In 2020, there was a noticeable shift away from societal gender norms, with the conversation around breaking down gendered barriers becoming more mainstream, recalls Alex Ehmcke, chief operating officer at PinkNews. The problematic nature that society puts on traditional gender norms isn t a niche anymore - it s becoming part of the conversation.
In UK’s largest ever survey of its LGBT+ population, carried out in 2017, 6.9% of those surveyed identified as non-binary; Stonewall estimates that perhaps 1% of the British population identifies as trans or non-binary. Miley Cyrus and Cara Delevingne are among the notable names that identify as gender fluid, while Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness and singer Sam Smith both identify as non-binary.
forget the birds and the bees. there is a sex ed class that is teaching much more than that in one northern california high school. it has gotten a lot of parents angry. they say their kids were taught by employees of planned parenthood without their prior knowledge. and that ninth graders were given a diagram using so-called, gingerbread person. that is him or her on the screen. offers kids options to choose their gender. students were given a checklist that tells them if they re ready for sex or not. with many questions like, if they know how to use a condom? if they can handle pregnancy. kids also got a work sheet describing how to give and obtain consent. no. they could opt out of the class but parents say the curriculum went far beyond what