So that thing I did – where I was interviewed for a news piece about the LIRR gendered ticket policy? The piece is up and can be found on the WFUV website, linked here:
SHOULD THE MTA GET RID OF GENDERED PASSES?
I originally asked that ‘they’ be used as my prefered pronoun, but the editor thought that might have changed the impact of the piece. I tend not to get too fussed about pronouns as long as people are being respectful, so I agreed to ‘he’ in the piece. We had agreed to ‘gender nonconforming’ as the description for my gender identity which is accurate – well as accurate as single lable can be. Besides, “Male-bodied non-binary gender-nonconforming trans-feminine” sounds like I order my gender at Starbucks. 🙂 Also, I wasn’t thrilled about the “… when he started wearing women’s clothing and makeup …” as I don’t think I had described things quite that way, but it was minor to the story.
Overall I was pleased with how the piece turned out – especially as this is the first time I had done anything like that. Thanks to Suzie Xie for contacting me and allowing me to be a part of her report.
So, have a listen if you like and maybe let me know whay you think. 🙂
Wandering Aloud 