In-Forum.com – Kim Winnegge, The Forum
Jonah feels like he needs to censor himself constantly. He worries he is simultaneously invisible and conspicuous.
As a local graduate student in Fargo, Jonah prefers to identify as “genderqueer,” a term he defines as a gray area between male or female. He prefers the pronoun “s/he,” and says he doesn’t always know which box to check on standardized forms.
Jonah is part of the transgender community in Fargo-Moorhead. Transgender is a term that covers transsexuals, cross-dressers and others whose outward appearance does not match their gender at birth.
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If you go:
– What: Transgender Day of Remembrance
– When: Today, with a brown bag lunch discussion, “I Knew My Gender When….” at 12:30 p.m., community vigil and a viewing of “Boys Don’t Cry” at 7 p.m.
– Where: NDSU Memorial Union
– For more info: www.gender.org/remember/day/