The Identity Study
Recently, a well-meaning friend of mine disclosed my trans status to a friend of his, someone I hadn’t known previously. I don’t know that I ever would have found out that he had done so if his friend hadn’t slipped up and referred to me as “she” in front of a group of people.
He quickly…
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click through or click here to buy one of these gender justice prints from the awesome Talcott to support ICATH (Informed Consent for Access to Trans Health). Each print is 18x12” and SO AWESOME. Proceeds will offset training costs as well as advocacy and therapy session fees for those who demonstrate need. More info at www.icath.org.
Talcott says, “This print: “I’m Not Trapped in Anything But Your Strange Sense of Binary.” refers to the compulsive feminizing or masculinizing that non-binary and/or genderqueer, gender different people often face. When I’m not being incessantly Sir-Ma’am-ed, I’m expected to present the narrative that I am “trapped in the wrong body, etc”…While for some people this experience is true and valid, for others there is a much more fluid and non-binary gender experience.”
Please reblog and snatch one up, if you’re so inclined!
- My non-binary experiences are valid.
- My non-binary experiences are defined by me.
- I do not identify other non-binary peoples’ experiences, and they don’t define mine.
- Binary people do not get to define my or anyone else’s non-binary experiences.
- I have the right as a non-binary person to…
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