LGBTQ+ Ideas part 1

And now for something completely different!

After several episodes on consciousness and sci fi ideas, the time felt right for conversations about sex and gender ideas. 

 

Links:

Tom Scott Royal Institute talk “There Is No Algorithm For Truth”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leX541Dr2rU 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie TED Talk about the single story:
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en  

8 Cultures with a history of recognizing more than 2 genders:
- Oaxaca, Mexico: Zapotec people, for 500 years they’ve recognized 3 genders (men, women, muxe (moo-shay):
https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-muxe  
- Naples, Italy: femminielli:
https://italysegreta.com/femminelle-on-the-trails-of-naples-ancient-genderqueer-community/#:~:text=Far%20from%20the%20specific%20language,the%20common%20concept%20of%20masculinity  
- Native Americans: Two spirit people
https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/health/twospirit/ 
- Samoa: recognized 4 genders since the early 20th century: men, women, fa’afafine (fah-fah-feen-AY) and fa’afatama (fah-fah-tah-ma):
https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-faafafine-and-faafatama  
- Bugis people of Sulawesi: 600 years of culture accepting man (makkunrai), woman (oroané), trans man (calalai), trans woman (calabai), non-binary (bissu):
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210411-asias-isle-of-five-separate-genders 
- Mapuche, Chile: Machi gender fluid shamans:
https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-mapuche 
- Hawaii: mahu (3rd gender) pre-colonial:
https://outrightinternational.org/meaning-mahu 
India: hijra: 
https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/religion-context/case-studies/gender/third-gender-and-hijras 

SRY gene:
https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/sry/#resources 

Episode 62 of the Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman Podcast:
https://eagleman.com/podcast/is-it-possible-to-rehumanize-the-enemy/  

 

Haikus:

The echo chamber:
Probably a dreadful place
For conversation

 

The diff'rence between
The theory and the realness
Difference is: feeling

 

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