Trans* normalGanz normalTrans* ist normalGanz normal Doch nicht in die Norm gepresstTrans* ist nicht abnormalDoch ab-seits von Normen Hin- und hergerissenZwischen den äusseren aufgezwungenenUnd inneren empfundenen SchliesslichFreiheit und Leben gewählt Trans* normalIst normal jenseits der NormTrans*parentTrans*zendent Die Norm des trans* seins Ist das Mensch sein
LGBTQIA
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Ein Schnitt, nur einerVielleicht zweiUns wird er nicht weh tun –Deinen Schmerz spüren wir nicht Nur ein kleiner SchnittNormalisiertEin kleiner Schnitt mit dem SkalpellKorrigiert die imaginären InkongruenzenSpätere Schmerzen und Leidsieht man nicht –Bleib still, sei still! Was zählt, ist das rechte Einsortieren ins SystemMit SystemMit System –Geschnitten, entnommengenäht, gekürztVerabreicht, begutachtetkatalogisiert, pathologisiert Brutal vergewaltigt durch ein … Inter(geschlechts)Text weiterlesen
On being mixed race
Is there a countryfor those of us who are mixed race?or maybe even a continent, a whole planet?The country I grew up indid not want meall the words I heardBlack, Carribean, Jewish, Indigenous,North African, white Too black, too this, too thatN-word flying,together with insults,fists, leather belts and sticksa bloodied nose and bruisesat the end of … On being mixed race weiterlesen
I’m not your Fetish.
I am unapologetically Tsalagi and Taino.I am Indigenous.I am Black.I am Jewish, too. I am Intersex.I am ftm.I am Asegi. I am a lot of things, and can be a lot of things.But I am nobody's fetish and refuse to be fetishized - be it for my race, skin color, for being trans or intersex … I’m not your Fetish. weiterlesen
Sovereign
My body is mine – SovereignSovereign as Mother Earth But my body has been colonizedby strange ideasof what isand should be and how and whatand could and can and shouldand what and may and not Like a coyote after the rainI shake my furshaking them outthey don't belong to me I am my own expertand … Sovereign weiterlesen
1 or 2 hours on my bed
1 or 2 hours on my bedcracks and fissures in my wall appearbreaking downas you are showing mehow beautifulintimacy can bebuilding trust Your touch went further than my skinYour touchlike electricityhas made feel aliveremote parts of me Feeling youentering mewith gentleness and ardorHas begun chasing out some of the painyour kissesa sweet caress Where beforeintimacywas … 1 or 2 hours on my bed weiterlesen
Ella* in Berlin
Gasoline poured over living skinset ablaze in an act of desperationas silent screamsspeak of endless discriminationthat no-one wanted to seewhilst colleagues pass on nudesand laugh about her name Silently, in front of the warehousein an ultimate political actNot there in Iran,not there in Ukrainenot there somewhere far awaybut right here in Europeright here, in fucking … Ella* in Berlin weiterlesen
Just daydreaming
I know that this is notlike choosing a shirt in a catalogueor checking pointson a list of variables And yet,if you exist,if I ever meet you,I'd love You to be sensual and humourousspiritual and intelligentinvolved and activeloving my spicy foodand breathing fresh mountain airloving me for who I amwith my perks andoccasional crazinessmy transnessand my … Just daydreaming weiterlesen
We are sacred
If you say that God did not create intersexlet me sayyour godis not mine If you say that Satan made intersexlet me say thatI don't believein your mighty Satan either If you say thatbeing trans is a disease to cureand that your God will take careof my problemlet me say that I'm perfectly fine If … We are sacred weiterlesen
Trans man, trans man…
I have a strong sense of self, of who I am - but I often lack the vocabulary to convey it to others who might ask. To make it easier, I simply say that I am a trans man. Yet I feel that this is not completely correct. Yes, I am ftm trans, my pronouns … Trans man, trans man… weiterlesen