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

    ? QAC 78 – 1yr+ on T: Japan vs America | Planned Parenthood | Intermusc vs SubQ Injections || The T Files #011

    September 8, 2019 / No Comments

    as an AFAB non-binary person with zero interest in "passing" as male, i never thought that i'd still be on HRT nearly 2 years after having started… and yet here we are.

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    Vesper H.

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    this quote though

    November 7, 2015

    sigh.

    July 23, 2017

    identity politics leave little room for agency; a thought.

    July 21, 2017
  • Gender[queer],  Q&A,  Queer[ness]

    Q&A: “do you have any opposition to non-medically transitioning nonbinary people using…”

    March 6, 2016 / No Comments

    anonymous said: do you have any opposition to non-medically transitioning nonbinary people using transgender as an identity term? saw your ask with the project person and am wondering i’m not against anyone identifying as transgender. a person’s desire to transition (or lack of desire to transition) says nothing of their identity as a trans person. my response in the post in question was strictly speaking of my personal relationship with trans identity. i totally stand in solidarity with anyone, non-binary or not, who identifies as trans but does not want to (or cannot) transition medically or otherwise. 🙂

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    Vesper H.

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    QAC 09 – The Binding Dilemma

    June 24, 2013

    more Sailor Moon Crystal fanpersoning #SCREAMING

    May 17, 2016

    01.12.2018: T Day à la Snapchat.

    January 12, 2018
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 47 –  Re: “Transitioning” in Japan / Body Mods & Dysphoria || Tea & Word Vomit

    February 28, 2016 / No Comments

    Queer As Cat (the channel) is about to turn 3 years old and (miraculously) reached 4k subscribers last week…! and for some reason i feel like taking this channel back to old times where i casually vomit words at you in a single, raw take. to make this word vomit a bit more digestible, here’s the gist of what i talk about with time points. 00:00 – tea tea tea 00:33 – 4k subscribers omg 02:05 – financial stress: why i’ve made some changes to the channel 05:30 – rethinking “transitioning” in Japan 10:51 – body mods & dysphoria: how the two are linked for me 15:35 – tea or coffee: which do you prefer? as always, thank you for watching. 🙂

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    Vesper H.

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    gossip 〜 the first gay culture cafe in Tokyo

    August 24, 2016

    …i just did something bad.

    September 9, 2017

    missiles and tweets.

    August 28, 2017
  • Gender[queer],  Japan[ese],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 33 – (Not) “Transitioning” As Non-Binary in Japan

    December 30, 2014 / No Comments

    apologies for this video being incredibly long– there was lots to address and i still didn’t cover everything! in this video i talk about my current intentions re: social and medical/physical “transitioning”, why i personally don’t care for the term “transition”, why i won’t be doing anything while in Japan, why “transitioning” as a non-binary person is different from “transitioning” as a binary person and lots more. please bear in mind that this really isn’t meant as an educational video, but maybe it’ll be informative nonetheless…? =================== TIME POINT INDEX =================== @00:00 happy holidays! @00:20 why i don’t look forward to 2015 @02:22 why i don’t care for the term “transition” @04:48 TMI & trigger warnings –SOCIAL TRANSITION– @05:20 what is social transition? @06:36 social “transitioning” as non-binary @07:03 name change abroad, name dysphoria @09:01 coming out in Japan @11:13 gender marker change + bathrooms in Japan @12:39 voice training,…

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    1978 Call Out Culture Is Fierce…! lmao

    November 26, 2018

    QAC 24 – Labels: Why They’re Important + Why I Use Them

    March 17, 2014

    gender feels; racial trauma.

    December 6, 2017
  • Gender[queer],  Japan[ese],  Mental [Un]health,  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 29 – (Not) Coping + 3 More Years in Japan

    August 24, 2014 / No Comments

    coping with dysphoria and being in the closet is tough for anyone, right? but as things are now, am i really coping at all or am i just setting myself up for disaster in the future? after all, going through life numb to your own feelings and thoughts can’t be a good thing… and on top of this, i’ve just signed a contract sentencing myself to 3 more years of dysphoria and life in the closet. i must be insane?

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    them gay enbian feels

    October 16, 2016

    transphobia & non-binary erasure in Japanese media

    March 17, 2016

    “boy? girl? NO! neither.”

    April 1, 2015
  • [A]sexuality,  Black[ness],  Gender[queer],  Queer[ness],  YouTube[r]

    QAC 28 – On “Blackness”, Queer Identity & Intersectionality (a rant)

    July 14, 2014 / No Comments

    i’m all over the place in this video. i rant about my personal experiences with the policing that takes place within the black community, concepts of “blackness” (and in turn, “whitewashing”) in the black community, being a black asexual, fears of transitioning as a black non-binary person, being black abroad and intersectionality, to varying degrees. i’m sure i’ll get ill feelings directed at me for some of the feelings and views expressed in this video, but whatever. my feelings and experiences are what they are and they needed to be (and deserve to be) expressed. that said, got your own personal experiences with race/ethnicity and sexuality/gender that you’d like to share? i’d love to hear about them. 🙂 sigh! this is why i don’t generally talk about this kind of stuff. “too much feels”…

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    Vesper H.

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    Black Mirror: “San Junipero”

    July 6, 2017

    fuck your Oppression Olympics

    September 15, 2016

    Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2016 musings

    May 15, 2016
  • [Random] Thoughts,  Gender[queer],  Mental [Un]health,  Queer[ness]

    that feel when…

    June 28, 2014 / No Comments

    ….you think about how impossible it is to “pass” as a non-binary person.

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    Vesper H.

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    June 26, 2014

    “…what it means to become America’s boogieman”

    July 12, 2017

    QAC 44 – Dear White People: About “People of Color” (POC) | A Rant

    December 20, 2015
  • [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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    Vesper H.

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    …one of many examples of why navigating セクマイ / LGBTQIA spaces in Japan can be painful at times.

    October 7, 2016

    “yellow as a maverique”

    June 25, 2014

    gossip 〜 the first gay culture cafe in Tokyo

    August 24, 2016
  • [Random] Thoughts,  YouTube[r]

    QAC 20 – Aspirations, Goals & More For 2014

    December 29, 2013 / No Comments

    goodbye 2013 and good riddance! in this video i talk about my goals for 2014, including coping with depression/dysphoria through cycling, getting connected with Japan’s LGBTQIA community and saving money for a hysterectomy. i also talk about my (lack of) transitioning and my new name! a huge THANK YOU! to all of my followers and subscribers! there’s undoubtedly lots more videos to come in 2014. 🙂

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    Vesper H.

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    May 25, 2016

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    January 2, 2017

    Snapchat rant #163

    July 2, 2016

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

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