This episode is the beginning of what is to become Gender Identity Weekly - my existing Dingbat Diaries idea, but engaging other contributors to Gender Identity Today.  I may someday break this out into a separate podcast, but I will publish them here as well until the change occurs.

REFERENCES:
CDC Statistics:  https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/suicide-data-statistics.html
The Trevor Project:  https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2023/
Williams Institute - LGBTQ:  https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/suicide-coming-out-press-release/
Williams Institute - Transgender:  https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/suicidality-transgender-adults/
Gender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/

On the program today:
- Why I missed the Dingbat Diaries video for last week
- A response to an article that explained my absence last week in which I was called female
- Do I really buy into the rhetoric that genetics is gender?

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REFERENCES:
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com
Series of articles I wrote:
    "All Except for My Parts":  https://genderidentitytoday.com/all-except-for-my-parts/
    "To Bear Responsibility is Transgender":  https://genderidentitytoday.com/to-bear-responsibility-is-transgender/
    "Writing My Transgender Life":  https://genderidentitytoday.com/writing-my-transgender-life/
Transgender suicide statistics:  https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/suicidality-transgender-adults/

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On the program today, I talk about these fabulous topics: 
- I launched the new web site I've talked about for a month 
- I had a short video get many views - and many hate comments 
- I want to talk about role-playing...probably not what you're thinking 

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REFERENCES: 
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com 
Instagram video with 13K views: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv8kE1uJIkQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 
Gender-affirming care statistics: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-science-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-kids-really-shows/ 
Transcurrent Explorers Discord Server: https://www.amethysta.io/transcurrent-explorers/ 
Sly Flourish article: https://slyflourish.com/playing_dnd_can_save_your_life.html 
Rollo May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_May 

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Hi, Kittycats! This is The Dingbat Diaries for the week of August 10th, 2023, which features Kevin Dorman of Prismatic Speech Services: 
- What is gender-affirming voice? 
- How do we develop gender and gender identity?
- How is gender perceived out there in the world today?

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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings 
Prismatic Speech Services:  https://prismaticspeech.com/
Transgender Voice article:  https://medium.com/the-identity-current/sound-off-using-my-transgender-voice-46402382d48
Home Free - "Man of Constant Sorrow":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ew_bfFvros

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Hi, Kittycats! This is The Dingbat Diaries for the week of August 4th, 2023: 
- What in the world makes "Barbie" such a controversial movie? 
- A new friend of mine helped open my eyes to greater issues of mental health around youth developing identity 
- A couple conversations that reminded me how gender and gender identity is understood today 

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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings
"Barbie": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_(film) 
Naomi Alderman "The Power": https://littlemountainpublishing.biz/the-power-by-naomi-alderman
"Transgender Meh": https://medium.com/the-identity-current/transgender-meh-finishing-before-i-was-done-b989f53db019 
Superbands.me: https://www.superbands.me/ 
Prismatic Speech Services: https://prismaticspeech.com/ 
Speech413: https://www.speech413.com/ 
"Sound Off: Using My Transgender Voice ": https://medium.com/the-identity-current/sound-off-using-my-transgender-voice-46402382d48 

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Hi, Kittycats! Today on The Dingbat Diaries, I discuss: 
- Medium's new Partner Plan for August 2023 
- How I finally found shapewear that suits my budget and my butt 
- Aliens in Congress, which is why transgender people should be left alone 

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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings 
Buster Benson's MPP changes article: https://blog.medium.com/new-partner-program-incentives-focus-on-high-quality-human-writing-7335f8557f6e 
Robin Wilding's article about the Boost: https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/mediums-boost-is-killing-writers-4c741c6b61f4 
Orchard Corsets: https://www.orchardcorset.com/ 
Angel Curves: https://www.angelcurves.com/ 
Maidenform Waist Trainer: https://www.maidenform.com/waistnipper.html 
"Gender as Mediator:" https://medium.com/the-identity-current/gender-as-mediator-between-the-origin-of-identity-and-social-environment-5a6f390b1bd6 
"Making Transgender Normal:" https://medium.com/the-identity-current/the-quest-to-make-transgender-normal-e38a61569f9 
UFO Congressional Investigation: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/calif-politician-questions-alien-whistleblower-18262296.php 

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Hi, Kittycats! Today on the Dingbat Weekly, I talk about my newest article detailing my gender theory, "Gender as Mediator," but also how I ended up getting to the point of writing the article. I finish up with a scathing indictment (not really) of Christian thoughts around gender. 

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings
"Gender as Mediator:" https://medium.com/the-identity-current/gender-as-mediator-between-the-origin-of-identity-and-social-environment-5a6f390b1bd6 
Walter Rhein's "Medical Industry:" https://aninjusticemag.com/why-wont-the-american-medical-industry-research-alternative-treatments-707ded0c1a8 

This is the first in a series of discussions I have with myself about what I thought about in the past week.

Today I talk about:
- Where publishing to Medium has gone, including discussion with  @robin_wilding
- A new publication web site I'm considering 
- How I think in abstractions and what that means

Robin Wilding on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robin_wilding 
Robin Wilding on Medium: https://medium.com/@robin_wilding 
A.J. Cralle on Medium: https://medium.com/@ajcwrites5 
My Website: https://amethysta.io 
My Substack: https://amethystadings.substack.com/