderable expression. One, from the subject being bi-bi
> (experiencies?) and from the bi-bi-friend (testimonies?).
> Since x-gender is addmitedly independent of sexual orientation,

true, but it sorta makes words like heterosexual and homosexual
completely inapplicable. one of my own problems with the word
"bisexual" is that it necessitates only 2 genders. i kinda like the
theory that, parallel to and crossing an infinite number of times the
sexuality continuum, there is also a gender continuum. (biological sex
being completely distinct from gender, which is a societal construct)
i would think(correct me if im wrong, please), that x-gendered people
would be more aware of fluidity of gender and place less importance
on gender and more on the person.....god(dess) that was a horrible
generalization, please forgive me.

sorry that this is kinda confusing....
sarah, thinking that we should all just love _people_ anyway.

Franzi Dickson

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Sep 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/21/96

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sarah wrote:
> true, but it sorta makes words like heterosexual and homosexual
> completely inapplicable. one of my own problems with the word
> "bisexual" is that it necessitates only 2 genders. i kinda like the
> theory that, parallel to and crossing an infinite number of times the
> sexuality continuum, there is also a gender continuum. (biological sex
> being completely distinct from gender, which is a societal construct)

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I'm curious, has anyone here read Gender Outlaw? It talks about the
articiciality of gender. I would definitely recommend it to anyone
here. Oh, and the author includes her e-mail address in the book.
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nadja

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Sep 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/26/96

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Franzi Dickson <fdic...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<324474...@ix.netcom.com>...

> sarah wrote:
> > true, but it sorta makes words like heterosexual and homosexual
> > completely inapplicable. one of my own problems with the word
> > "bisexual" is that it necessitates only 2 genders. i kinda like the
> > theory that, parallel to and crossing an infinite number of times the
> > sexuality continuum, there is also a gender continuum. (biological sex
> > being completely distinct from gender, which is a societal construct)
> <snip>
>
> I'm curious, has anyone here read Gender Outlaw? It talks about the
> articiciality of gender. I would definitely recommend it to anyone
> here. Oh, and the author includes her e-mail address in the book.

Another book that might be of interest in this respect is Martine
Rothblatt's
_Apartheid of Sex_. In it she argues for their being as many genders and
sexual identities as there are individuals - each being a unique
combination
of traits all too readily (conventionally) distinguished into exclusive
'male'
and 'female' categories.

Nadja