Rambling Faggy Tranny,
Living in Utah.
My name is Dexter and I was assigned the gender "female" at birth. Since December of 2008, there's been a whole lotta social and physical transition going on up in here. Why? To help my brain and body physiologically connect. Importantly, my gender identity (genderqueer) hasn't changed and doubtfully ever will. Male, female, genderqueer, he, she, ze... whatev.
I'm currently a college student and a McNair Scholar majoring in Psychology. I intend to nab me a PhD!
Kiddle Era:
Can you count, suckers? I say, the future is ours... if you can count!
No Bikini - A film by Claudia Morgado Escanilla
Berkeley, Binding, and Surgery in 8 DAYS!
I’m now in Berkeley! It’s so.frickin.nice.here. There is green vegetation stuff galore, humidity, a cool breeze, I can breathe, bicycles all over the place… and, best part, when we went to Trader Joes earlier there were shoppers wearing backpacks. In Utah? 99 times out of 100 I am the only person in the market with a pack - meaning, I either walked or peddled there. Here? I’m drowning in a sea of hippy hipster walkers and peddlers! Wooo!
Not to mention — aside from veg-friendly and veg places GALORE — there’s also an all-vegan cinnamon roll place and soul food place super close!
Food shouldn’t be so exciting - but, eating new vegan food is pretty much my #1 favorite thing to do when I travel. The flavors are always so new and exciting; and the neighborhoods harboring veg places are always havens for a slew of other awesome local cozy things.
What Queerness Means To Me
Queerness, to me, is about far more than homosexual attraction. It’s about a willingness to see all other taboos broken down. Sure, many of us start on this path when we first feel “same sex” or “same gender” attraction (though what is sex? And what is gender? And does anyone really have the same sex or gender as anyone else?). But queerness doesn’t stop there…
National Geographic: Taboo on Hulu
From transsexuals in America to the katoey in Thailand, find out how far people will go to become the person of their dreams.
Documentary on Navajo Teen Murdered for Gender Identity to Air on PBS
“Fred Martinez was a Navajo boy, who was also a girl. In an earlier era, he would have been revered. Instead he was murdered,” from Two Spirits.
I haven’t had the chance to watch this award-winning documentary yet, but entirely intend to this week seeing as it will be airing 1493 times starting tomorrow, the 14th, until June 29th on PBS! It concerns the brief life of Fred Martinez, a Navajo youth who was murdered in 2001 due to gender and sexual identity. (S)he was 16 years old.
Find the air date in your area here: http://www.itvs.org/television?film=two-spirits
