Pale and possessed
Posted by Kat on September 30th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Someone wrote…
Why am I confident enough to style my hair fem everyday, yet I am still afraid to just say I want to be a woman? Some days I just someone would call me out so I could just say “YES I WANT TO BE A WOMAN!”
What’s your experience?
Submitted by Amy / Alex, the model and photographer.
“This is Alex, the side of myself I’m too scared to show anyone.”
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Someone wrote…
It frightens me that when I move out and begin my transition, I will eventually lose my father. He’ll disown me; all because I’m not who he expected. I try to be understanding, but it mostly makes me sad. I always wanted him to love me for who I am, because I love him for who he is.
What’s your experience?
Reposted from the gang’s all QUEER and women who kick ass.
“She is the first African-American Transgender violinist and vocalist to sing for a seated President of the United States of America.”
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You can call me… Quinn.
I identify as… queer, genderqueer, omnisexual, polyamorous, fabulous! Someone who is neither here nor there and enjoys every minute.
As far as third-person pronouns go, … I’m fine with whatever. I’d love to hear male pronouns, but I’m used to female.
I’m attracted to… short girls with short hair, men with long hair, cosplayers, geeks, people who aren’t afraid to play with ropes or get rough. I love people who are creative, open-minded, and confident.
When people talk about me, I want them to… realize that my physical gender has nothing to do with who I am. I want them to be able to see me, without seeing just a girl who’s barely five feet tall.
I want people to understand… that binding isn’t something that I “just do.” That it makes me feel more like myself. I want them to realize that to me, it is important to have my physical appearance match how I feel inside. I want people to understand that being polyamorous doesn’t mean I’m a slut. Most of all, I want them to realize that my gender is no one’s fault, it is not a disease or a malfunction, and I am not ashamed of it.
About Quinn
Reader, fan, Wiccan, cosplayer, gamer, friend, singer. How can a few words really express who a person is?
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Submitted by Irgo. Reposted from Heavy Muffin Top (warning: nudity).
“The different parts of my gender crash together wildly, like a demolition derby. Most of the time it feels exciting and fun, but it is also frightening and painful at times. Today I shaved my face for the first time ever and while it was happening I felt a mixture of fear, uncertainty and mischievous joy. I can feel certain aspects of masculinity creeping in to the way that I understand myself and perform my gender and it unsettles me because I feel like I haven’t yet learned how to celebrate, re-purpose or trust it in the same way I have with femininity. Embodying masculinity with integrity is an intense responsibility that I don’t always feel ready for.”
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Someone wrote…
I transitioned at the beginning of this school year from male to female. Before this year, I was widely unknown, even though I was our school contrabassoonist, and I played the piano in one of our pieces in the highest band in my school, and I had many solos in our Philharmonic Orchestra. This year, more people know me than I know myself. They don’t talk about the fact that I’m arranging a piece for our holiday concert, that I’m composing pieces for both our band and our orchestra, or that I’m learning the harp; they talk about the fact that I’m transgendered. It’s mostly in a positive light, but I just want people to know me as the girl who loves playing and composing her music.
I want to be the music-lover, not the she-who-used-to-be-a-he.
What’s your experience?
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Submitted by Koomah, the model. Photography by JA Silverman of Schadenfreude Photos and Modeling, Loriana Espinel Art, and Vanity Wilde of Vanity Transformations, respectively.
“Three gender expressions of the same person; male, genderfuck, and female.”
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Someone wrote…
I mostly consider myself androgynous, but I’m constantly switching to a little more feminine or a little more masculine, often more than once per day. I finally came up with the perfect term for it: “gender vibrant.”
What’s your experience?
Submitted by Be, the model. Photography by James Darling.
“Dancing at the queer club and looking rather pretty.”
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You can call me… Amir.
I identify as… a human being.
As far as third-person pronouns go, … he, she.
It doesn’t make a difference
I’m attracted to… males and females.
When people talk about me, I want them to… make sure they got it right.
I want people to understand… that I like to dress according to my mood.
If I feel like a guy, I dress like a guy, and vice versa.
About Amir
I’m a full time mommy. I’m in college. My major is exercise science and education. I have a few mental disorders. I’m divorced.
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“Fattitude,” reposted from Heavy Muffin Top.
Reposted from Art of Transliness and BuzzFeed.
“An official ad campaign by the Washington DC city government.”
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Singer De’Borah steals the show.