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Title: My Agender: Aussie trans talesrevealed in new book
Post by: Shana A on March 28, 2011, 09:10:13 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 28, 2011, 09:10:13 AM
My Agender: Aussie trans tales revealed in new book
Feature, By theinnertiger, 28th March, 2011
http://www.samesame.com.au/features/6591/My-Agender-Aussie-trans-tales-revealed-in-new-book.htm (http://www.samesame.com.au/features/6591/My-Agender-Aussie-trans-tales-revealed-in-new-book.htm)
One of the events I managed to get along to at the Midsumma Festival in Melbourne this year was the launch of My Agender, a collection of short stories from the sex and gender-diverse community.
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My personal experience inspired me to develop this project. I got frustrated by the consent need to label people and then expect them to confirm to stereotypical behaviours. Everyone has a gender and sexuality, and everyone expresses theirs differently. Gender and sexuality are fluid; and move along an ever changing continuum. I wanted to capture stories which explored just that, and create a body of knowledge that reflects the diversity of the people we are.
Feature, By theinnertiger, 28th March, 2011
http://www.samesame.com.au/features/6591/My-Agender-Aussie-trans-tales-revealed-in-new-book.htm (http://www.samesame.com.au/features/6591/My-Agender-Aussie-trans-tales-revealed-in-new-book.htm)
One of the events I managed to get along to at the Midsumma Festival in Melbourne this year was the launch of My Agender, a collection of short stories from the sex and gender-diverse community.
[...]
My personal experience inspired me to develop this project. I got frustrated by the consent need to label people and then expect them to confirm to stereotypical behaviours. Everyone has a gender and sexuality, and everyone expresses theirs differently. Gender and sexuality are fluid; and move along an ever changing continuum. I wanted to capture stories which explored just that, and create a body of knowledge that reflects the diversity of the people we are.