I do not entirely know if
I identify as NeuroQueer, but I wanted to go ahead and discuss the Queer
part of NeuroQueer.
What does it mean to be Queer ? What is the purpose of
Queerness ?
[Here is a picture of someone's hand signing the letter Q in ASL. Can't see the rest of the person.]
For me, I use the literal meaning of queer as in strange, odd.
Queerness is strangeness or oddness. Okay.
The meaning of Queerness as taken tends to mean not being
heteronormative and not being cisnormative.
But doesn’t disability and race run up against
heteronormativity and cisnormativity?
I am a Black bisexual trans woman. If I were to be a Black cis
straight man, I am quite sure that heteronormativity and cisnormativity would
be barriers for me anyway because of my learning disability, my severe to
profound sensineural deafness and my cerebral palsy.
How does my short term memory issues and mild cognitive
limitations conflict with the tenets of heteronormativity and cisnormativtiy?
How does my being Deaf conflict with the tenets of
heteronormativity and cisnormativity?
How does my wheelchair using, non-ambulatory status conflict
with the tenets of heteronormativity and cisnormativity?
How does my Blackness and the racialization of Black
masculinity conflict with the white supremacist forms of cisheteronormativity?
Queer community, this is a discussion we need to have - a vital
one - so that our intersectional complexity can show.
I personally define Queerness as not being cisheteronormative
and/or who desire to resist the cisheteronormative society.
Even in the situation which I outlined just now, I believe that
I can be straight and cis and queer because my life in my intersections is not
supported by the cisheteronormative society with regard to my Deafness, my
learning disability and my cerebral palsy.
I think that queer experiences that we have are all unique and
situational and should be respected, recognized and acknowledged.
--Kylie Brooks
Hello all! I inviite everyone to discuss this stuff. You can comment here or e-mail me at kylie.brooks@mail.com if you're uncomfortable commenting publicly. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteVery thought provoking, thank you Kylee Brooks, I will re-read this for sure.
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