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Autism & Gender 101 – My Trans Nonbinary Autistic Experience with Autigender

Lyric Holmans

Gender is a social construct and a social identity. Someone’s gender is determined by how they feel. An individual can feel more like a man, more like a woman, they can also feel like both, neither, or something in between.

According to one study that included 641,860 people: “people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times more likely to be autistic as cis-gender people.” Continue reading Autism & Gender 101 – My Trans Nonbinary Autistic Experience with Autigender

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A pale skinned nonbinay human wearing shorts, a fanny pack, and black star pasties is in the ocean leaning back facing the blue sky as the water crashes into their back.

Of Breasts & Chests – Criminalization, Sexualization, & Nipple Politics

Lyric Holmans

Even though going topless is allowed for anyone in Austin, the person with breasts cannot draw attention to themselves, or they may risk other charges, such as public lewdness or disorderly conduct.

If an arresting officer decides an individual was intentionally “lewd or obscene” or if there are minors around, a topless individual with breasts may face serious felony charges and could potentially be registered as a sex offender. Continue reading Of Breasts & Chests – Criminalization, Sexualization, & Nipple Politics

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NeuroDivergent Girls – Recognize Your Strengths, Reduce Overwhelm, and Realize Your Dreams

Lyric Holmans

Meet Lani – recently Lani invited me to have a conversation for her internet show NeuroDivergent Girls. Lani describes herself as a “NeuroDivergent chick that wants to help you connect and understand the complexities of our world.” Lani was diagnosed … Continue reading NeuroDivergent Girls – Recognize Your Strengths, Reduce Overwhelm, and Realize Your Dreams

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What is AutiGender? – The Relationship Between Autism & Gender – An Autistic Perspective

Lyric Holmans

According to LGBTA, Wiki, “Autigender or Autism, gender is a neurogender, which can be understood in the context of being Autistic or when one’s Autism greatly affects one’s gender or how one experiences gender.

Autigender is not autism as a gender, but rather is a gender that is so heavily influenced by autism that one’s gendered and autism cannot be on linked.

Not all Autistic people will identify with Autigender, only those whose gender is influenced by them being Autistic.” Continue reading What is AutiGender? – The Relationship Between Autism & Gender – An Autistic Perspective

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PODCAST – The Gender Expression One, Autisticly Aaron Chats with Christa Holmans (NeuroRebel)

Lyric Holmans

Autisticly Aaron In this weeks episode, chats with Christa Holmans a gender fluid neurodivergent advocate known to many as the Neurodivergent Rebel a leader in the conversation on neurodivergent rights. Autisticly Aaron also has Fen from Stimolgy in the Stim Pride Show Case and your weekly neuro news desk breifing. Continue reading PODCAST – The Gender Expression One, Autisticly Aaron Chats with Christa Holmans (NeuroRebel)