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Who says you have to be a girl or a boy, why can't you be both like the seven people you see here. On this occasion we are all women enjoying each others company and harming nobody in the process. I like to think the world is becoming less judgemental and that a scene like this can become more common place.
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So I had my information gathering session today with Gender GP. It was very emotional but I managed to tell my story, why I am where I am now and what I want from the future.
Fingers crossed they can offer me the help I want and need.
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So I had my information gathering session today with Gender GP. It was very emotional but I managed to tell my story, why I am where I am now and what I want from the future.
Fingers crossed they can offer me the help I want and need.
🌈💖💙💚❤💛💜🌈
I came across this Gender Role Test on Facebook. These were my results.
Here is the URL if anyone else wants to give it a try:
Having come across some of my early cross-dressing efforts from the years 2000 to 2003 I thought I would (nervously) post s few of these early incarnations f my female alter-ego Helene Barclay. I had suppressed my desire to cross-dress for over twenty years so in those years I began to cross-dress as a woman I was a complete novice. I had hopes but no skills in the art of male to female illusion. I was however very keen and excited and also terrified.
I feel these days I would like to be open and honest about my journey of exploring my transvestism. When I was younger I could find no stories of others experiences about transvestism and pretty much zero information, it was like transvestites did not exist. This alas, was the era I grew up in so I feared my inner desire to dress as a woman and did my best to try and suppress all feelings I had.
In the end I did that now rather predictable thing of trying to be a man and deny my female side. The reality was I yearned to dress and look female but I was also settling into life as a man, it became an inner conflict I wrestled with. I was confused because I cycled through a mix of wanting to be a woman full time, then just being excited by the illusion, the dressing up, i also had ambitions to become a transvestite actor and just play transgender roles be it serious acting or for fun and entertainment, then wanted to experience being treated as a woman and taken out for dinners and dances as a woman alongside a handsome man, then terror would overwhelm me as I was confused by that as I'm not attracted to men. In short I had no idea what I wanted from my female desires, it seemed to switch lanes all the time.
These days I feel I am definitely a transvestite but I am attracted to the adventure of performance and like the idea of carrying off a portrayal of a woman to a one hundred percent convincing level and that would require me to behave like a woman when in male company. It's kind of the acting challenge that appeals to me, a kind of how believable can I portray the woman I am presenting as.
I will also admit, and I hold my hands up here as it is quite apathetic and delusional dream but I am striving to be as open as I can be as I'm sure I'm not alone with such ideas, that I wanted to be a female model when I was younger. I would love to have been a girl working as model as my job. Even more exciting was the idea of being a boy that worked as a girl doing modelling. That pathetic totally unrealistic dream has actually turned into a reality for some people these days with quite a number of young males modelling as women quite openly.
I am attracted to the idea of being a boy that spends tome as a girl, I think I like that idea more than wanting to be a woman full time. It's the freedom to have both genders on tap though I do reckon if I was more confident, probably what I mean is a lot braver than I am, I would like to spend part of my time living a a woman. I enjoy being a woman but I will admit I also like living as a man. I do want to do both. My circumstances mean this particular little fantasy is never going to occur but I do think about it quite a lot.
I really enjoy shaving my legs, I love plucking my eyebrows and I adore...oh how I adore putting on make-up and switching my mindset into being female and when I finally put on a dress, high heels and my wig I thrill with the delight of becoming Helene once more. I don't feel I'm a different persona but I feel more confident, more daring, more sexy and it's like I've changed gears rather than personality. am aware I'm the same person but I like this side of myself, the dressed up feminised appearance is exciting and lovely and I thrive on the performance effort I have to put in.
I just think it is incredibly great fun to dress up and try and convince that I am a woman and I do like being female. I acknowledge despite describing myself as a transvestite, a word I embrace as it saved me as a young man from great confusion and gave me something I could hold onto, that I am somewhat transsexual as well as I do get emotional highs from discarding my male side and freeing my female side.
This photo was a self timer shot I took back in 2001 and I'm struck by the nervousness and vulnerability I exude as the truth was I was euphoric to be dressing as a woman yet emotionally I felt guilty and fearful and that I was distressing my wife and family. The joy was tempered by these negative emotions. I feel certain these days what I was experiencing is not uncommon amongst cross-dressers.
