Quarries and Corridors

bountyninny:

On AVEN a new poll has come out regarding contemplating/attempting suicide and asexuality.

Unlike the last poll this one includes an option for whether or not you felt your feelings were in any way related to your asexuality.

The previous poll with it’s “70%” result was flawed because it didn’t make the distinction between “being asexual and contemplating/attempting suicide” and “contemplating suicide because you’re asexual”. (No offense to it’s creator!)

Of course this poll will still be flawed because it can only be completed by those with an AVEN account, be more likely to attract those who have indeed contemplated/attempted suicide and a host of other reasons, but it is less biased than before at least.

Poll on Suicide in Asexuals

PLEASE TAKE PART EVEN IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD ANY THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE.

practicalandrogyny:

A new Tumblr devoted to spotlighting androgynous people who don’t fit the typical ‘face of androgyny’ presented in many androgyny-focused spaces:

This is a space for people who identify or present as androgynous, whether for an hour or a day or a lifetime - one’s identity is one’s own, and as fluid and plural as one wants or needs it to be.

This is also a place for people who do not feel they fit the typical idea of an androgynous individual; a place that spotlights folks who aren’t necessarily white, or thin, or able-bodied; a place for people who don’t feel obliged to hide their breasts, or the bulge in their pants; a place to spotlight androgynous people who feel excluded or minimised in other androgyny-focused communities. 

One need not identify as genderqueer, agender, neutrois, or trans* to post here.

http://atypicalandrogyny.tumblr.com/

This deserves more of a signal boost don’t you think?

Apologies for the repeat/deleted post, turns out Tumblr won’t let me reblog from one of my other blogs, so I had to delete the last post and do it the other way around :/

totheexperts:

Six charities say people with serious illnesses are being found “fit to work” under new sickness benefits tests - and are urging changes to the assessment.

The MS Society, Parkinson’s UK and others have urged changes to make the test “fairer” for people with illnesses where symptoms vary over time.

The Work Capability Assessment, currently being used for first-time claimants, is being reviewed.

Compare this information with the fact that claimants are threatening suicide upon having their benefits revoked, and we have a fuller picture of the situation we’re in.