• QAC on YouTube
  • QAC on Tumblr
Queer As Cat

gender・ sexuality・ race ・intersectionality

  • Home
  • About
    • About QAC
    • About Vesper
  • Photos
    • Instagram
    • Tokyo Rainbow Pride
      • 2014
      • 2015
      • 2016
      • 2017
      • 2018
  • Resources
    • Asexual POC Resources
    • #LGBTQIA in Japan
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • About QAC
    • About Vesper
  • Photos
    • Instagram
    • Tokyo Rainbow Pride
      • 2014
      • 2015
      • 2016
      • 2017
      • 2018
  • Resources
    • Asexual POC Resources
    • #LGBTQIA in Japan
  • Contact

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to the QAC blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. :)

Twitter

My Tweets

Instagram

No images found!
Try some other hashtag or username
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Art[sy Fartsy],  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness]

    “yellow as a maverique”

    June 25, 2014 / No Comments

    disclaimer: this overly simplistic graphic is in NO WAY meant to illustrate nor erase the numerous and diverse genders that exist. JUST OVERSIMPLIFYING FOR EASE OF UNDERSTANDING, FOLKS! …had to put the disclaimer on the image itself as well because i know eventually Google will pick it up, separating it from this post and the context needed to view it with.

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    QAC 19.5 – Life Update: Thank you! + Names + Japan

    November 15, 2013

    willpower, sweat, and tears

    January 30, 2020

    whiteness as default

    December 10, 2017
  • Art[sy Fartsy],  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness]

    the maverique flag

    June 16, 2014 / No Comments

    this is the flag that i’ve designed for maverique, the gender i’ve recently coined. the “short & sweet” explanation of the colors is: yellow (#fff344): primary/elementary* gender; non-binary gender white (#ffffff): autonomy; independence orange (#f49622): inner conviction; maverick but of course there is much more to the meanings and color selections than that. yellow is a primary color (see: subtractive color / CMYK), meaning that it isn’t obtainable from combining any other colors and thus is entirely independent from the other primary colors, cyan (blue) and magenta (pink). *i feel that this is the perfect analogy for maverique’s relationship to male/masculinity and female/femininity. yellow is also often associated with non-binary gender. white represents autonomy or independence from the gender binary and even from the spectrum of colors (genders) created by combinations of cyan/blue (male/masculinity) and magenta/pink (female/femininity). white represents the figurative blank gender slate upon which maverique is based. orange represents the deep, burning inner conviction that a maverique feels in…

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    pen. ink. paper: journaling as self-care

    January 27, 2019

    insert self-indulgence here.

    August 16, 2017

    and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. 

    July 27, 2017
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Art[sy Fartsy]

    “the faces of Vesper”

    June 8, 2014 / No Comments

    one day the locs that frame my face will be gone and i can’t help but wonder if i’ll even recognize my own face without them— they’ve become such A Thing. either way, the love-hate relationship with my hair continues for now…

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    fuck your Oppression Olympics

    September 15, 2016

    this quote though

    November 7, 2015

    “Dyke Deck” by Catherine Opie

    November 20, 2016
  • [A]sexuality,  Art[sy Fartsy],  Japan[ese],  Queer[ness]

    Asexy Aces at Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2014 (04/27/2014)

    May 7, 2014 / No Comments

    in the beginning there were but three of us, but by the end there were five. 🙂 three of us actually met in a meetup thread on AVEN where i instigated our meetup and sign making for #TRP2014. then while walking in the parade it just so happened that L, who was walking behind us, happened to be ace herself! after the parade i was lucky enough to catch up with SHYNAMITES, whose non-binary pride sign i’d passed during the parade. when i asked to take zir photo, ze told me that ze’s asexual too! D; ah, it was a great day… note: photos #1, #3 and #4 taken by editingatwork and used with permission. (see also: the #TRP2014 photo gallery)

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    botched allyship & language barriers #TRP2017

    May 11, 2017

    Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2016 musings

    May 15, 2016

    my collection…

    March 7, 2013
  • [A]sexuality,  Art[sy Fartsy],  Gender[queer],  Japan[ese],  Queer[ness]

    photos from Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2014 (04/27/2014)

    May 7, 2014 / No Comments

    #TRP2014 was awesome! met lots of awesome people  and had an all around great time. 🙂 as seems to generally be the case at Prides, there seemed to be a huge under representation of everything but the L, the G and cross dressers, but what representation i did find made me extremely happy. above is a shot of the one non-rainbow flag that i saw (..ok, i did see a huge bear flag, but that doesn’t count) and i was lucky enough to meet and get a photo of a fellow non-binary ace! also, a couple of friends and i added to the diversity and inclusiveness of the event with our Asexual Pride sign, which we held with pride in the parade. ( see also: #TRP2014 photo gallery ) 

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    QAC 34 – Distancing Yourself From Family

    February 16, 2015

    #asexual pride shirt

    October 27, 2013

    “i am asexual”

    February 12, 2013
  • Art[sy Fartsy],  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness]

    GENDER.

