- James Yamasaki
People talk about how dangerous it is for young folks to meet strangers on the internet, as if the only possible outcome is that the innocent young girl they think they are talking to ends up being some old creepster guy with designs on their virginity or bank account.
These people don’t know a damned thing about Tumblr—at least, not the part of it where I hang out, where it’s basically the opposite. Lots of us have names and personas and pronouns that are different from the ones we have in “real” life, but we aren’t using them in order to deceive anyone. In fact, we are re-creating ourselves in our own image in order to be seen for who we actually are. But that’s because I hang out with genderqueer/trans/two-spirit folks online.
The internet is where my genderqueer community resides right now. I moved away from Seattle a while ago. Since then, I’ve lived in a sea of black-and-white gender roles, and it’s a bit rough to be the only person I know in town who wants to float in shades of gray…
Oh yeah, and while we’re on the topic of Tumblr, here are some of Evan J. Peterson’s favorites.
