{"id":606,"date":"2009-04-28T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T22:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahdopp.com\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2009-04-29T10:06:25","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T17:06:25","slug":"sex-queers-and-finding-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahdopp.com\/blog\/2009\/sex-queers-and-finding-home\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sex, Queers, and Finding Home&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"juiz-outdated-message jodpm-top\">Heads up, this content is 17 years old. Please keep its age in mind while reading.<\/div><p>I recently spoke at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA about the &#8220;grey areas&#8221; of gender and sexuality. The event was sponsored by the school&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/getfeministd.blogspot.com\/\">FMLA<\/a> student organization (a feminist leadership group),   and we called the presentation, &#8220;Sex, Queers, and Finding Home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I mixed up the talk by telling my own story, talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genderfork.com\">Genderfork<\/a>, performing some spoken word pieces about queer identity, and answering questions.  Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Sheik1847\">Sheik<\/a> (one of my Genderfork volunteers), I have some pretty decent footage from the event, which I&#8217;m excited to share.\u00a0 (This is also one of my first ever attempts at video editing, so forgive the amount of time it took me to get it to you.)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s me answering some questions about where Genderfork came from and how it&#8217;s working&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_0d_fN7mbHw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_0d_fN7mbHw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>More telling stories and answering questions&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f35Dd80Ues8\">How do I approach someone when I don&#8217;t know their gender?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GoMG2970vFM\">About my queer identity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K9Y1ruFOYNs\">Androgyny and attraction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JL1mQdKsZOA\">Talking about my gender and my sexuality with my mother<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a spoken word poem that (sort of) clarifies my sexual orientation:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ddF45RlHOgg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ddF45RlHOgg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>More spoken word&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PzdOqxLvBQs\">&#8220;My Uncle&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CLYbkdZHryk\">&#8220;God Hunt&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fNonJnUH1Nw\">Reading selected submissions from Genderfork.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zzWAV1Dmqrw\">&#8220;Collision&#8221;<\/a> (not safe for work, see below)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tw6CbP4phW4\">&#8220;Chicago Blood&#8221;<\/a> (not safe for work, see below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last two pieces on the list are marked &#8220;not safe for work&#8221; because they talk about sex.\u00a0 This means you probably shouldn&#8217;t play them loudly at your office.\u00a0 It ALSO means that if you would rather I didn&#8217;t tell you about my sex life, you probably don&#8217;t want to watch them at all.\u00a0 Family members and professional colleagues: I&#8217;ll let you make your own call here. I&#8217;m including them because they were relevant to the talk.<\/p>\n<p>The night was a LOT of fun with a great audience that was so wonderfully engaged it was humbling. I&#8217;d do it again in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of which&#8230; if anyone else would like to lure me out to a microphone somewhere, please send me an email: <strong>info at sarahdopp dot com. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(note: if you don&#8217;t see two youtube videos embedded in this post, try reloading the page. thanks.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up, this content is 17 years old. Please keep its age in mind while reading.I recently spoke at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA about the &#8220;grey areas&#8221; of gender and sexuality. 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