Posts Tagged “queer”
I’m packing to move – again – (this is a life ever on the move, it seems, nomadic in so many ways) and as I put my books in milkcrates borrowed from a friend, I keep a small stack aside. I’m assembling the list of books that I own that have shaped my understanding of [...]
Have you ever been in the situation where your identity makes you the automatic authority on all things related to that facet of yourself? It’s something I experience fairly often at school, as the resident openly queer queer. I’m certainly not the only one there, but the on-campus presence is small enough that I am [...]
Bravery in personal identity has been a recurring theme lately, as people tell me how courageous a person was for being open about their identity or really communicating about their individual needs. People have even told me that I’m brave for being open about being trans and queer – though I wonder if they’d say [...]
Passing
By thisnik | May 7, 2011
I’ve always had trouble passing. When I was a kid, it was being cool enough – my love of reading and unfortunate eyeglasses got me labeled as four-eyes. As a teen, I wasn’t sexy enough, and though I wore my shirts tight and short, my habit of wearing big boots and knowing how to use [...]
