Karson Coker 🇺🇸

Part 3 These are serious questions we, as the LGBTQIA+ community, need to address before we put on events that could be seen as micro-aggressions towards others within our inclusive walls. However, the real issue we must address is the event's purpose. Is it to better educate the Gainesville Community on men, women, or both, or neither? If so, are the proceeds going to a charity? If it’s not educational and simply entertainment, then what group is it degrading for our entertainment? Should PETA get involved? After all, people are animals, and animals always identify as people. Why is money involved? After all, money is simply a social construct, particularly one of straight cis men, and therefore should be excluded from our inclusiveness.

Part 2 What if a trans man (female at birth) or trans female (male at birth) wants to dress up as he/him/she/her/they/them/ce/cir/co/cos/cy/cyr/ey/eir/hey/heir/ne/nir/qui/quis/sie/hir/tey/teir/xe/xyr/xie/hir/yo/yos/ze/zir/ve/ver selves? Is it a parody of “women,” then, or should it be more serious? Can we even call it “men dressed as women” without stereotyping women in a highly sexist way? Should some of the outfits be more business casual, or should we really empower birthing people and have the entertainers wear pantsuits like Queen Kamala? What about our fellow two-spirits? How is it best to honor them in a ceremony? Should we have a few straight cis individuals dress as simply straight cis individuals?