(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it's lib)
In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was "Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone". The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the "Publick Universal Friend", describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as "a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named".
From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 ("thou sayest it"). Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to "the Public Universal Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F.", and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied "I am that I am", saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend's manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, "there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals").
editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We've been around forever and we've been doing variations of this forever. It's really beautiful
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Question for my trans comrades:
I'm visiting a water park with the family. They have gendered communal changing rooms. In addition to that they have a changing room with a ♿ and a ⚧️ symbol as well as a text saying that the room is for "guests with special needs"as well as for parents with larger children "of the opposite gender". Is this a good way of doing this sort of arrangement? How would you prefer gendering of changing rooms to be done?
I don't like the implication of having separate rooms with the transgender symbol. Barring cultural revolution, just have a few Gender Neutral/Accessible and Gender Neutral single occupancy rooms.
ideally not at all, though i acknowledge that's something of a utopian vision given where we're currently at.
Definitely agree with Iridan, please just have enough single stall changing rooms.
I would love to have single-stall changing rooms and I'm a cis person. I can only imagine how being transgender can add a whole new layer of body insecurities that makes communal changing rooms even more uncomfortable. Alas, around these parts there is a weird moralism connected to communal showering where preferring not to be butt-naked around strangers is seen as indicating an unhealthy and unnatural body image.