Queerness is where our hope lies. —bell hooks, in response to a question about the space for and potentialities in genderqueerness and transness in a feminist discourse about bodies. 5th November 2013, Tishman Auditorium at The New School (via omuai)

The book is very much about masculinity, and men, and trans men, of which I am none. Yet somehow there I find myself, among them – which in part is what my piece is about.

If I had to guess as to why my essay was chosen, is that trans men have influenced and shaped my journey, despite being someone who is not transitioning towards male. Perhaps there is more room in the trans male community, and in this wider dialogue of manhood, than initially meets the eye.

I hope that readers can see beyond masculinity and femininity, beyond trans as being just about one gender or another, or even about gender at all, and more just about life and living.

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Micah, on being included in the new trans anthology Manning Up. 

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