So Aiden sent me some links to other videos and docs about transgender people. And about genderqueer people, which is something absolutely new to me. "Genderqueer" means that you don´t conform either with being a girl or a boy, so you choose to be both. Uh?
I don´t know how I feel about this. Maybe it is a bit too much. At least, this is how I felt before watching the videos.
Afterwards, yeah, it is still a bit awkward, but there is one aspect of being genderqueer that I really liked. One of the subjects featured said something on the lines of "I disagree with the sex I was born into, so I am challenging that." Challenging. The series are called "Gender Rebel." That means, it is a matter of being critical thinkers, a matter of looking at what was given to them and questioning it. Analizing it. Then rebeling against it. I like that! They dare to question and challenge the notion of "nature" and, considering the incredible amount of nonsense that gets justified in the name of "nature" I think that to question nature is something we need to do. I feel like being genderqueer is like being an anarchist, but regarding gender instead of politics. Nice move.
Now that I think about it, I can see this becoming a trend among anarchists in South America. "CuestiĆ³nalo todo" ("question everything") they say: I can see them adopting a gender-fluid appearence because of the implied statement: gender should be looked at with a critical eye. The current understanding of gender as a static notion justified in the name of nature needs to be challenged.
Can´t wait to be back home and see if I can find any anarchists who have already made the connection.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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