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About Me

As a gender variant visual artist I access 'technologies of gender' in order to amplify rather than erase the hermaphroditic traces of my body. I name myself. A gender abolitionist. A part time gender terrorist. An intentional mutation and intersex by design, (as opposed to diagnosis), in order to distinguish my journey from the thousands of intersex individuals who have had their 'ambiguous' bodies mutilated and disfigured in a misguided attempt at 'normalization'. I believe in crossing the line as many times as it takes to build a bridge we can all walk across.
Femmes of Power: Exploding Queer Femininities
Del LaGrace Volcano & Ulrika Dahl
Serpent's Tail Press
release date: July 31 2008 (in the UK, release date for the US TBA)
What is femme? THINK YOU KNOW? French for woman? A feminine lesbian? A queer girl in a frock? Think again! Going beyond identity politics and the pleasures of plumage, Femmes of Power is a photographic tribute to a diverse range of queerly feminine subjects whose powerful and intentional redress explodes the meaning of femme for the 21st-century.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People who are able to look at themselves beyond the mirrors reflection. People who want to make a difference in the world! If that includes you let me know.

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My Blog

Re: What Obama Means to Me. . .

I've been having strange new feelings for the past 36 hours, feelings I've never had before in my life! For the very first time I am proud of the country I was born in. Is this patriotism? Is this wha...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:50:00 GMT

RE: QUEERS, RACISM & COMMUNITY

Stockholm Pride has come and gone, as has my 50th birthday. So finally I have time to focus on current as well as new projects. Being part of a queer community is important to me, especially as one wh...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:05:00 GMT

Re: Life Goes On

One week short of two months since my mother, Jeannine Della Grace, died. I've been to California to attend and officiate at her memorial service, which was amazing. I've been to London and to Manche...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:33:00 GMT

My First FEMME Icon

I met my first femme when she was only 17. She was the most amazing and powerful person in my world. Born as Della Jeannine Grace on the 18 August 1939 in Independence, Missouri, she died as Jeannine ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 23:46:00 GMT

Re:My first FEMME

Jeannine Della Grace's Memorial Day will be held at The House of Desire, Los Berros California from 11am-4pm. If your life was touched by hers please come. Let's tell our stories and celebrate he...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:30:00 GMT

Re: Gender, Genitals and Public Space

For those of you who don't know me or aren't clear about how I identify, genderwise, let me just say that I see myself as a herm, as a custom blend of male and female social, sexual and physiological ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:11:00 GMT

Shades of GREY

A (white) friend of mine recently returned from New York City and we started to discuss the subject of racial integration within queer social networks and how NON-integrated most spaces are, one ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:44:00 GMT

Re: I am blogging now

What is the point of blogs? Do other people really want to know about the internal thoughts I have? Or is it simply a way for 'ordinary' mortals to pretend to be syndicated columinists with millions o...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:34:00 GMT