I have a desire just now to make a short documentary expressing my experiences and highlighting both the achievements and failures and to be very honest on the feelings I had over the years especially as regards sexuality, sexual arousal and being heterosexual yet excited by the idea of appearing alongside a man as a woman. I want to talk openly on camera about this as what I would like to do is make the film I wish i could have watched as a confused and terrified teenager back in the 1970s.
It may seem like a mad idea or worse be seen as a vanity project. I think it cannot be denied it is a vanity project but my intention is to finally free myself from a lifetime of suppressing my thoughts and feelings. I feel making such a film would be a life changing moment for me. I would really love to meet others that cross-dress and who are also willing to talk openly on camera about their transgender experiences. I have this fanciful notion of making a few journeys to meet up and interview those who are willing to speak and share their experiences.
Of course I think the video will end up with only me appearing as previous efforts to secure interviews with cross-dressers have fallen through as understandably most are unwilling to go on camera. My aim is never to show my male self and just do the whole film as Helene as it is about her and her issues and delights. I think it would be great though to have others appear to widen out the shared experiences and hear other personal insights be they good or bad. I really would like to make an informative yet engaging wee video about being a cross-dresser.
As you may have noted this narrative text has very little to do with the photo it accompanies, in fact the photo s pretty dire if I'm honest but it's more it represents something I want to talk about more openly to those who are also transgender. I am fascinated to hear the stories of others but I'm vain enough to want to dress up as a woman and go on a journey and meet and chat on camera with others who are also cross-dressed and converse about their own transvestism.
Who's ready for some controversy? :P
May I present the Gender Density Model. Many attempts have been made over the years to model gender and sexuality, the most famous one of course being the Kinsey scale, though there are a variety of different models and maps to be found online. Seeing as there are a lot of different aspects of gender one could incorporate into a model, I wanted to give it a try and create a model of my own, taking into account as many different aspects as possible.
The most significant aspect of this model is distribution. The two large clumps represent men and women, respectively, while individual bricks on the outskirts represent a variety of other identities. Distribution is something a lot of gender models don't account for, but I wanted to include it for the sake of accuracy.
Colors distinguish between identities. Following in the stereotypes, reds and pinks represent women while blues represent men. The other colors represent a variety of non-binary and genderqueer identities, whereby the specific, individual meaning of each color is mostly open to interpretation. When one brick shares several colors, this is representative of multigender identities such as bigender.
Differences in height are indicative of differences in the intensity of the gender experienced. Thus, the lowest bricks represent agender people, while the highest points represent people with very strong senses of gender.
The model is also motorized! Movement indicates gender fluidity, with lateral movement indicating a change in gender and vertical movement indicating a change in intensity.
This model was on display at my school's annual Studio Art gallery in late April, meaning that hundreds of people got to see and interact with the model live! Which is super cool, since I've never publicly exhibited Lego before, or any artwork for that matter. This also meant that the build had to be highly sturdy, and that it had to allow for easy access to the battery pack, which is hidden in the base. Unfortunately, I let the motor run for several hours without pause on the opening night of the exhibition, and the motor is now toast, so there's a lesson for me I guess.
I suspect the majority of people viewing this are going to disagree with the way I represented gender in this model. If you want to debate me on the topic, go ahead, but know that I may not have the time to respond in-depth.
Class got out early on this day about a month ago so I had a bit of time to monkey around in front of the mirror before driving up to Denver and I was still early!
It was great to see Lori that night; it had been way too long. It was just too bad that I didn't get to hear her sing, but I did get to hear Michael do one of his best! So many reasons to miss Denver. And so many reasons to keep coming back!
The Earl and Countess of Wessex visited Dublin for a number of engagements.
They hosted a lunch for inspiring female leaders to discuss gender diversity at work. They also met President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina.
The Countess spoke at the 100 Women In Finance NextGen Dublin launch at the Royal Hibernian Academy.
Photos courtesy Julien Behal Photography
Finally I got to meet this delightful man in person!! My official #harshbeautiful portrait of John Mercer, Professor of Gender and Sexuality at Birmingham City University. John wrote a beautiful essay for my Harshbeautiful book, about my “practice of care” in the way I relate to my sitters. John has published profoundly important books about objectification, and about gay pornography. Highly recommended.
