Showing posts with label drag kings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drag kings. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Word of the Gay: "Radical Drag"

"Radical Drag" is the act of defying gender norms and embracing aspects of both genders. Ie a man in a dress, who keeps their beard, or a fem lady with a mustache.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Open Forum: Transmen and Their Invisibility In The "T"

The "T" in LGBT is supposed to represent crossdressers, drag queens/kings, transvesites, transsexuals, and those who are genderqueer. Often you find that not only is the transgender component of LGBT non-existant or minimal, but amongst the transgender community there seems to be a lack of attention to issues faced by trans men.

As an outside observer it seems a lot of transgender advocacy and resources is designed for male-to-female transgender individuals, and that there is a lack of information for people who are female-to-male.

Do you find that there is some sort of discrepancy in the amount of effort placed on the f2m dynamic of the transgender movement? Is this transsexism, or are m2f's more privileged because they started off as males, and males are more privileged in our sexist, male dominated society?