Piercings.
Erin wrote…
I think my piercings define my gender more than any clothing ever could.
What’s your experience?
Posted by julian on March 6th, 2011 at 08:00 am
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Erin wrote…
I think my piercings define my gender more than any clothing ever could.
What’s your experience?
Category: your voice 3 comments »
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March 8th, 2011 at 3:16 am |
I have at least 19 piercings, and they make me feel attractive, they make me feel accessorized…just about the femmiest I get is when I decide to make my plugs match my sweater…BUT if I were to ever fully transition, I’d probably take out 3/4 of my piercings, because just plugs and an industrial would get me further with the boys than having my ears done up like a hilroy spiral notebook… I take them out for drag, I’d probably let them grow over if I grew up or really really became a man
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March 14th, 2011 at 3:02 am |
This totally resonated with me. I’ve felt that my piercings marked my difference long before I even thought of identifying as genderqueer (before I even knew the word). When I think about hormone treatments and surgeries, my reference point has always been my piercings: I feel all of these are aspects of body modification. When I think of how I pass in the street, to people who look at me, one of the first things I pass as is pierced. In many ways, my piercings embody my gender difference and comprise a form of physical gender transition.
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March 26th, 2011 at 11:32 am |
I had a partner who talked about facial piercings being a marker of membership in the queer community where he grew up, and how he was sad that, as he grew up, he found it necessary to take a lot of them out. It was less about losing the piercings themselves as feeling less recognizably queer, even in communities where that wasn’t the case.
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