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To order yourself a copy of my book which features John’s essay: jamesmbarrett.com/limited-edition-book/
Darling DonnaCD had posted the results she received from this test to her photostream. It looked interesting to me so I took the test, my results are posted above. If anyone else would like to take it the link to it is:
www.idrlabs.com/gender-coordinates/test.php
I have to confirm that I believe the results are pretty accurate for me.
In point of fact, I have several dresses that fall into that category. Besides, with this one I can show off my OK legs really easily!
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Good lights to all of you, fellows.
I've head this idea in my head for a while, and after borrowing Mackie's studio lights for a shoot next week I finally got round to it.
Representing and questioning the majority of society's idea of stereotypes within the gender binary.
Explored - #58
relaxing in wales this week....abstracting portmeirion
"And what....... is the point of proving that women prefer pink for biological reasons? Where does that leave us? In whose crazy imagination are we just about to return to a state of Neanderthalism where that information will come in handy?" Zoe Williams, The Guardian 2007
"There are theories indicating an origin........in the 20th century. Zucker and Bradly say that it began in the 1920s and other authors suggest the 1910s. An article in the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants' Department in June 1918 said: "The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl." From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary. Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century" Wiki
Kanyashree Prakalpa - a big step in the right direction
West Bengal Government’s flagship programme, Kanyashree Prakalpa is a conditional cash transfer scheme for the promotion of girl’s education and prevention of forced child marriages. It is a unique child sensitive social protection scheme launched in October 2013 with technical assistance from UNICEF.
The scheme includes an annual scholarship of INR ₹500 (£5) for girls between the ages of 13-18 years to continue with their studies from upper primary up to higher secondary levels, and provided they are not married off before the legal age of 18 years. A one-time grant of INR ₹25,000 (GBP £250) is also provided to the girl, once she reaches the age of 18, to pursue higher studies.
Between October 2013 and March 2015, 2.22 million girl students of the state have enrolled in the scheme with a budget of GBP £100 million. The scheme's enrolment pattern is in line with its equity focus - girls from Scheduled Castes are 23.55% of the total beneficiaries while religious minorities are 23.45%, other backward classes are 8.69%, the Scheduled Tribes are 5.71% and from general castes are 37.51%.
The Kanyashree Prakalpa is run by the Department of Women Development and Social Welfare as nodal agency with convergent support of over 13 departments of Govt. of West Bengal besides other partners including the state's leading banks. The project is becoming popular because of its 'simplicity of design, easy accessibility, targeted- communication strategy, convergent implementation and focus on raising the financial, social and self worth of the girls'.
West Bengal Govt. has been given international recognition for this scheme by DFID (Department for International Development, UK) and UNICEF in 2014. UNICEF has supported the state Govt. in the preparation of the scheme Guidelines, its implementation and monitoring framework, its communication strategy, the scheme MIS and has supported an all-district baseline survey on key indicators. It is also technically facilitating regular assessments of the scheme to strengthen its governance, implementation and coverage.
See more at: unicef.in
In the Katfoura village on the Tristao Islands in Guinea, the civil society organization Partenariat Recherches Environnement Medias (PREM) is providing rural women with new opportunities to generate income and improve community life.
Through a grant from UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality, PREM has helped rural women form several cooperatives and taught its members how to plant a vitamin-rich tree called Moringa and how to clean, dry and sell its leaves. Used as medicine or a dietary supplement by societies around the world, Moringa also supports biodiversity and prevents soil erosion.
The cooperatives are made up of local women who come together to share ideas, and they give women an opportunity to build leadership skills, strengthen community bonds, and participate in economic decisions that affect the community.
PREM is one of over 120 civil society organizations that has been awarded a grant by UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality since 2009. In the last six years, the Fund for Gender Equality has successfully awarded USD $64 million to grantee programmes in 80 countries. To date, such programmes have reached over 10 million women, girls and boys as direct beneficiaries.
Photo: UN Women/Joe Saade
Read more about the Fund for Gender Equality: www.unwomen.org/en/trust-funds/fund-for-gender-equality
This picture is from a few weeks back and was in the middle of making some post-holiday returns. I certainly expected to pick up some things too, especially when stopping at my favorite store, but no luck.
After the mall, I had a really enjoyable night with some good friends. Dinner was at a great little Thai place and we followed it up with The Danish Girl.
I thought the movie was pretty good with some excellent performances. Being gender-fluid I didn't identify all that much with Lili, but I saw an awful lot of my wife in Gerda.