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Originally Posted by The other Gabe
what does the "I" stand for? I haven't seen that one before
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Intersex. It's alphabet soup. Normally I just say non-heteronormative but a lot of people don't know what that means.
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Originally Posted by The other Gabe
being a Transgender person has nothing to do with sexual contact. it's a matter of feeling that the sex you were assigned at birth was not correct and wanting to be some other gender. People thinking it's about sex is part of the problem here - people's sense of identity should not be boiled down to worrying about them doin the do or whatever. When you think that people are just "acting trans" or whatever for the purpose of sex, you're marginalizing their valid feelings and opinions (sorry if this comes off as hostile or putting words in your mouth, I couldn't think of a better way to phrase it).
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Room assignments should always come down to two things: 1) what the authorities will allow which sometimes is ignorant and suboptimal but still a reality; and 2) the comfort level of the students staying together as well as the confidence of the mentors that this assignment is not likely to turn into a problem. When we make our room assignments, we think about what the energy of that room is likely to be and try to optimize it to be comfortable and professional.