Seeing Like A Butterfly: Beyond The Gender Binary

By Mikey Prizmich Even the strongest LGBTQQIA advocates I know, struggle with the T part. Trans-gender. Transgender means identifying as a man, woman, both or neither. It’s not about the chromosomes and genitals you were born with. It comes down to the gender you feel like you are. Older people have a harder time with this idea, but my generation is less likely to make assumptions about gender. The problem with the gender binary is that it excludes. How can someone progress and be part of society if they don't feel like they belong? I think people who see gender as just male or female is kind of like seeing in black and white. Understanding gay is like seeing in normal color. With transgender its like adding a whole other color cone, like how a butterfly sees. There is life beyond the binary.  People just have a hard time seeing it. [audio mp3="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.youthradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/YR_MikeyPrizmich_Trans_KCBS.mp3"][/audio]

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Video Credits: Directed by Mikey Prizmich Filmed by Mikey Prizmich, Chaz Hubbard, Jenny Bolario, Luis Flores  Edited by Mikey Prizmich, Luis Flores  Produced by Chaz Hubbard Music by Luis Flores Special FX by Jenny Bolario Actors: Krystal Swan, Jenny Bolario Special Thanks To: Ollie Renee Schminkey Sasha Fleischman Rachel Lin Bus Bench Stranger  Rafael Johns