Outside the XY: Black and Brown Queer MasculinityOutside the XY: Queer Black and Brown Masculinity is an anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays and letters--all examining what it looks like, feels like, and is like to inhabit masculinity outside of cisgendered manhood as people of color in the world. Read these passionate, complex autobiographical glimpses into the many layers of identity as the authors offer olive branches to old and new lovers. This anthology is designed to be uplifting, as it considers and explores our masculine identities as non cis-gendered males, or those traditionally born with the "XY" chromosome. It is a radical act of self-love and affirmation. Outside the XY is a labor of love. |
Contents
A Outside the XY Why Not Chino Moon Hardin | |
J The Beginnings of bklyn boihood Morgan Mann Willis | |
Healing | |
E Mismanaged Masculinity or Why I Stayed Holiday Simmons | |
Acknowledgements | |
Common terms and phrases
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome asked baby beautiful become bklyn boihood black masculinity brown butch identity chest cisgender color comfortable Craigslist created cultural daughter experience eyes face father feel felt female masculinity feminine femme friends fuck gender binary gender identity gender non-conforming genderqueer Ghana Ghanaian girl hair Haiti hands hate healing heart heteronormative intersex Kgotso kids knew Kumasi laugh learned lesbian LGBT LGBTQ live look male masculine of centre MILs mirror misogyny mother move narrative never ourselves passed patriarchy person queer question real boy relationship remember sexual Shabbat shit skin smile someone sometimes space started Sthembiso stories stud talk taught tell things thought told tomboy Toshi Reagon trans transgender transman transmasculine truth trying understand voice walk wear white supremacy woman women womyn womyn of colour words Yom Kippur young