New Blog: Sexuality & Gender

I’m starting over. Well, more like reshaping. This recession has helped me to strip down to my barest essentials. It’s been sucky and it’s been a blessing. So, I’m starting this new blog to get to my point and share. Exploring sexuality and gender identity personally, academically and artistically has been my main interest for some time now, so this blog is an online communicator of my exploration – a sex-positive space in the virtual world flavored by yours truly:)

Well, why sexuality and gender? Well, because they interest me! I myself started to come out as a fluid bisexual at the end of 2007. It was a time I’ll liken to a firestorm – beautiful, scary and intense. I know that my identity and experiences inform me. I’ve also long been fascinated by what our culture deems as “other,” specifically transgender, transsexual and intersex identities. Again, I am sure that my own experience informs me there too; though I do not carry those particular identities myself, I do know what it is like to be viewed as other, separate and/or feared. It’s definitely not a fun experience, but I think those experiences help me be able to slide out of the ignorant binaries of sexual and gender identity that pervade (as in the thought that there is only gay/straight or woman/man). One way I like to personally explore gender identity is through performance, so you’ll be seeing lots about burlesque, drag and the like.

So, welcome to my site of sexual & gender exploration! I hope my explorations will inspire you, ruffle the feathers of that annoying little bird called fear and ultimately, I hope this blog o’ mine will help to provide supportive resources to those who desire them.

Paz and glitter,
Amelia