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Title: Can a Man who Dresses Like a Woman Be Cool?
Post by: Butterfly on April 16, 2009, 10:37:00 AM
Post by: Butterfly on April 16, 2009, 10:37:00 AM
Can a Man who Dresses Like a Woman Be Cool?
The Secret of Cool
Exploring the Idea of "Cool" Through Film
Thursday, April 16, 2009
http://thesecretofcool-theartofthecool.blogspot.com/2009/04/cool-gender.html (http://thesecretofcool-theartofthecool.blogspot.com/2009/04/cool-gender.html)
Paris is Burning represented gay culture as much as a movie about ninjas would represent Asians. Black, transgendered people are a very miniscule part of the gay subculture and many would argue that they are not even a part of the gay subculture anymore. Transgendered people were categorized as gay up until the nineties when they really began breaking out as a separate group. Most transgendered people do not consider themselves to be homosexual. For instance, a man who believes he is a woman thinks he was born into the wrong body and is a woman who likes men, not a man at all. Ironically, the transgender image was transposed to homosexuals, a very misleading stereotype. Gays and lesbians do not want to be the opposite gender. Lesbians are attracted to other women and gay men to other men.
The Secret of Cool
Exploring the Idea of "Cool" Through Film
Thursday, April 16, 2009
http://thesecretofcool-theartofthecool.blogspot.com/2009/04/cool-gender.html (http://thesecretofcool-theartofthecool.blogspot.com/2009/04/cool-gender.html)
Paris is Burning represented gay culture as much as a movie about ninjas would represent Asians. Black, transgendered people are a very miniscule part of the gay subculture and many would argue that they are not even a part of the gay subculture anymore. Transgendered people were categorized as gay up until the nineties when they really began breaking out as a separate group. Most transgendered people do not consider themselves to be homosexual. For instance, a man who believes he is a woman thinks he was born into the wrong body and is a woman who likes men, not a man at all. Ironically, the transgender image was transposed to homosexuals, a very misleading stereotype. Gays and lesbians do not want to be the opposite gender. Lesbians are attracted to other women and gay men to other men.
Title: Re: Can a Man who Dresses Like a Woman Be Cool?
Post by: tekla on April 16, 2009, 10:40:20 AM
Post by: tekla on April 16, 2009, 10:40:20 AM
And we're talking about a 19 year old film why? And it never claimed to be about gay culture, its about the drag ball culture in New York City, period.