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Evelyn L. Redwine

@elredwine.bsky.social

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Artist: I write, design, play, sing, act, voice-over, webdev, edit a/v, DJ (radio), & misc. crafts. …and, no, I’m not kidding. ᏣᏤᎵ ᏗᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᎸᏍᎩ (Poet) Intersex 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ Joined: 10/24/‘24 🚫DMs Like my writing? Visit my site. https://www.elredwine.com?src=bsky

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 4d

This hit me tonight...

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 14h

I had actually forgotten about that. Yeah, they think rules don’t apply to them.

…especially the ones they make up as they go.

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 15h

Except when that rule doesn’t apply.

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 15h

I happen to be intersex.

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 3d

You deserve to feel safe in your neighborhood. Kids deserve to feel safe in their schools.

And that means getting serious about gun violence prevention.

We did it here in Michigan. And you can count on me to take our work to DC.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 3d

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

The answer was, “No.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump regime admitting that they have no clue that Antifa is simply shorthand for anti-fascist.

There are no bricks to tear down. There is no organization.

They’re using this as a means to prosecute their opponents, because they are fascists, a.k.a. Neo N@z!s.

The Allies in WWII were Antifa.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

I am so overwhelmed by emotions, over this, that I am at a loss for words.

…which is a rare event.

interACT Advocates @interact.bsky.social · 2d

The Council of Europe sets a standard to protect intersex rights! The guidance includes banning nonconsensual surgeries on kids. Given to 46 European countries, it seeks to ensure access to justice, accountability, & compensation when bodily integrity is violated. www.ilga-europe.org/press-releas...

Council of Europe Adopts Landmark Intersex Rights Recommendation

The Council of Europe adopts a landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, setting a new gold standard for intersex human rights across Europe.

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…vulnerable people, in order to protect women in women’s spaces.

Kindness and compassion are choices, being trans is not.

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…is almost certain those of us who hold it in for fear of getting called out or abused by others in either bathroom.

Please, understand, we are in those spaces to use them as intended.

…and there are longstanding laws against any funny business in the bathroom. We don’t need to single out already…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…and comfortable while used that space. I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable in those spaces either, because I know how that feels.

We can’t always control when we have to potty, holding it can cause damage to our kidneys and digestive tract. I know, personally, that kidney damage…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…those in positions of authority, religious leaders (specifically Christian), government officials, military and police, who have been enabled by the patriarchy.

I can say, that from my perspective, as an intersex woman, trans people are not in private spaces for any other reason than to be safe…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…The fact is, in the vast majority of cases, it does.

The daily attacks against the trans community ripples out to negatively impact the lives of intersex people, gender nonconforming people, and even cisgender women and men.

The overwhelming enemy in women’s spaces are cis/het men, especially…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

People don’t take transition lightly. We know that we will likely lose friends, status, job opportunities, our home, safety, and more. We will have to bear a lot of physical and emotional pain, with no guarantees that it will alleviate our suffering…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…of reprisal?

I know the fear. I know what it’s like to be forced by strict social expectations, to live opposite my innate gender.

I hear my lived experiences and trauma responses echoed from those in the trans community. It is obvious that they are dealing with the same situation, one that…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…towards us based on our differences. Wouldn’t it be helpful to teach kids that being different is not a curse, that there are many different ways to be human, to experience gender, their life is not invalidated by what is most common, and they’re allowed to express who they are openly without fear…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…ideology kept me living an existence that was not only wrong for me as a person, it was torturous. I would not wish that on anyone.

Many of the people I know, from the intersex community, deal with unresolved trauma and/or PTSD as a result of other people’s misconceptions, attitudes, and actions…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…like to live silently, with gender dysphoria, for half a lifetime because I was afraid to tell anyone, for fear of ridicule and abuse, only to find out later that I was born with atypical anatomy. The doctors made a choice based on what they saw with their eyes; the wrong choice.

Strict binary…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…as being irrelevant all you want but that doesn’t change the truth.

Some women are born with XY chromosomes, men with XX. There are people with XXY, XYY, XO, etc. There are man and women born with no reproductive organs, with a mixture of both (me), and everything in between.

I know what it is…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

…distinct and unambiguous binary does not change the fact that intersex people exist and are not categorically defined as completely male or female.

We are not a statistically insignificant dataset that you can set aside and ignore. I am the canary in the coal mine.

You can dismiss my existence…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

DSDs are not the exception to the rule. They prove that the rule is not a rule. It is not immutable. It is a diverse and complex spectrum of human development, and experience.

The fact that people have worked so hard to create the illusion that sex and, by strict associations, gender are a…

Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

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Why anti-trans is anti-woman

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 1d

Intersex differences can be quite unique and each one can change our view of the Earth, each other, and ourselves, if we are willing to listen, learn, and grow in our understanding.

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Scientists Discover Woman Carrying TWO Sets of DNA

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for doing this for the trans community. 💝

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · 3d

This is one of the best conversations about AI that I have seen.

...and it scares the shite out of me.

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Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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