A woman had died from a ‘gender reveal party’ explosion. Let that sink in.

A woman had died from a ‘gender reveal party’ explosion. Let that sink in.

As if we needed one more reason to put ‘gender reveal parties’ to rest for good, just add “deadly” to the list.

An Iowa woman has died following an explosion that took place as part of a ‘gender reveal’ stunt, reports KDVR News.

Medical responders pronounced the 56-year-old dead at the scene, according to a police press release.

Further details remain sparse, except that the woman was struck by debris from the gender reveal explosion.

Gender reveal parties, in which expecting couples gather friends and family to announce the gender of their unborn baby in some sort of dramatic reveal of either pink (for girls) and blue (for boys), have grown in popularity in recent years.

And along the way, the ‘reveals’ have become ever more elaborate, and occasionally dangerous.

One reveal in 2017 started a wildfire that burned across nearly 47,000 acres and caused $8 million in damage.

Jenna Karvunidis, the woman credited with inventing the idea, which was then popularized when a blog post she wrote about it was picked up by a Chicago magazine, has called the current situation “a bit of a nightmare.”

In fact, she’s had a full change of heart on gender itself after her child — yes, the one she announced the gender of in the original ‘gender reveal party’ — opened her mind to the idea that gender isn’t a binary.

A weird thing came up on Twitter, so I figured I’d share here. Someone remembered it was me who “invented” the gender…

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“Plot twist!” she wrote in a Facebook post that went viral. “The baby from the original gender reveal party is a girl who wears suits,” Karvunidis says. “She says ‘she’ and ‘her’ and all of that, but you know she really goes outside gender norms.”

“She’s telling me ‘Mom, there are many genders. Mom, there’s many different sexualities and all different types,’ and I take her lead on that,” she wrote.

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Nate Silver Blasted After Scolding ‘Libs’ for Not Allowing Trump to Have ‘One Good Day’

Nate Silver Blasted After Scolding ‘Libs’ for Not Allowing Trump to Have ‘One Good Day’

Election statistician and prognosticator Nate Silver trended on Twitter Monday after complaining that “Libs” should let Donald Trump have at least “one good day.”

It really amazing how many Libs can’t even permit Trump to have *one good day* (nobody will remember this stuff by Tuesday) after US forces kill perhaps the world’s most wanted terrorist.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 27, 2019

Tweeted Silver: “It really amazing how many Libs can’t even permit Trump to have *one good day* (nobody will remember this stuff by Tuesday) after US forces kill perhaps the world’s most wanted terrorist.”

Silver’s words weren’t welcomed:

I thought I’d wake up to a great day. Instead, I see @JoeNBC defending the white supremacist president, @facebook letting Ben Shapiro do what I was kicked off for doing, and Nate Silver lecturing us that we should let Trump have one good day.

Common theme: Privileged white men.

— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) October 28, 2019

Nate Silver’s trajectory from Stats Wunderkind to sneering memelord perfectly captures the libidinal dynamics of technocratic malice in the era of neoliberal decline don’t @ me

— Patrick Blanchfield (@PatBlanchfield) October 28, 2019

Yep, the “Libs” aren’t being fair to the guy who’s holding kids in cages, keeps conspiring with foreign nations against the U.S., is running sham criminal prosecutions of his enemies, and has sexually assaulted dozens of women. My statistical model says Nate Silver is unfollowed. t.co/IBfbO8To3b

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) October 28, 2019

Another great side effect of the chant. It triggered idiots like Nate Silver and expose their bias not by opposing the chant itself but by their use of trigger words like “libs”. Nobody cool uses that term to refer to liberals and worse yet it wasn’t just liberals booing. t.co/jrOntNMzvE

— Jon Royce (@zakkscoffee) October 28, 2019

nate silver is a walking pancreatic tumor. pic.twitter.com/Q2b6HMlH2f

— Badass Wolf Tiger Leather Bracelet (@larsloving) October 28, 2019

Nate Silver begging for him to get “one good day” is like asking me to have sympathy for a guy who broke in my house and pissed on my floor. t.co/8w2kl9wOOL

— Dave Schilling (@dave_schilling) October 28, 2019

Good to know who Nate Silver really is. t.co/Bdx4K577EI

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 28, 2019

Nate Silver is getting ratioed into oblivion because of this tweet. Remember when many (including me) regarded him as the go-to regarding political polling? Thoughts and prayers or whatever. pic.twitter.com/4W3psyWbZf

