She-Ra, space women, and other superheroes: your transgender sex and gender morning roundup
September 30, 2010 - 09:00 AM
By Amanda Hess
http://www.tbd.com/blogs/amanda-hess/2010/09/transgender-superheros-your-sex-and-gender-morning-roundup-2427.htmlTRANS SUPERHEROES: Out magazine talks with Melendy Britt, voice of She-Ra, on the character's appeal to queer viewers, from She-Ra's closet "secret identity" to her gender-neutral approach to confrontation. Britt calls She-Ra "transgender" (emphasis hers).
Then, Zack Rosen interviews the woman who could become the first trans person in space! (In like ten years).
And for the Good Men Project, a trans man talks gender bias: "When I was viewed as female, people thought I was bitchy and standoffish because I communicated too stoically. Now, even though my conversation skills haven't really changed, women note how chatty I am for a guy and say that I'm such a good listener."
