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Genderqueer Mommy

Started by Shana A, May 10, 2009, 06:32:53 PM

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Shana A

May 10, 2009, 06:32:53 PM
Genderqueer Mommy
Filed by: Paige Schilt
May 10, 2009 10:00 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2009/05/genderqueer_mommy.php

Lately, when I've been blogging about my wife, Katy Koonce, it's been about her role as dynamic front man for the "silicone cock rock" band Butch County. katy_way_electra.jpgIn honor of Mother's Day, I asked her to talk with me about mothering from beyond the gender binary. In the course of our conversation, we touched on t-ball, chest surgery, field trips, and bathrooms.

Paige: Although people on the street tend to call you "sir," around our house, you're known as "mommy." Can you talk about your identity and how motherhood figures in?

Koonce: My identity is trans-genderqueer-butch-dyke-mommy. "Mommy" is the word I used as a kid to describe the person who could take all the pain away or support me when I needed it...
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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