language – JAC Stringer

Drag Culture and the Argument of Transmisogyny

Posted on 04/04/2015 by JAC

I received an “Ask” on my Tumblr page discussing drag as transmisogynistic. Below was my response and since I get a lot of questions about this, […]

Activism & Politics, Community Issues, Performance & Drag, Race & White Privilege, Social Gender, Trans/GenderQueer

Obama Could Do Better, But Better Him Than Me

Posted on 01/21/2013 by JAC

The gay community is a buzz over Obama’s mention of gay rights in his inaugural address, stating he wanted equality for “our gay brothers and sisters.” My […]

Activism & Politics, Community Issues, Midwest GenderQueer, Trans/GenderQueer

Learning How to Talk Trans

Posted on 12/11/2012 by JAC

Yesterday I found a quote in my Tumblr feed and was surprised to find that the person being quoted was me. You might be thinking, “oh […]

Community Issues, Trans/GenderQueer

Tranny Talks: Pop Culture’s Ricochet Response to Trans Visibility

Posted on 12/28/2011 by JAC

You all may know me to be a little on the… aggressive side when it comes to calling media and celebrities out on transphobic ignorance. Recently, I’ve been trying […]

Community Issues, Midwest GenderQueer, Social Gender, Trans in Media & Pop Culture, Trans/GenderQueer

Why Almost Everyone is Queer

Posted on 11/09/2011 by JAC

More than once, and at a growing rate, people ask me about my uses of the words queer and genderqueer, raising concerns that I may […]

Activism & Politics, Community Issues, Queer & Sexuality

Transphobic Katy Perry and Queer Accountability

Posted on 07/07/2011 by JAC

In an interview with Rolling Stone late last month, Katy Perry is again quoted using transphobic language and promoting uneducated, transphobic mentalities. Rolling Stone removed all […]

Activism & Politics, Community Issues, Race & White Privilege, Trans in Media & Pop Culture, Trans/GenderQueer

Gender Proof and Queers; We should know better

Posted on 05/19/2011 by JAC

Yesterday I took part in Equality Ohio’s LGBT Lobby Day, a gathering of folks from all over the state descending en masse on the capital to lobby […]

Activism & Politics, Community Issues, Midwest GenderQueer, Race & White Privilege, Trans/GenderQueer

Chaz Bono & Trans in the Media: Hero or Zero?

Posted on 05/12/2011 by JAC

Every community has its celebrities, and the hot ticket of the trans world right now seems to be Chaz Bono. I remember when Chaz came […]

Community Issues, Gender Identity Disorder, Social Gender, Trans in Media & Pop Culture, Trans/GenderQueer

Trans and The Rest of My Life

Posted on 04/21/2011 by JAC

I looked out over the Wisconsin lake. I’d been on the road touring almost two weeks, my batteries were running low, but in the best way. She […]

Femme, Midwest GenderQueer, Trans/GenderQueer, Warm Fuzzies, Writings

Trans Fears on Sex Crush the Trans Community

Posted on 03/19/2011 by JAC

Over the past month a conversation about transmale identity, validation, and fetishization has been circling the web. This month long thread originated from a blog “Possibly […]

Community Issues, Queer & Sexuality, Trans/GenderQueer