— April (@ReignOfApril) October 28, 2019

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: October 28, 2019

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: October 28, 2019

HISTORIC CALIFORNIA POLL WORKER TRAINING WILL HELP ENSURE BALLOT ACCESS FOR TRANS AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING VOTERS: “Across the country, transgender and gender non-conforming people deal with unique ballot access issues, especially in states with voter ID laws, that are often overlooked,” said HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid). “Trainings like California’s are critically important to ensure that the LGBTQ community has fair and equal access to cast ballots. Other states and municipalities must follow suit. Thank you to Secretary Padilla and Equality California for their leadership.” More from HRC.

Transgender & gender non-conforming people deal with unique ballot access issues. Trainings like California’s are critically important to ensure that LGBTQ people have fair & equal access to cast ballots. Other states & municipalities must follow suit. t.co/M0w5dvd70e

— Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) October 25, 2019

MUST WATCH MONDAY — PRODUCER AND ACTOR EUGENE LEE YANG (@EUGENELEEYANG) HONORED WITH HRC VISIBILITY AWARD: More from HRC and Wisconsin Gazette

NEW REPORT FINDS INCREASE IN HBCU ENROLLMENTS LINKED TO HOSTILE POLITICAL CLIMATE,  RISE IN HATE CRIMES TARGETING BLACK AMERICANS: The Rutgers University’s study noted that one-third of HBCUs have seen record enrollment numbers in the past three years — and suggests the surge is due to bias-motivated violence against Black students at predominantly white institutions. More from Education Dive.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH — HRC RESPONDS TO SHOOTING AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE: More from Dallas News.

Columbine.
Virginia Tech.
Aurora.
Sandy Hook.
Charleston.
San Bernardino.
Pulse.
Las Vegas.
Parkland.
El Paso.
Dayton.
And now, Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Enough is enough.

We need commonsense gun safety reform now. t.co/Nx48evY2SJ

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 27, 2019

OVER THE WEEKEND, HRC MARKED INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY WITH RESOURCES ON HOW TO SUPPORT THE INTERSEX COMMUNITY: InterACT shares 26 ways allies can support the intersex community. More from InterACT.

  • The Advocate shares misconceptions and debunks myths about being intersex. More from The Advocate.

HAPPY #IntersexAwarenessDay!! ���� It’s our biggest day of the year. Let’s start off with busting some misconceptions via @TheAdvocateMag: t.co/vmZewuZd07

— interACT (@interACT_adv) October 26, 2019

GET CULTURED – Entertainment, arts and sports news!

TRANS COMEDIAN LOUIS BRADY ON USING COMEDY TO FIGHT THROUGH HIS STRUGGLES GROWING UP LGBTQ: More from Yahoo News

ACTOR JEFF GOLDBLUM SHARES HEARTWRENCHING STORY OF HOW HIS GAY BROTHER UNDERWENT SO-CALLED “CONVERSION THERAPY”: More from Out

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

CHECHEN MAN WHO FLED TO CANADA TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE OPENS UP ABOUT EXPERIENCE IN POWERFUL INTERVIEW: More from Tammie Sutherland (@CityTammie) at CityNews and HRC as it continues to Sound the Alarm on Chechnya.

CLAUDIA LÓPEZ ELECTED AS THE FIRST WOMAN AND LESBIAN TO SERVE AS MAYOR OF BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA: “This is the day of the woman,” López (@ClaudiaLopez) told supporters while celebrating her victory in the capital. “We knew that only by uniting could we win. We did that. We united, we won and we made history!” More from BBC and Washington Blade

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

Richmond Free Press reports on Equality Virginia’s annual Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit; BuzzFeed interviews Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) about his groundbreaking role as the openly asexual character Todd on Netflix’s ‘Bojack Horseman’; Athletic superstars and power couple Sue Bird (@S10Bird) & Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) attended HRC Seattle Dinner this past weekend

Power couple alert! ��

Longtime @HRC supporters & athletic superstars Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) are joining us tonight at the HRC Seattle Dinner. We are so proud to present @s10bird with the Visibility Award for promoting LGBTQ visibility both on & off the court. pic.twitter.com/UQUVmqkUdg

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 27, 2019

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