A gender reflection, one year out of date.

I wrote this about a year ago, when Hackgender put out a call for personal reflections. I also used it to come out across the internet, which was actually pretty convenient. Parts of it no longer feel entirely true, so I’m planning a follow-up essay to come soon. So just consider this a recap, with more exciting adventures to come in the next chapter.

On Coming Out as Genderqueer; or, My Life as a Bearded Lady

The culture would have us believe that gender comes naturally for some people. I have my doubts, but it’s possible that my own struggle has just made me cynical. What I do know is that gender and its cousin sexuality have been a source of confusion for most of my life. After all this time, however, I feel like I’ve come to some sort of understanding, and I’d like to share it as best I can. This is a very personal narrative, but my hope is that by writing it down and putting it out there, I can avoid (or at least minimize) the even more daunting task of explaining myself verbally over and over again.

 

New blog? New blog.

Welcome to Queer Qua Queer (or QQQ for short, if you like).  I’ve been wanting to start a blog like this for a long time, and planning to start this specific blog for several months now.  This is going to be a group blog, but I’ll save the introductions until people are actually posting.

The title is meant to imply something like “queerness on its own terms,” but mostly I just like that string of Q’s.  Obviously there’s a focus on gender and sexual identity, but within that framework I’m hoping for a wide variety of entries.  Being a critic, I definitely have plans to include plenty of pop culture commentary alongside the inevitable navel-gazing.

That’s really all I have for now, but I’m sure things will become more defined as we go along.  I hope you get something out of it, and please read, subscribe, comment.