People often speculate about my place in the queer community. Am I trans? Am I a gay man? Am I a drag queen? Am I an alien? What category do I fall into? I work at Re-bar and Pony, so I get asked these things all the time. Since people constantly press the issue, let me just answer right up front: I fall into the gender nonbinary category. But I don’t think it matters what category of queer you fit into. There’s still sooo much work to be done, and we’re going to have to do it together.
I moved to Seattle from Colorado 15 years ago. Not much to say about Denver, where I grew up. It’s there. My grandma was an opera singer who gave up her career for marriage and kids. My mother and father were actors and singers who met in an all-black musical production of The Hobbit. I was an arty kid who grew up around music, dance, and theater.