I identify as… genderqueer, transister, butch androphile, and occasionally an Elvis impersonator
As far as third-person pronouns go, … don’t much care
I’m attracted to… interesting smart people.
When people talk about me, I want them to… Use gestures and silly voices. :)
I want people to understand… people make the rules. people can change them.
About the cat on bass
Raised a working class rural girl in the 60s & 70s, a brainy tomboy hermit. My parent was supportive of my uniqueness. Became a bass player, mechanic, writer. Managed to marry another oddball & have children. Now older, wiser, out and proud. I dream of having a suit of fine vintage menswear and the panache to wear it correctly.
Quote from his website: “Scott Turner Schofield is a man who was a woman, a lesbian turned straight guy who is usually taken for a gay teenager. A former debutante and homecoming queen coming out in the Deep South, the work and the life on which it is based contain hilarious contradictions bordered with the possibility of terrifying consequences. Key to the work is a keen awareness of culture and self that maintains an accessible perspective even within the most particular of circumstances.”
I recently came across his work when he appeared on the reality TV dating show “Conveyor Belt of Love” and created an online buzz about “stealth” trans people on reality dating shows. His work is poignant and moving in its sheer honesty and vulnerability, but he avoids the confessional and depressing with a keen wit and impeccable comedic timing. Also check him out on YouTube touring with his book “2 Truths and a Lie.”
Almost everyday I walk into a restroom and get these horrible whispers as people assume I’ve walked into the wrong one.
I identify as androgynous and genderqueer, but being female-born, I use the women’s restroom, but I do look very much like a young boy.
Sometimes people confront me, sometimes they whisper and giggle on their way out, and sometimes they alert the faculty and then someone comes in and yells “Is there a boy in here?”
It has gotten to the point where it is a source of anxiety for me to walk into a restroom, especially in a place where the people don’t know me. What should I do? I could use some help!
My body feels like a beautiful dress that belongs to someone else and doesn’t fit me. I want it because it’s pretty but I hate it because it’s not mine. I’m more confused than I’ve ever been.
This is a fashion site about queering “men’s” fashion. There are videos and columns about tying ties, buttoning buttons, doing hair…there are maps showing you where to find things, that you can add to. DapperQ is about opening up “men’s” fashion to multiple identities, so it isn’t just about passing either. Its about filling the void… the “dearth of information for those of us simply dressing to fight the good fight each day.”
You can call me… if you like… but you better ask for Adelaide, Adele, Ally or Alien.
I identify as… a gender terrorist or pirate, transdyke
As far as third-person pronouns go, … I think she is okay as long as it isn’t loaded. Zi too.
I’m attracted to… women of any gender origin, a kind of lesbian without bio discriminations.
When people talk about me, I want them to… think about the natural disadvantages trans people go through, especially regarding sexual expectations, even in the queer groups I’ve been in, we never really talked about sexuality for trans people
I want people to understand… that I’m a human being, more likely than the atomic bomb, (since there have been fewer of those) but people are less prepared, maybe a few less obstacles.
About Adelaide
I want to create safe spaces for trans people, especially those transitioning, because the institutions and the whole think is completely unfair, so I have set up a blogging space and a magazine online, which I hope to put into print based on submissions from people who like the site and feel they want to contribute. Its just getting started though. Against gender terror at milishamagazine.com.
Few surviving cultures recognize property inheritance as the birthright of women. The matrilineal Na/Mousu in Yunnan and Sichuan, China stand as proof of the diverse ways gender roles have been defined around the globe & throughout time.
