rest, originally uploaded by kickass karen.

One of a chain of videos in response to a challenge put forth by a YouTuber, JacksonTheRabbit, to compliment another transperson.

You can call me… Scout

I identify as… Smart. Queer. Geeky. Silly. An adventurer. A creator.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … I’m okay with the feminine ones. The masculine ones terrify and excite me though. Right now I present as female, so I don’t get the Sir’s and He’s anymore. But when I did, it was both thrilling and shameful.

I’m attracted to… Brains. Hands. The smell of skin and of sweat.

When people talk about me, I want them… not to ignore me or dismiss me. To see me as a whole person. To be okay with what they don’t understand. To try not to make so many assumptions. To realize there’s more to everything than just what is on the surface.

I want people to understand… that people aren’t just what they appear to be. Everybody has their own baggage and dreams. Everyone is a full-fledged person, even when they don’t fit into an easily described category.

About Scout
I’m a design cowboy, I’m a wife, a dog owner. A geek, an artist, a dreamer. I live the small town american dream. I run my own business. Bake my own bread. Live a quiet little life in my quiet little house.

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Gay George Washington, originally uploaded by Diabolical H. Crazy.

Billie wrote…

At some point in my teenage years, I started snatching my dad’s shirts and wearing them. Then I started taking his fedora and ties. So one day I compiled all this into one outfit and went to school, breasts bound, to find girls dressed like guys and guys like girls. It was “Gender Bender” day. It only slightly dampened how excited I was to wear exactly what I wanted for once, and mostly made me happy that I go to a school that encourages random acts of gender confusion.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

bamboo lodge (08), originally uploaded by land and cinders.

AgentRusco recommends…

It’s a channel where many members submit videos relating to a topic. And it’s all about gender variance. I’ve learned a lot from lurking around there, absorbing the advice and listening to the quirky stories of the members.

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Oskar Allendorf, originally uploaded by violettpretty.

You can call me… sammysamsam

I identify as… a preppy/skaterish genderqueer boy with a side of femme. i disclose my parts to trusted few but my voice usually gives me away. grr.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … ‘she’ is tolerable, although i prefer to forgo the pronoun game altogether. even in queer spaces.

I’m attracted to… boys, bois, and folks along the masculine spectrum. although i surprise myself sometimes by being drawn to willowy feminine women and the occasional girlish gay (or extremely butch straight…not sure why) man. i’m really stumped as to why this ‘attraction thing’ is so important.

When people talk about me, I want them to… remember that I’m human, underneath all of the cues I’m giving you or that you’re that imagining I’m giving you. This means that I will surprise you as much as any straight-looking person you might meet with an open mind.

I want people to understand… that gender is paramount and peripheral, depending on how much you make it to me.

About sammysamsam
is ‘hippie’ a gender? for some reason, hippies tend to like me and i’m not sure why.

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You can call me… Sinuous

I identify as… Fluidly genderqueer. There’s no rhyme or reason to the moments when I feel any set shade of gender.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … I use her/she in real life, because people look at my body and can’t imagine anything else. Online, I’ll take any pronoun that people want to throw my way. They all feel right sometimes.

I’m attracted to… Androgyny and people who aren’t classically attractive. An interesting face tells so many more stories than any stone chiseled model ever could.

When people talk about me, I want them to… Realize that just because genetics dealt me extremely emphasized curves, that doesn’t mean that my brain is extremely feminine. There’s a lot more to who I am than my hips and breasts.

I want people to understand… That gender isn’t something I play around with for fun or to rebel. It’s just me trying to best figure out who I am and where I’m going.

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Dark Anxiety (entrevistas Tv y performances callejeros insospechados), originally uploaded by Dark Anxiety.

Someone wrote…

Sometimes, how I feel about my gender can be swayed by simply wearing a different t-shirt. Either I’ll see myself as bulldagger dyke, but female, or as vaguely boyish, but primarily genderless. Androgyny, sometimes, is just a baggy shirt.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

IdentityTBD recommends…

Kim Pearson is a founder of TransYouth Family Allies and the mother of a transgendered teen. In this hour-long podcast interview by Donna Rossi of Equality Arizona, Kim Pearson tells her own story, advocates for TG children, describes the work of TYFA, and says one brilliant and moving thing after another.

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Dita_von_Teese__in_tux, originally uploaded by tuxedoDE.

In honor of the recent call to arms/pens/keyboards, Kate Bornstein’s performance piece about discovering which voices aren’t hers.

Male Model Luke Worrall 03, originally uploaded by VFMarion.

Someone wrote…

If people call me dyke I wish I could tell them I’m genderqueer but that’s not a word in my language. I sometimes wonder if there’s a need for a word for that exists only in the US, but then I realize I’m not in the US either. And I do exist.

Dyke is really not something that applies to me – if anything, call me faggot. I think that’s something I’d actually have an answer to. It would be easier to have to be defensive about liking boys than it is being defensive about liking girls.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

A peek at a fairly fun vlogger who also expands on wigs.

IMG_3229, originally uploaded by kudzu_attack.

Julian recommends…
a photo from Homotography

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