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transDoes anyone else here do drag or gender-etc performance, even/especially just amature stuff?
I'm a transman. I specifically and strongly identify as a man. But I'm also a glitter fairy, and to be honest, I love drag. In addition to a general wardrobe that tends to include items more shiny than those the average cisgender man might wear, I really love gender-type performance. I think part of it is almost a vindication, that I can be on stage and wearing clothing way more "feminine" than anything I was ever forced to wear, and *still* be on stage as a man in fabulous glitter and sequins.
But at the same time, I never want any performance I do to be demeaning to transwoman, or for it to give the impression that gender atypical clothing or behavior is itself never more than a matter of performance/acting/wardrobe. The shows I've been in so far have all been among friends at my old (very queer) school, where there was never much of a problem of the audience being confused. But I've since graduated and am out in the "real world" thing, and god damn, I would love to perform like that again. It would have to be really amature, given my tendency towards paralyzing stage fright, but still.
Do such venues exist? And how the hell would one go about trying to do performance that isn't unintentionally demeaning? I admit, I know a lot more about the ftm side of the spectrum, and all the difficulties surrounding drag king performance. What could I do, that might make it clear to a more "mainstream" audience that my performance is performance about ideas of femininity, not something mocking transwomen? What should I avoid?
I'm a transman. I specifically and strongly identify as a man. But I'm also a glitter fairy, and to be honest, I love drag. In addition to a general wardrobe that tends to include items more shiny than those the average cisgender man might wear, I really love gender-type performance. I think part of it is almost a vindication, that I can be on stage and wearing clothing way more "feminine" than anything I was ever forced to wear, and *still* be on stage as a man in fabulous glitter and sequins.
But at the same time, I never want any performance I do to be demeaning to transwoman, or for it to give the impression that gender atypical clothing or behavior is itself never more than a matter of performance/acting/wardrobe. The shows I've been in so far have all been among friends at my old (very queer) school, where there was never much of a problem of the audience being confused. But I've since graduated and am out in the "real world" thing, and god damn, I would love to perform like that again. It would have to be really amature, given my tendency towards paralyzing stage fright, but still.
Do such venues exist? And how the hell would one go about trying to do performance that isn't unintentionally demeaning? I admit, I know a lot more about the ftm side of the spectrum, and all the difficulties surrounding drag king performance. What could I do, that might make it clear to a more "mainstream" audience that my performance is performance about ideas of femininity, not something mocking transwomen? What should I avoid?