WeHappyTrans: Stephen

A video of me answering the WeHappyTrans Project's 7 Questions! Here is the text of the questions proper, if you're curious:

1) What's your name? Chosen or otherwise. Now, beyond your name, I personally don't really care how you identify. I'm not entirely comfortable with defining myself in the terms we're given, and I kind of enjoying watching my mind struggle to gender someone. It's an automatic habit, and not one I care to assist. However, if it's important to you to be know as a trans man or woman, cross-dresser, queer, androgynous, non-binary, or whatever, or if you want people to use certain pronouns when referring to you in comments or discussion, go ahead and lay those on us. Whatever you're comfortable with.

2) Who has been most supportive of your transition? If you haven't started transition, who's been most supportive of your gender expression, questioning or explorations?

3) What do most enjoy about your life since beginning transition? That is, what are some of the things you love doing now, that you couldn't do before? And if you're not there yet, what about the possibility of transition excites you the most? What do you look forward to?

4) Who are your trans role models? or Who have you looked up to in the trans community? Who inspires you? Whether it's someone you know, or someone you've admired from afar, this is your chance to give a shout out.

5) What change(s) would you most like to see in the world? This can be trans related, or not, but we'd love to know where your passion lies.

6) What are you doing to make those changes happen? That's right all, no getting off the hook! We're all in this big ol' mess together, and we each need to do our part. Share with us how you're the change you want to see.

And finally, magical number 7, tell us something, anything, special and unique about you, your interests, your story. Never forget, gender is just one part of the larger project of becoming a fully authentic human being.

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[gs371]

The New York Times didn't really get the Nerdfighter bit. (They had you as a nerd fighter, which is rather different.)

[Outsyder216]

There are a lot of ignorant people making comments, which I guess comes with the territory of Youtube, but Stephen I think you're adorable and don't let these haters get you down! :D

[lafemmefatalle]

Brilliant. Just... BRILLIANT!!!

[Blackadderification]

As much as I appreciate Stephen lending his voice to trans visibility, I think by using the term "faggy queen", he might be alienating the straight and allied audience a little. There's no need to use words such as "faggy queen" (words that are used to bully teenagers). People barely understand trans* identities, let alone using alt-queer identities like "faggy queen". Kinda thoughtless.

[Jennifer Gellar]

Please low down! I can only understand every other sentence; you are talking way to fast for me to understand what you are saying!!!

[108hike]

His partner is also a transmale. Two biological females identifying as gay males. Wow. Liam O'Brien. Poet, bluegrass musician from Sarah Lawrence 2012. Power couple, if they are still a couple.

[108hike]

His "guy" is also a transmale, so try and wrap your head around that!

[108hike]

Ah, your partner is Liam October O'Brien? He's also a transman, right? So if you were both female, and now transmales or somewhere on that continuum, and you are both identifying as gay males (right?), you are both male identified women or female identified transmale. Whew! Having babies? Still need a biological male somewhere...

[108hike]

You're quite gifted and privileged, yet indeed, Stephen Ira! Thank you for being uniquely you. You are professor material, at the very least. Good luck and keep making videos, now and then.

[108hike]

If you watched his video, he's not a heterosexual male. He identifies as a gay man (who plans to have babies). His gender identification is quite fluid and I'm sure he's not the least bit concerned to "pass" as a straight male.

[Sammi Luester]

(continued) Especially from gay women? Since a LOT of them really hated the film. For the obvious reasons. I'm seriously not trying to start some sort of war or anything. I'm just curious. Especially since I have plenty of lesbian friends who were honestly offended and insulted by the movie.

[Sammi Luester]

First of all, congrats on your transitioning! It's important for trans people to have full acceptance and support from their family and friends. Not everyone is so lucky. But I also wanted to mention that, just saw "The Kids Are All Right", and I was honestly a little disturbed by it. I know your mom was in the film, and did she get any flack from the gay community? (continued)