Just Plain Sarah

osolibre:

transitionsurrection:

FTM boyfriends (me on the left, osolibre on the right) getting rowdy and sassy in diva femme drag before going to a M.E.N. concert in a big red barn. I have a queen persona named “The Spirit of ‘76”, which involves wearing only that star-spangled vest with incredible knee-length fringe, booty shorts, and the highest platform heels I can find. Disco and revolution, yeehaw!

The bond of brotherhood that I have with him is deepened and strengthened by the fact that we both spent time as loud & proud queer femmes when we were female-identified. We both struggled with our transmasculinity, wrestled with the false dichotomies which suggested we were “giving up” or “rejecting” what we were so proud to embody as female people, as feminists! We talk about how nothing has been lost, here…we have the same queer hearts and strong love for our chosen family and deep solidarity with the struggles of all people. As I accepted myself as a trans man, I gained mental health, serenity, a chance to finally be comfortable in my own skin.

What a gift, to have the privilege of embodying fluidity, of listening to myself and summoning more bravery than I ever thought possible. When we femme up, we are not regressing. We know ourselves! We are working to explode the gender binary by intentionally revealing those diva goddesses we have the immense joy of knowing on an intimate level.

true love,

and a commitment to outrageous femme faggotry.

And that’s how you destroy the binary.