Genderqueer: an auto-ethnographic report from the frontier of Trans*
Channel: Dominic Davies
Date: 2014-06-04

Alex Drummond - Psychologist - Psychotherapist, 
On the borderlands of gender, intentionally inhabiting a space she defines as 'explicitly trans*' - and thereby not 'passing' but 'being', the author reports back on the findings of three years of being out' as a trans-female. So, what are the possibilities and realities for a new generation of people in the C21st contemplating options lived beyond the gender assigned at birth?

What might the experience of a genderqueer trans-activist, especially one presenting female on a male frame, tell us about social attitudes to gender expression and definition? How might it inform our practice as clinicians in the field?

And if 'transsexualism' has to some extent an established anthology of research to call on, what do we actually know of the experience of non-surgical transition, and specifically the new and emerging identities that sit beyond hegemonic gender binaries?

This paper offers a unique insight into those uncharted waters: drawing on personally derived data Alex will set out to answer those questions from a subjective-reflexive position. www.talkmebetter.co.uk