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The multiplicity symbol is NOT DID-only.
So, it turns out HMS_Beagles, who haven't been around since 2011, still had their email account up all this time. People were sending them emails about adding sites to the healthymultiplicity.com list as late as 2015! Which is embarrassing; I had no idea. (And even then, it never would've occurred to me I could or should access their account.)
Before I delete the account, I've been manually wading through all the spam and sending messages informing everyone that Beagles is gone, the listing is gone, and for all other inquiries, they should email us instead.
But in the process, conveniently, I happen to get a hard citation for the creation of the multiplicity symbol--you know, the one with the interlocking circles? People on tumblr are apparently claiming it's a DID-only symbol now, and here's hard proof that it's not, because the creator, ouregaiya, emailed it to Beagles when they created it in October 2011. Ouregaiya are still active, and about as hardcore as it's possible to be, as far as medicalization of DID goes; their site reads, "Multiplicity is not an illness or disorder."
A screencap, for evidence:
Before I delete the account, I've been manually wading through all the spam and sending messages informing everyone that Beagles is gone, the listing is gone, and for all other inquiries, they should email us instead.
But in the process, conveniently, I happen to get a hard citation for the creation of the multiplicity symbol--you know, the one with the interlocking circles? People on tumblr are apparently claiming it's a DID-only symbol now, and here's hard proof that it's not, because the creator, ouregaiya, emailed it to Beagles when they created it in October 2011. Ouregaiya are still active, and about as hardcore as it's possible to be, as far as medicalization of DID goes; their site reads, "Multiplicity is not an illness or disorder."
A screencap, for evidence:
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...I actually can ask Astraea for more info about the history of that symbol if you want. I wouldn't cite your journal or any names, just mention that some people were under misconceptions about its origin. Ouregaiya haven't been too active lately because they have some kind of (I think?) degenerative muscular disorder, but they were in constact with OG during the whole creation-of-the-plural-pride-symbol thing and discussed it with them. I know it was specifically inspired by Venn diagramss.
(Note from Riel: Does anyone else remember a bunch of multiple sites using puzzle pieces as their symbols before puzzle pieces got co-opted by Autism $peaks? I swear that back in 2001 or thereabouts I saw someone proposing a puzzle piece ribbon for "MPD Awareness.")
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And that's okay; I won't say no to it, but I have a pretty good sense of the time the symbol was made, and who made it, and that's good enough for us.
And yeah, the puzzle piece thing was definitely around. I remember it because honestly, I personally always liked it better. (I seem to be in the minority on that though.)
--Rogan
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