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Dee Whitnell (they/them)

@s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social

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🍌 Author of Beyond Bananas & Condoms 🌈 Multi-award-winning Nonbinary for hire 📢 Founder of #TransKidsDeservetoGrowUp @transkidsdeservetogrowup

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Apr 4

🩷 A re-introduction of lil ol me!

Hey folks! I’m Dee Whitnell (they/them) a multi-award winning s3x educator and content creator… but that’s not all I am 👇 here’s some topline points!

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 4d

⏰ I ALSO provide discounts on multiple commissions and commissions for charities!

Book me while you can! 🩵 Drop me a DM or email me @[email protected]

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 4d

🩷I have worked with NHS England, Urban Outfitters, Brook, Dr Martens, Glisten Cosmetics, Cosmopolitan, Durex, The Guardian, Channel 4, Pride in London, BBC to name a few!

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 4d

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✨ Webinars, workshops, podcast questing!
✨ Talks as an author & book signings!
… and whatever wacky ideas you have!

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 4d

So how can we work together 🤔:
✨ Trans+ inclusive & specific content creation that will reach 2M+ folks when in collaboration with moi
✨ Talks on Trans sex ed, history and current affairs, my experience as a trans person in journalism, activism and allyship!

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 4d

⭐ The TD:LR: I’m a multi-award winning sex educator and content creator with a 2M reach on socials, years of speaking experience & founder of Trans youth campaign Trans Kids Deserve To Grow Up! (You can swipe for more deets like the fact I went viral on Fox News in 2024!)

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 I’m booking for speaking opportunities, content curation & collaboration, & author gigs for Trans Awareness Month (October!) 🧵

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 20d

🩷 Today is the start of Black History Month & I have a reminder: Black Trans & Nonbinary folks deserve to see their history too! #BHM

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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · Aug 31

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Plus Ezra, John, Hafsa from @transactualuk.bsky.social Kate, Rachael, Emily, Avi, Tash, Claire, Grace, Ella, Timon, Dhiren and Jordan.

You were all superstars. I am so tired in my mind and so weary in my body, but it was worth every ache.

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Sep 3

🏳️‍⚧️ You’ve heard of the gender tax, but what about the trans tax?

For many trans+ folks, there’s higher costs when it comes to just feeling good in yourself! So here’s five of my top *cheap & easy* ways to affirm your gender identity!

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My top five *easy and cheap* ways to affirm your gender identity!

Here's how I affirm my gender on a budget! 🧼👕💅

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 25

As young people across the globe return to school, these are the headlines trans youth are seeing 👇

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 18

☀️ Last year I went viral for talking about genderseason… but this year I’m feeling it more than ever!

New Substack piece available now 👇

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☀️ Summer is here, and so is my dysphoria

Personal essay on how my gender shifts depending on the season

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 17

3/ ✨ These options cover all identities, whilst also highlighting the importance of women’s health & rights.

Language makes a huge difference & working with inclusive language takes practise - but there are ways to include everyone, respect everyone & still get the same message across!

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 17

2/ ✨ Phrases you can use instead include:

Women & those with a uterus!

Women & those who have periods!

Those who have periods!

Individuals who menstruate!

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 17

1/ Instead it places trans men, trans masc, nonbinary & Genderdiverse folks in a category that ultimately misgenders us.. it’s an uncomfortable category to be placed in because the term ‘woman’ is right there, which is a sensitive spot for many folks who are trans+

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 17

✨ Recently I’ve seen the uptake in using the term ‘women+’ when discussing period education & rights…

But the reality is that this language is not the inclusive haven many brands using it claim it to be.

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 15

🩷 Want to know how I became a published author? Or do you want to win a signed copy of my book? 👀

Head over to my YouTube for more deets!!

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How did I become a published author?? 🤔

YouTube video by Dee Whitnell

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 14

Every community has bad eggs, but the media is using them to fuel anti-trans hate 👇

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📰 Every community has bad eggs, yet when its a Trans person, the whole community is then targeted

Every time we see a trans individual arrested for a crime, we see the media and politicians use it as a moment to back up their transphobia, the reality is, every community has bad eggs...

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 14

The pronoun pipeline is such an underrepresented part of the nonbinary experience 😭

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 13

2/ 🏳️‍⚧️ The singular they has been around for a hot minute, & even though it may seem ‘new’ to us & the media, it’s always be there in literature!

Where else have you found the singular they? 👇

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 13

1/ One of my favourite comebacks when someone says ‘the singular they isn’t grammatically correct’ is to teach them that actually Shakespeare used the singular they… and so did Jane Austen! 📕

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 13

🏳️‍⚧️ I love literature & I love the singular they so I thought this post was perfect!

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Aug 12

More fantastic work from @transsolidarity.bsky.social.
Please forward a copy of this open letter to any businesses or orgs you know who are concerned about the new EHRC Code of Practice, and ask them to sign.
#StrengthInNumbers
@bibabee.bsky.social

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Letter to Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Jonathan Reynolds) and the Minister for Women and Equalities (Bridget Phillipson)

Dear Secretary of State for Business and Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities,

We, the undersigned businesses and organisations, are writing to express our deep concern at proposals seeking to enforce blanket, mandatory exclusion of trans people from gendered spaces and services.

The proposals made in the EHRC's draft Code of Practice to the Equality Act would have serious and far-reaching consequences for UK businesses, our employees, and our customers. Any final code similar to this draft would tell organisations that we must adopt practices that are incompatible with modern business values, create unworkable operational challenges, and cause significant economic harm.

Conflict with business values
Many of us have spent years building inclusive environments where all customers and staff feel safe and welcome. These proposals would tell us to act in ways that directly contradict those commitments; undermining trust, damaging reputations, and risking the loss of valued staff and customers. They are rooted in an assumption that trans people are a threat and that exclusion is the only acceptable outcome. This framing is both harmful and disconnected from the lived reality of the communities in which we operate. Exclusion of anybody should be a last resort, done only where it is proportionate for legitimate reasons which will be different for each individual organisation, not made blanket and mandatory.

Legal and operational risks

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 12

🩷 Navigating platforms as a s 🥚 educator or content creator is rougghhhh

So I’ve shared some of my top tips for my paid members!! If you’d like to hear more, why not subscribe to learn more & help this enby out! 🩷✨

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Want to create content but worried about being censored? Here's a sex educator five top tips ✨

Want to know more? Become a paid member 😉

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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 12

And that’s not even beginning to touch on trans men & intersex people who can produce eggs.

Seems like someone is reducing people to their anatomy… but unfortunately for JKR, anatomy isn’t binary either! 🤷

Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · Aug 12

🏥 So JK Rowling has said that only women are born with the ability to ‘produce large gametes’ - aka eggs…

But what about women & those who have ovulation disorders, or infertility?

PCOS? Hypothalamic dysfunction? Endometriosis? Damaged fallopian tubes?

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