Comments | genderqueer: two things!

itcomesinphases in genderqueer

two things!

Feb 19, 2009 21:24

My friend Stephen, a pre-med student at The College of West Anglia in U.K., is conducting a survey on the correlation between eating disorders and individuals who identify as transgender. It's a subject very close to his heart. His personal website has the details.

The survey only takes about five minutes. Thank you in advance ( Read more... )

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chocomookielove February 20 2009, 04:46:28 UTC

If they ask, just tell them something to the effect of "I wasn't lying or anything, I'm a dude."

Anyways, people generally go to cons knowing they'll meet people different from themselves, so I don't think it would be too much of a problem. You'd be surprised by how many people just don't care (it's not their body, after all.)

itcomesinphases February 20 2009, 04:55:57 UTC

That's usually the essence of what I say, "I am a dude. Really."

This is only my second con, but yeah, they're really a unique and diverse atmosphere.

rogueeditor February 20 2009, 05:33:10 UTC

A different (not more correct, just different) perspective:

If you say "I wasn't lying," that's a defensive position. So is emphasizing amStepping back for a moment, is it really unreasonable for someone observing female physiology to think they might have been inadvertently using the wrong pronoun all this time (having only online interaction)? Or to simply realize (given the same physical evidence) that maybe you identify as either/both male/transgender ( ... )