I’m watching every lesbian film ever made (Updates posted regularly)
Better than Chocolate This movie is extremely cheesy, but I love it. For its time, it does a great job of portraying queer and trans experiences, although it's pretty heavily white. The film also leans heavily on stereotypes, but they approach them with some depth and...
Grieving the end of singing
You can’t live on joy, on applause. You can’t eat adoration. You can’t live in a concert hall. And my heart couldn’t bear losing another family after every gig. The universe did her best to keep me going. Who knows, maybe my big break was around the corner, and I just had to hang on a tiny bit longer, just one more audition. I guess I’ll never know.
Coming Out
Coming out was not about finally realizing who I was; it was about realizing that there were other people that did not feel the way that I did, that there was language to name how I felt, and that I was not alone.
I'm RC,
a white genderqueer leatherdyke, and the founder of Queerit, a queer, feminist, anticapitalist design agency. I speak, write, and work for the well-being of queer and trans folks, and I dream of strong unions, universal basic income, and a police- and prison-free society.
PERSONAL ESSAY | Not what I seem: How I discovered I was non-binary (CBC)
When I am referred to as “she,” I still feel excluded, invisible, misunderstood. This is a feeling that I do my best to transform into energy to educate would-be allies.
To answer the question: “Do you still sing?”
I have learned that there is a difference between my physical voice, and my voice in the broader sense. I have mastered my physical voice – all the nuances, the breaking points; learned the ways my voice likes to move and blossom. There is freedom and joy in the practise of using my voice in that way on stage. But I needed something more.
The reason you don’t believe me #metoo
In order for you to believe us,
You are going to have to learn to forgive yourself.
And that is the hardest thing you’ll ever do.