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Profile: Charley


Charley

You can call me… Charley

I identify as… an androgynous, intersexed, male-dressing gynephile who has no quabbles with using female bathrooms.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … who cares? I am so ambiguous, depending on who the other person referencing me is. Some think I easily pass off as a man; others think I’m a woman; and most people who know me use either pronoun set. I honestly don’t care what people use. While semantics are a necessity in terms of linguistics, I don’t care.

I’m attracted to… Mostly to very hot ladies, but I also find very feminine gays and bois cute, too.

When people talk about me, I want them to… speak the truth about me, and their honest opinions about me. If they do it behind their backs, though … they’re cowards. Tell me as well, please, about what you think?

I want people to understand… that I ***want*** to engage in discussions about gender, sexuality, orientation, gay marriage, gay adoption, religion’s views, all that stuff. I also want people to understand that not all peoples see the world in dual genders — there are many others that allow for transgenderism as well.

About Charley
I am a blogger, barista, a parent, a Hindu who writes with a British spelling online. There are labels and classifications more important to me than my sexuality and my gender.

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Posted by on June 30th, 2010 at 04:00 pm

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waiting for the bus



, originally uploaded by Archie, Fatally Sweet.


Posted by on June 30th, 2010 at 10:00 am

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A choice.


Someone wrote…

The other day, for the first time, someone asked me what my preferred pronouns were. I lied— but I feel so inexpressibly happy that they gave me a choice.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on June 30th, 2010 at 08:00 am

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Shirtcollars and Feather Boas



Third sex, originally uploaded by Flore M..


Posted by on June 29th, 2010 at 04:00 pm

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Lucy Fizz



Lucy Fizz 6951, originally uploaded by Matthew Brindle.


Posted by on June 29th, 2010 at 10:00 am

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Profile: Taylor


Taylor

You can call me… taylor…

I identify as… genderqueer…

As far as third-person pronouns go, … i prefer he, bro, dude, him…

I’m attracted to… spiritually, mentally and physically beautiful women such as my wife.

When people talk about me, I want them to… talk about me as myself, my person, my being, my personality not what is or isn’t in between my legs…

I want people to understand… that gender identity and expression has nothing to do with body parts. my expression encompasses mental & spiritual capacities. it’s something i identify with, it’s something that defines me.

About Taylor
i’m a creative person always looking towards self-preservation, improvement, growth. i am happily married to a beautiful woman. i identify as genderqueer though society will label me otherwise. i fear a lot and nothing all at once. i’m completely intrigued with those who dare to venture past the norm or the accepted.

» Define yourself. «


Posted by on June 29th, 2010 at 08:00 am

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Snuggle



, originally uploaded by Invisible.Monster.


Posted by on June 28th, 2010 at 04:00 pm

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Flower Wire



76/365 Parte, originally uploaded by Verde Lalá.


Posted by on June 28th, 2010 at 10:00 am

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More strength.


Perry wrote…

I’ve decided it takes more strength to be honest with myself than to uphold some bullshit concept of masculinity.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on June 28th, 2010 at 08:00 am

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I’m tomboy.



I’m a lesbian.I’m tomboy., originally uploaded by a84151.


Posted by on June 27th, 2010 at 10:00 am

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Poised



navigaytion4_june_2009_antwerp_belgium, originally uploaded by Antwerp Calling.


Posted by on June 27th, 2010 at 08:00 am

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:p



!, originally uploaded by bikerides.


Posted by on June 26th, 2010 at 10:00 am

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Don’t want to grow up.


Leigh wrote…

I think my gender is Peter Pan. I’m just a boy, and I don’t want to grow up.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on June 26th, 2010 at 08:00 am

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Gender Heroes: Romaine Brooks (1874-1970)



Romaine_Brooks_-_Self-Portrait_1923, originally uploaded by odetojune.

Painter of Femmedrogyny

by Erica Stratton

Romaine Brooks lived a kind of queer artists’ fairy tale. She grew up in unbelievable hardship–born out of wedlock to a distant mother and caretaker to a brother whose mental illness caused him to scream and see visions. She had to fight to get a small scholarship to study music and art in England, where she was so poor she took a job singing in a cabaret.

Then, when Brooks was 28, her mother died and left her the entire family fortune. With this new-found freedom, Brooks cut her hair short and donned men’s clothing for a walking tour of England. Though it was to become a fashionable norm for women many years later, few women wore pants at this time, and her own androgynous style foreshadowed her later works.

For the rest of her life, Romaine Brooks created paintings of the intellectual women who surrounded her. She became well-known for her Self-Portrait (pictured above), Peter, A Young English Girl, and many other portraits of androgynous figures whose gaze or gender challenge the viewer’s assumptions. Many of them are pictured alone, in gloomy landscapes contrasting sharply with the pinks and reds of flesh or clothing details. Brooks favored a subdued palette of blacks and grays for most of her career. Once, when some art critics came to visit, she showed them her day’s work, which was entirely made up of little squares of cardboard covered in shades of grey. Because her wealth freed her from having to worry about selling her work, she often painted portraits that made cutting parodies of her subject, mocking their style or social status.

Brooks lived most of her life with her companion Natalie Clifford Barney, a polyamorous lesbian novelist. They met at the beginning of World War II and continued the relationship for 50 years. Brooks died at 95.


Posted by on June 25th, 2010 at 04:00 pm

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I Am Ahab



192/365: I Am Ahab, originally uploaded by joyjwaller.


Posted by on June 25th, 2010 at 10:00 am

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Profile: Activist247


You can call me… Activist247

I identify as… FNG – Female-Non-Gendered

As far as third-person pronouns go, … He, his, she, hers… depends on what I’m wearing and how short my hair is…

I’m attracted to… People who take the time to listen and understand me…and those they interact with. Right now, my loving partner…

When people talk about me, I want them to… Talk about my personal strength, kindness, lovingness and will to journey forward despite the troubles that life throws up sometimes. I want them to talk about the leadership I have shown on my campus, and the support I have given to students. I want them to say that I am a friend, a partner, a child and a human who is happy to be alive.

I want people to understand… That I love clothing, and only when I wear it do I feel gendered. I deeply feel genderless, and am freed emotionally by this self understanding, I understand that many people will never take the time to listen to my explanation. I accept that…I wish they could accept me…I have hope that more people will down the road.

About Activist247
I am a student in upstate NY who is an active leader on campus. I have served on the executive board of our Pride Alliance for two years, and helped out as an intern the year before planning our yearly LGBT conference.

I love writing music and LGBT thought-provoking focused stories… spending time watching crime shows on tv in the evenings and my trips to CANADA to see my partner…

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Posted by on June 25th, 2010 at 08:00 am

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Dapper



by sophie., originally uploaded by nicosystem.


Posted by on June 24th, 2010 at 04:00 pm

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Vampire Prince



I am Your Vampire Prince, originally uploaded by eventide2020.


Posted by on June 24th, 2010 at 10:00 am

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My privates and gender…


Someone wrote…

My privates and gender have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on June 24th, 2010 at 08:00 am

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destroy stereotypes



An after school program’s documentary in NYC.


Posted by on June 23rd, 2010 at 04:00 pm

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