Thursday, January 14, 2010
GenderQueer in the Midwest
Posted by Midwest GenderQueer at 12:09 PM
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/genderqueer-in-midwest.htmlDocumentary about being a trans activist in the Midwest by Hunter Stuart at Stuart Productions
The Midwest is crawling with queers. Not because of any strong presence but in the more literal sense. Queers are crawling because we do not have the space to stand up. We do not have the resources that would enable us to live full, healthy lives. We, like so many others, are isolated in our homes, in our towns, controlled and confined by others, longing for life and being unable to live it.
I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. When I came out as trans I didn't know anyone who was like me and I had no way of finding them. The city's "gay" scene was practically extinct and no trans or queer scene it had never existed in the first place. There was no space for me, so I decided to try and make one.