    February 16, 2014 / No Comments

    GENDER it isn’t black & white no matter how much you want it to be …i made this for several reasons. it bothers me when i see someone’s gender identity being ignored, erased or invalidated for any reason*. it bothers me when i see people bitching about there being “too many labels” just because they themselves lack the need for them. it bothers me when i see people both within and outside of the LGBTQIA community (esp. within the genderqueer and non-binary communities) trying so hard to define this and that that they begin to paint things black & white, oversimplifying things to the point of erasing the shades of gray that so many people actually find comfort in. it bothers me when someone feels that they have the right to tell someone else that they aren’t the gender that they identify as because they don’t want to transition medically,…

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    *scribble scribble*

    September 15, 2016

    #TRP2015 準備完了

    April 25, 2015

    DIY ace flag, anyone?

    May 6, 2016
  • [A]sexuality,  Art[sy Fartsy],  Queer[ness]

    romantic orientation pride

    May 29, 2013 / No Comments

    ….lazily made these because i have yet to see any pride-related things regarding romantic orientations. what are romantic orientations? see this video.

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    Black Mirror: “San Junipero”

    July 6, 2017

    QAC 66 – Split Attraction Model: Opting Out Of Romantic Orientations || Grayromantic | Asexual

    March 12, 2018

    Documentary Explores The Reality Of Being Black And Gay In The Church

    November 14, 2015
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Art[sy Fartsy],  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness]

    ….so i did a doodle.

    March 19, 2013 / No Comments

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    『[4コマ]☆Xジェンダー☆』

    July 31, 2016

    …i just did something bad.

    September 9, 2017

    commentary: “Where Is The Asexual Representation in LGBTQ Pride?”

    June 10, 2017
  • [A]sexuality,  [Random] Thoughts,  Art[sy Fartsy]

    “i am asexual”

    February 12, 2013 / No Comments

    05/23/2018 edit: *continues to scratch head* @2013 Vesper

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    spotted: LGBT 101 on Japanese TV

    February 21, 2015

    spotted: same-gender marriage feature on Japanese news

    October 12, 2015

    on the discrepancy between “asexual” in English & Japanese and confusion regarding demisexuality.

    May 12, 2017
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Art[sy Fartsy],  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness]

    genderfuck

    February 7, 2013 / No Comments

    want to know more? see: Wikipedia: Genderfuck “Genderfuck and Ignorance” by Zoe Aleshire

    continue reading
    Vesper H.

    You May Also Like

    …so this happened at TRP today.

    May 7, 2016

    them gay enbian feels

    October 16, 2016

    endings & beginnings. ?

    April 2, 2019
3456

VESPER H.

YouTuber & Blogger

Queer As Cat is the blog and YouTube channel of Vesper, an American expat currently living in Japan.
reoccurring topics include: #asexuality, #nonbinary, #queerness #blackness & #mentalhealth

Subscribe

Stay up-to-date with notifications of new posts by email.

Recent Posts

  • literal “social distancing” from the ace community April 1, 2020
  • legalized weed in America: one of many chips on my Black shoulder March 7, 2020
  • willpower, sweat, and tears January 30, 2020
  • 🎬 QAC 79 – The Neverending Queer-y: My Queer Ace Journey || LGBT YouTube & COPPA January 4, 2020
  • #YouTubeIsOverParty: COPPA & The Hypocrisy of YouTube December 15, 2019

Categories

Time Machine

Tags

ace anon aromantic asexual asexuality asks bi feedback gender gender identity genderqueer identity intersectionality intracommunity issues i rant when i'm tired japan LGBT lgbt in Japan LGBTQIA life in japan maverique me non-binary nonbinary in Japan opinion personal problematic things QPOC queer questioning random thoughts sexuality stuff i made terminology this has been a Vesper original this is my life tired Vesper is tired trans transgender vlog Xジェンダー youtube セクマイ 外人の目から見た日本 日本

Categories

Instagram

No images found!
Try some other hashtag or username

Follow QAC

© Queer As Cat 2013 - 2025