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  • Gender[queer],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 25 – Quasi-review: Nabeshirts / ナベシャツ Binders

    June 17, 2014 / No Comments

    Nabeshirts (ナベシャツ) is a Japanese brand of chest binders that is of exceptional quality and comfort, backed by top-notch customer service. i cannot recommend them enough…! they are difficult to order for those who do not know Japanese, but for those who do and/or for those who live in Japan, i highly recommend them. for your convenience: —– TIME POINTS —– @00:00 – intro blurb @02:53 – Nabeshirts: a brief intro @04:01 – sizing dilemma (size S or size SS?) @06:37 – putting on a binder for the first time @07:33 – omg so tight @10:24 – exchanging sizes @13:19 – quasi-review: start! (Nabeshirts X + Hybrid) @22:59 – increased chest dysphoria from binding? ——- LINKS ——– Nabeshirts/ ナベシャツ – http://www.nabeshirt.com/

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    Vesper H.

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    October 7, 2016

    01.12.2018: T Day à la Snapchat.

    January 12, 2018

    National Geographic: “Gender Revolution” (Japanese Edition)

    January 11, 2017
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness]

    maverique: why i coined the word

    June 16, 2014 / 2 Comments

    there are words being coined for this and that all the time, especially on Tumblr, so i feel like i should explain why i’ve coined the word “maverique” and why i feel like the word “neutrois” is no longer enough for me. before i begin, however, i want to make it clear that i am NOT coining a gender identity. i am simply coining a word and applying it to an already existent gender which the English language currently lacks a word for. genders themselves are not coined nor invented. my gender has never changed; i have always been the gender that i am. what’s changing is the word i use to describe that gender because now, finally, i have a word that is more accurate. i have identified as neutrois for over a year… why am i changing that now? how is maverique different and why is neutrois no longer enough?

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    December 30, 2016

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  • [Random] Thoughts,  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness]

    “maverique” v2.0

    June 15, 2014 / No Comments

    [ edit: please see the reworded definition here. ] a faded yellow, white and orange pride flag on which black text reads: maverique /mav ˈrēk/ franglais coined by Vesper H. from the English eponym “maverick” and the French suffix “-ique”. pronounciation is “mav-REEK”,  rhyming with “antique”. a non-binary gender characterized by autonomy and inner conviction regarding a sense of gender which is unorthodox, unconventional and entirely independent of conventional concepts of gender. this is an updated description of maverique with the (current) design of the maverique flag faded in the background for ease of reading. i’m trying to keep things shorter and concise compared to the last version, but in doing so i feel like i may be making this more difficult for others to understand…. feedback would be much appreciated. :/

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    September 12, 2017

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    January 27, 2019

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

    November 15, 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,…

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    December 30, 2016

    2015 in selfies

    December 17, 2015

    ….so i did a doodle.

    March 19, 2013
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    QAC 22 – LGBTQ J-Magazines: Garçon Girls + Novia Novia

    February 10, 2014 / No Comments

    so i got my hands on a couple of really interesting Japanese magazines and decided to make a video about them in the middle of a snowstorm when i was dead tired. what the hell was i thinking? sorry for the crappiness of this video! それともビデオが日本語じゃなくて英語で録画して、ごめんね!日本語が難しすぎからだ。(´Д`)

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    May 22, 2017

    mission Read All The Queer Manga

    December 18, 2016

    my collection…

    March 7, 2013
  • Gender[queer],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 21 – Gender Identity & Feminism

    January 3, 2014 / No Comments

    i’ve never identified as a feminist and yet when it came to questioning my gender identity i somehow felt guilty for wanting to identify as anything other than my assigned gender, ie female. was i betraying myself? someone else? women everywhere?? i guess my relationship with feminism was and will always be more complicated than i’d thought. surely it’s not just me?

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    January 3, 2019

    Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2015 (4/26/15)

    May 10, 2015

    thank you

    November 28, 2017
  • [Random] Thoughts

    SIGH.

    January 1, 2014 / No Comments

    …it’s really depressing thinking about all the money i’m going to have to save up and then spend just to do away with something that i don’t need nor want. …and then it’s depressing thinking about all the people out there who’d love to have this thing that i don’t need/want. SIGH.

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    December 17, 2015

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    July 31, 2016

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    January 6, 2018
  • Gender[queer],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 14 – Anatomy and Gender Presentation

    August 18, 2013 / No Comments

    in this video i talk about how my anatomy (biology) affects my gender presentation/the clothing i wear. as a short, FAAB (female assigned at birth) neutrois person who dresses androgynously, shopping for clothes has always been a problem….

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    March 19, 2018

    the maverique flag

    June 16, 2014

    and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. 

    July 27, 2017
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 10 – Gender Dysphoria & Body Mods

    July 6, 2013 / No Comments

    i think that dealing with dysphoria is all about owning the situation– taking control of the things that you do have at least some control over and doing what makes you happy. for me at the moment, that involves getting a septum piercing. 😛 i happen to like certain body mods, but body mods aren’t for everyone.

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    October 12, 2015

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    March 17, 2016
  • Gender[queer],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 08 – Non-Binary Social Dysphoria (Body, Hair, etc)

    June 14, 2013 / No Comments

    i.e. why society makes me want to bind my chest, chop off my ass and cut off my hair.

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    October 12, 2015

    QAC 65 – 1 Month on Low Dose HRT | Non-Binary | Mental Health || The T Files #005

    February 12, 2018
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VESPER H.

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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

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