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adjective
> A subjective identity which is beyond the scope of what is traditionally considered ‘being human’.

noun
> A person with such an identity.

Alt+H is an organization dedicated to increasing awareness and acceptance of alterhuman people.

We strive to fairly represent people who identify as something other than human, or with an alternative human experience; and to help them fairly represent themselves. We want to bring to light the specific issues that alterhuman people face and begin to carve out spaces in society where they can get help with these things.

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What We Do

We conduct surveys to assess attitudes towards alterhumanity and the needs of the communities. We also publish and promote quality adacdemic projects to legitimize alterhumanity in the public eye.

Research

We create and provide resources for explaining alterhuman identities, and the experiences that often accompany them. We also collate external resources on the history of alterhumanity and its related communities.

Educate

We provide spaces where alterhuman people can discuss their experiences and ideas. We also provide advice and information on how to deal with various aspects of living as alterhuman.

Support

From the blog...

The latest news from the Alt+H team:

Changes to volunteer applications

We’re currently rejigging how we look for volunteers. Since we opened applications we’ve found organizing and directing people with no plans of their own difficult, and that’s the majority of people who are applying. A lot of times, we’ve ended up having plenty volunteers and nothing for them to do! That’s less than ideal. We’re still figuring out how to improve this situation, but we have the following ideas so far:

People interested in volunteering will need to join the Discord first, so we at least know who they are
Remove the ‘I want to help out anywhere I’m needed’ option from the form
Add an (optional) field for people to describe projects they might be interested in pursuing, or just general areas of interest

We also, of course, want to improve our own project management skills, for those of us in more leaderly positions. Volunteer applications will be closed while we rework things, but not for long, because the forum launch depends on us getting a few more mods before then!

We recognize that this is raising the barrier of entry for people who want to get involved, but it’s still important that you have your say in Alt+H’s activities and alterhuman activism in general. We’ll continue to work on creating ways for you to get involved that don’t require volunteering formally.

Please let us know if you have any feedback on the volunteering process, or how we can help you contribute to alterhuman activism!

Posted 2020-02-07 12:42:33 GMT