What Does It Really Mean to Be Non-Binary? | Xtra Magazine
In tracing toward the queer, I am tempted to suggest that autistics embrace the death drive, that we roll with our entelechial destruction and kaboom all the things.
Melanie Yergeau • Authoring Autism
The problem, then, is that seeking transnormativity does very little to actually address or dissipate transphobia. By making people forget that someone is trans, it also means they don’t have to confront the anxiety, fear, or anger that arises when someone destabilizes the binary understanding of gender.
Anne Helen Petersen • Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
slash explores the possibility of existing outside of those categories, of combining elements of masculinity and femininity into a satisfactorily whole yet constantly fluid identity.