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LGBTQIA+ Science EXPLAINED by Sayantan Dutta
LGBTQIA+ Science EXPLAINED by Sayantan Dutta

What do all the letters of LGBTQIA+ stand for? Are there only two genders or a spectrum? Is being transgender a real thing? What are the pronouns we should use? Should we use the pronouns at all? Is being queer natural? What does the science say? What kind of person is intersex? Sayantan Dutta, a non-binary activist and journalist, answers all these questions and more.

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Mental Health, Rational Perspective, Social Activism, Gender and SexualityAbhijit Chandagender, gender identity, transgender, transexual, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+ meaning, LGBTQIA+ community, gender identity disorder, gender dysphoria, sexuality, gay, gay rights, non-binary, problems faced by lgbt in india, articles on lgbt in india, lesbian, bisexual, transphobic, trans identity, queer, intersex, asexualComment
Scamming Autistic People: Exposing Facilitated Communication
Scamming Autistic People: Exposing Facilitated Communication

Janyce Boynton used to be a facilitator who helped non-verbal autistic people communicate in a method called facilitated communication. She soon discovered that facilitated communication was a horrible scam taking advantage of these vulnerable people and their families. Now, it also goes by names like Rapid Prompting Method, Assisted Typing, Spelling to Communicate, and many more. So she set to work exposing the whole deal. This is her story.

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