Nonbinary : memoirs of gender and identity /
Nonbinary : memoirs of gender and identity /
edited by Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane.
- New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 250 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
-- From genderqueer to nonbinary to ... / Introduction / What is gender? -- War smoke catharsis / Deconstructing my self / Coatlicue / Namesake / My genderqueer backpack / Scrimshaw / Visibility : standing up and standing out -- Being genderqueer before it was a thing / Token act / Hypervisible / Making waves in an unforgiving maze / Life threats / Just genderqueer, not a threat / Community : creating a place for the rest of us -- What am I? / Questions of faith / Coming out as your nibling : what happened when I told everyone I know that I'm genderqueer / Purple nail polish / Uncharted path : parenting my agender teen / The name remains the same / Trans enough : representation and differentiation -- Lowercase Q / Not content on the sidelines / You see me / Clothes make the gender/queer / The flight of the magpie / An outsider in my own landscape / Redefining dualities : paradoxes and possibilities of gender -- Not-two / Kitchen sink gender / What growing up punk taught me about being gender nonconforming / Rock a bye binary / To gender and back / Rethinking non/binary / Riki Wilchins -- Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane -- Alex Stitt -- Levi S. Govoni -- féi hernandez -- michal "mj" jones -- Melissa L. Welter -- Rae Theodore -- Genny Beemyn -- Sand C. Chang -- Haven Wilvich -- Kameron Ackerman -- Jeffrey Marsh -- Jace Valcore -- CK Combs -- Jaye Ware -- Sinclair Sexsmith -- Jamie Price -- Abigail -- Katy Koonce -- Cal Sparrow -- Suzi Chase -- Brian Jay Eley -- Aubri Drake -- Adam "PicaPica" Stevenson -- s.e. smith -- Avery Erickson -- Nino Cipri -- Christopher Soto -- Jules De La Cruz -- Kory Martin-Damon -- Eli Erlick.
What happens when your gender doesn't fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundane interactions like filling out a form or using a public bathroom can be a struggle when these designations prove inadequate. In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary.The powerful first-person narratives of this collection show us a world where gender exists along a spectrum, a web, a multidimensional space. Nuanced storytellers break away from mainstream portrayals of gender diversity, cutting across lines of age, race, ethnicity, ability, class, religion, family, and relationships. From Suzi, who wonders whether she'll ever "feel" like a woman after living fifty years as a man; to Aubri, who grew up in a cash-strapped fundamentalist household; to Sand, who must reconcile the dual roles of trans advocate and therapist, the writers' conceptions of gender are inextricably intertwined with broader systemic issues. Labeled gender outlaws, gender rebels, genderqueer, or simply human, the voices in Nonbinary illustrate what life could be if we allowed the rigid categories of "man" and "woman" to loosen and bend. They speak to everyone who has questioned gender or has paused to wonder, What does it mean to be a man or a woman--and why do we care so much?
9780231546102
2018036460
Gender nonconformity.
Gender-nonconforming people.
Sexual minorities--Identity.
Gender identity.
Electronic Books.
HQ77 / .N663 2019
Includes bibliographical references.
-- From genderqueer to nonbinary to ... / Introduction / What is gender? -- War smoke catharsis / Deconstructing my self / Coatlicue / Namesake / My genderqueer backpack / Scrimshaw / Visibility : standing up and standing out -- Being genderqueer before it was a thing / Token act / Hypervisible / Making waves in an unforgiving maze / Life threats / Just genderqueer, not a threat / Community : creating a place for the rest of us -- What am I? / Questions of faith / Coming out as your nibling : what happened when I told everyone I know that I'm genderqueer / Purple nail polish / Uncharted path : parenting my agender teen / The name remains the same / Trans enough : representation and differentiation -- Lowercase Q / Not content on the sidelines / You see me / Clothes make the gender/queer / The flight of the magpie / An outsider in my own landscape / Redefining dualities : paradoxes and possibilities of gender -- Not-two / Kitchen sink gender / What growing up punk taught me about being gender nonconforming / Rock a bye binary / To gender and back / Rethinking non/binary / Riki Wilchins -- Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane -- Alex Stitt -- Levi S. Govoni -- féi hernandez -- michal "mj" jones -- Melissa L. Welter -- Rae Theodore -- Genny Beemyn -- Sand C. Chang -- Haven Wilvich -- Kameron Ackerman -- Jeffrey Marsh -- Jace Valcore -- CK Combs -- Jaye Ware -- Sinclair Sexsmith -- Jamie Price -- Abigail -- Katy Koonce -- Cal Sparrow -- Suzi Chase -- Brian Jay Eley -- Aubri Drake -- Adam "PicaPica" Stevenson -- s.e. smith -- Avery Erickson -- Nino Cipri -- Christopher Soto -- Jules De La Cruz -- Kory Martin-Damon -- Eli Erlick.
What happens when your gender doesn't fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundane interactions like filling out a form or using a public bathroom can be a struggle when these designations prove inadequate. In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary.The powerful first-person narratives of this collection show us a world where gender exists along a spectrum, a web, a multidimensional space. Nuanced storytellers break away from mainstream portrayals of gender diversity, cutting across lines of age, race, ethnicity, ability, class, religion, family, and relationships. From Suzi, who wonders whether she'll ever "feel" like a woman after living fifty years as a man; to Aubri, who grew up in a cash-strapped fundamentalist household; to Sand, who must reconcile the dual roles of trans advocate and therapist, the writers' conceptions of gender are inextricably intertwined with broader systemic issues. Labeled gender outlaws, gender rebels, genderqueer, or simply human, the voices in Nonbinary illustrate what life could be if we allowed the rigid categories of "man" and "woman" to loosen and bend. They speak to everyone who has questioned gender or has paused to wonder, What does it mean to be a man or a woman--and why do we care so much?
9780231546102
2018036460
Gender nonconformity.
Gender-nonconforming people.
Sexual minorities--Identity.
Gender identity.
Electronic Books.
HQ77 / .N663 2019