Challenging Amatonormativity- Digging Deeper

Amatonormativity is deeply embedded in Western society and intersects with other social systems. Understanding and challenging amatonormativity requires digging deeper and learning about these intersections. This guide addresses how amatonormativity intersects with white supremacy/colonialism, the cisheteropatriachy, ableism, capitalism, and desirability politics. There are a series of exercises and reflections to help you better identify and challenge amatornomativity. Sources and narratives are also included, which can be useful for more deeply engaging with certain material.

There are currently five versions of the guide/workbook (links below). You can also view the guide on pages 2-5 of this post.

Digital Workbook (Fillable PDF- tagged for accessibility)Download

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Google Docs Version (creates a personal copy that can be edited- requires Google Drive account)

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Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:28 Definitions
02:51 What is Amatonormativity?
03:39 Digging Deeper
05:11 Amatonormativity and Its Intersections
06:43 Amatonormativity and White Supremacy/Colonialism
13:08 Amatonormativity and Cisheteropatriarchy
19:28 Amatonormativity and Ableism
24:10 Amatonormativity and Capitalism
28:16 Amatonormativity and Desirability Politics
33:08 Further Challenging Your Amatonormativity
34:06 Pre-reflection
35:17 Exercise 1
36:26 Exercise 2
38:10 Exercise 3
46:01 Exercise 4
47:05 Exercise 5
47:53 Exercise 6
48:48 Post-reflection
49:23 Sources and narratives
49:33 Credits

Part 1 is available here.

Go to next page to view the guide.

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Challenging Amatonormativity- A Beginner’s Guide (Translations)

Thanks to the help of volunteers, this guide is becoming available in other languages!

The currently available languages are:

French [français]:
Mettre à l’épreuve l’amatonormativité– Un guide pour débutant.es

Digital Workbook (Fillable PDF) Download

Printer-Friendly Workbook (PDF) Download

Google Docs Version (creates a personal copy that can be edited- requires Google Drive account)

I’m still looking for translators (and narrators for audio versions) to work on other languages for this guide! If you’re interested in helping out, please fill in this form. As I receive more translations, I’ll be posting them here.

Challenging Amatonormativity- A Beginner’s Guide

Amatonormativity is all around us, but what is it really? Perhaps you have heard about it, but you’re still not sure what it means or how to be aware of it or what to do about it. While there is growing awareness, there is still a lack of resources on how to recognize and challenge amatonormativity. This guide and workbook aims to explain what amatonormativity is by giving examples of how it manifests and how it can be harmful. Through a series of exercises and reflections, you can learn to better identify and challenge amatornomativity. There are also a number of sources and narratives to help you understand its impact and learn from lived experiences.

There are currently five versions of the guide/workbook (links below). You can also view the guide on pages 2-4 of this post.

Digital Workbook (Fillable PDF)Download

Printer-Friendly Workbook (PDF)Download

Google Docs Version (creates a personal copy that can be edited- requires Google Drive account)

Listen on Youtube

Audio DownloadDownload

Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:06 Order of contents
00:30 Definitions
02:12 What is amatonormativity?
02:48 Amatonormativity can look like…
02:52 Cultural and personal examples of amatonormativity
04:40 Structural and institutional examples of amatonormativity
06:18 How is amatonormativity harmful?
14:59 Challenging your amatonormativity
15:38 Pre-reflection
16:37 Exercise 1
17:34 Exercise 2
19:07 Exercise 3
21:01 Exercise 4
22:14 Post-reflection
22:49 Sources and narratives
26:27 Credits

Things to keep an eye out for:

In the coming months, I’ll be working with others to translate this workbook. The languages available will be dependent on which translators I can acquire. The languages available can be viewed here. If you’d like to help translating, please fill in this form.

Part 2- Digging Deeper is also in the works. The exact content of the workbook is still being figured out, but it will touch on some ways in which amatonormativity intersects with other systems (and how these affect BIPOC and folks who are neurodivergent/have disabilities), focus more on these structural/institutional elements, and potentially address how we can do care and relationships differently. The aim is to have it available by the end of summer/beginning of autumn.

Update (November 2021): Part 2 is now ready and can be accessed here!

Go to next page to view the Beginner’s Guide.

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