Shortandqueer #8: I Am Not Unreasonable

Shortandqueer #8: I Am Not Unreasonable

by Kelly Shortandqueer Author

This issue is a little less light-hearted than the previous ones. Although previous issues dealt with things that were equally hard to experience and describe, in this issue Kelly makes it clear that he has a tendency to hide his pain with humor. So this time around, he's trying not to smooth things over the way he usually might. Kelly addresses an email he received in which he was referred to as a she. After writing the person and asking them to use male pronouns, the person responded that they had a fluid idea of gender and made no promises. This is an interesting look at all of the questions that interaction raises about gender fluidity, and where Kelly's boundaries are. Kelly fills most of this issue with 6 years worth of selected journal entries that trace the progression of his changing gender identity.