After working as an intern at The National last week, I was so busy I didn’t have any time for writing other articles. So, I’m so happy to now have the time to write some more for Cult Noise! I absolutely love writing for this publication and I think what Cult Noise do is so important and they offer a unique platform for aspiring journalists.
Read my new piece for Cult Noise on LGBTQ, the meaning of gender fluidity and the new it girl that everyone is talking about, Ruby Rose.
A Cultural Shift for LGBTQ Support: OITNB’s Ruby Rose on Gender Fluidity
How many different sexualities are there? Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual and asexual. That must be all of them, right? Wrong.
How many different genders exist? Male, female, trans-male, trans-female, bi-gender, gender binary and agender. Is that all of them? Wrong again.
Theoretically, the list of all the different sexualities and genders in existence is infinite. A person who does not wish to identify with the gender they were assigned at birth can essentially choose any form of gender identity they like. They can choose to be either one or the other traditional sex (male or female), or they could be both, or neither, or both at the same time – whatever they choose. I personally think of gender and sexuality as subjective social constructs, something that, in our day and age, we have the option to explore and define for ourselves.
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