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“Everything thrifted except tie clip, pants, and shoes.”

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I have to be honest, I’m scared.

I’m a transman, and I recently turned 21 so I’m old enough to go to bars. I love dancing with people, male or female, and I guess I was naive to assume it would all be ok for me. I’ve realized that a lot of straight guys assume I’m a girl when I dance with them, sometimes in a very, let’s say “intimate” way, then comes the moment when they find out I’m a guy (either from me or a friend uses male pronouns).

The last time that occurred nothing serious happened, but the look on the guys face… it made me realize that if I party in the wrong place I could get killed. I really could get killed. But I like partying and I do it responsibly and I’m not trying to “trick” anyone, so why should I be punished for it? I just want to have a good time like anyone else.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

FAIRY TALES by Norman Pascual San Diego.

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You can call me… Alec or Spencer.

I identify as… a pansexual, genderqueer, polyamorous, Colombian person … also female-bodied … I think that sums it up.

As far as third-person pronouns go, I prefer a neutral pronoun like “they,” but “he” is also ok … “she” not so much.

I’m attracted to… queer people, I don’t care what is between someone’s legs or under their clothes or what their fashion style is. I care about the person they are, their character.

When people talk about me, I want them to… just see me as a person and talk about me as such, not what gender I am, where I fit more, what’s between my legs, or who I go to bed with.

I want people to understand… that there are people who don’t fit gender norms. That the world is not just black or white, but that there are many gray areas.

About Alec or Spencer
Hello, my name is Alec Spencer, I’m 22 years old, though I feel older most days. I’m Colombian, pansexual, genderqueer, polyamorous, female-bodied, and I could probably go on. If you feel like getting to know me more, then here’s my email: alecspencer1990@gmail.com

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Submitted by Paddy, the model.

“I have never felt safer or happier in my life even when I am out of the safety zone…”

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I love dressing like a tomboy, but I have the body of a girl with largish breasts that intrude on my tomboy loving ways. I love my body, but love my tomboy ways, I feel like I am the epitome of confused.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Has anyone had problems going through, say, airport security? I’ve come to expect some “sir-ma’am” nonsense and raised eyebrows over conflicts in my name, appearance and listed sex, but I was surprised to discover that body-scanners don’t like my binder. I was patted down twice, which I found even more invasive than anything else.

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I have found myself thinking about gender a lot lately. Over the past few years I have gradually eschewed certain things that I once saw as a part of growing up. Shaving, bras and make up are things I looked forward to with earnest, but now don’t fit with my gender. Binding is something I have wanted to do for so long — and I have tried the two sports bra thing — but it is bloody uncomfortable and restricts what shirts I wear.

I am not cis — but I don’t feel genderqueer or androgynous enough to identify otherwise. I get read as female which is okay but sometimes I would like to be read as male or not read at all.

Sometimes it feels like this is all in my head and I’m simply spending too much time thinking about gender. But I know I am not cis.

I feel only the most infinitesimal dysphoria but having a flat chest would please me.

Maybe I should eschew labels and just identify as me.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Submitted by Rhiannon, the photographer.

“Daryian is an androgynous model posing by the beautiful lake Ontario in an eccentric gothic style.”

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Submitted by Jade Esteban Estrada, the model.

“On Cinco de Mayo, comedian Jade Esteban Estrada prepares for his performance at Cheers Bar in Corpus Christi, Texas.”

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I sit here and Wish people would call me by my chosen name because all my “binary” name does is tear pieces of my soul away.

Please someone help me in dealing with this pain…

How do you deal with it?

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Submitted anonymously.

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You can call me… Vince.

I identify as… genderqueer androgynous indigenous person.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … I prefer he, but she is ok … neither fits and both fit.

I’m attracted to… beautiful souls.

When people talk about me, I want them to… realize that my gender-queerness does not give them license to force their perception of my supposed gender onto me.

I want people to understand… that it is sometimes confusing for me to be male-female at the same time.

About Vince
Queer Indigenous Artist

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Submitted by Cast, the model and photographer.

“Christmas Eve, trying out the new flat iron in my 19 century jammies.”

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I’ve always gravitated toward men’s clothing (especially t-shirts) due to the comfort factor, but after shaving my head for a cancer fundraiser, I’ve been embracing my masculine side a lot more. It confuses the living daylights out of the kids at the museum I work at, and I can’t help but feel proud when they ask “Are you a girl or a boy?” or when they give me complete WTF looks.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?