obligatory National Coming Out Day post
Oct. 11th, 2007 01:31 pmThe problem, of course, is always with the adjectives and labels, but that's a lovely luxury that I've not honestly had in every facet of my life until the last year or two.
I use queer, gay, lesbian and bisexual for myself pretty interchangeably, although "big ol' lesbian" has been hilariously popular in conversation lately.
I also identify as genderqueer, which is an essay and a half, but in short, my living life as a boy here (*touches sternum*) doesn't make me less of a woman, anymore than my having a cunt makes me less of a man. Use any pronouns you want for me, as long as you don't use them derisively, but I do really loathe that "hir" stuff because I'm uptight about English.
And I can't be out without being out about just how bloody fictional my life is.
I'm my own creature, my own species. It makes sense to me, with any luck, one day it'll make sense to other people too.
That's it. Not news.
I use queer, gay, lesbian and bisexual for myself pretty interchangeably, although "big ol' lesbian" has been hilariously popular in conversation lately.
I also identify as genderqueer, which is an essay and a half, but in short, my living life as a boy here (*touches sternum*) doesn't make me less of a woman, anymore than my having a cunt makes me less of a man. Use any pronouns you want for me, as long as you don't use them derisively, but I do really loathe that "hir" stuff because I'm uptight about English.
And I can't be out without being out about just how bloody fictional my life is.
I'm my own creature, my own species. It makes sense to me, with any luck, one day it'll make sense to other people too.
That's it. Not news.
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Date: 2007-10-11 05:45 pm (UTC)I love and admire your version of being human. I think you're marvelous and while I am often quiet, know that I am quietly reveling in your adventure and your expression of who you are.