If you identify as genderqueer – neither male or female or something else entirely, you might be happy to know that you’re not the only one who feels like this! Here you’ll find all sorts of cool information, stories and more!
A good article about genderqueer people in San Francisco, USA who are breaking down gender labels and being themselves on a spectrum of gender rather than in the binary of male and female.
A podcast from ABC Radio National (that you can download too!) about the issues surrounding and leading up to a physical change of gender. It’s really nice to see FTM peeps included too!
The interview features Julie Peters, Craig Andrews and Fintan Harte, of the Victoria based Southern Health Gender Clinic.
Note: while the peeps in the audio are transgendered, their journeys do relate to those of gender-questioning and genderqueer peeps.
(from the website)
Genderqueer Chicago is a grassroots, peer-led group that works to create safe spaces for all of us ut toalk about, think about, explore and express gender.
Andrew O’Neill is a comedian who travels the world to express his particular brand of comedy. He is also a self-identified transvestite, though may have doubts about the title. He’s funny, thoughtful and definitely worth reading!
I am a genderqueer (gender) queer (sexuality) feminist (moderately radical) sociologist (cum philosopher cum educator cum activist cum human bean who wants to make a difference) whose work has focused on sex, gender and sexuality, as well as LGBTI ageing. I love ideas, yea even Theory, as tools with which to think about our lives – and change them.
Boigrrlwonder is a genderqueer person, journeying through the issues around gender and not wanting to be Trans*. They have chronicled their journey with honesty and openness. This is their story, one with pitfalls and wins. It’s a safe space for boigrrlwonder to talk about how they’re feeling in the world of genderqueer.
Casey Legler works as a model for male clothing. Nothing wrong with that, except Casey is female, had fantasies as a teen of sitting by a swimming pool reading a book wearing a pink tutu! After qualifying for the Olympic games in Atlanta, she shaved her head like her male teammates – if they could do it, why couldn’t she?
Genderqueer Street Philosophactivist contains the online thoughts of a Genderqueer person in the United States, and describes the term “philosophactivist” thus:
a philosophactivist is someone who is able to see the deeper connections- the structural and institutional oppression and then organize and strategize to create change. For me, it is important to have both aspects. Think. Do.
Coyote began performing spoken word in 1992. They joined Arsenal Pulp Press in 2000 and has since had seven books published with them. They regularly combine story telling and music, and have worked with a number of musicians including Veda Hille, Dan Mangan and Rae Spoon. They have been a columnist for the gay magazines Xtra! and Xtra! West for a number of years.
Coyote does not believe in the gender binary and uses gender neutral pronouns.
Kate Bornstein is a feminist writer, actress, performance artist and frequent guest on daytime television talk shows. She regards herself as genderqueer rather than a purely trans-woman, and her books on the subject are quite interesting.
Leslie Feinberg came of age as a young butch lesbian in the factories and gay bars of Buffalo, N.Y. in the 1960s. Since that time, Feinberg has been a grass roots activist and a journalist. Ze is known in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movements in the U.S. and countries around the world. The lesbian magazine Curve named Feinberg one of the “15 Most Influential.”
Mari Rosas is a Berkeley genderqueer student who supports queer students in their identities. The above article is from the Berkeley newscenter and covers a speech Mari made recently.
Max is a “Queer Tranny boi hero”, who operates the Max Attitude blog discussing his travels through genderqueer. He’s also writing a doctorate as well as being deputy-editor of Dude Magazine.
(from the website)
Midwest GenderQueer, commonly known as JAC Stringer, is a trans-genderqueer femme, (dis)abled-kid radical activist and performance artist.
Millaa – taken from the genderqueer poster – image supplied by Millaa Mercer
Who am I?
Millaa is a genderqueer drag performer in Melbourne, Australia who also hosts the RMIT student radio SYN FM show “Rainbow Juice” on Sundays. They create YouTube videos on a regular basis discussing their experiences as a genderqueer person, and with content for trans people too!
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