You might know this line from Leslie Feinberg’s book Transliberation: “Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.” I’m not sure what sort of relationship you have with poetry. (You’re probably not sure what poetry has to do with clothes.) To me, poetry and gender share a meaning(…)
*Feature image via This Is The Dream Dear Robin, When I came out to my mother, at the age of 22, she cried for days, and then called me up to tell me, “Well, I always knew you were gay.” These words made me unbelievable angry. When I was growing up and struggling with my(…)
*Feature image via clararea.tumblr.com In St. Louis the temperature is boomeranging between the lower 80s and the mid 50s, and the hotter days have me dreading summer already. Summers in this city are sweltering in a way that makes people want to take off their skin entirely, and I am no exception. I feel it(…)
Inspired by “Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Identities,” our new series “Dress Smart” will be featuring masculine-of-center genderqueer and transmasculine dapperQ academics. “‘Stylin’ out.’ That’s how Monica L. Miller, an associate professor of English at Barnard College, describes the way black people have used dress to expand definitions of blackness, gender, and sexuality. Men in(…)
A few months ago The Test Shot, a project I run with my friend LGW on transmasculine style, was interviewed by Rae Tutera here on dapperQ. Towards the end of the interview we were asked to give some advice to our fellow dapperQs. My answer was this: “You can dress braver than you feel.” Strangely,(…)
*Feature image via Marimacho. Swimwear available for purchase. As a kid, my parents enrolled me in swimming lessons every summer, so much so that I was almost convinced they wanted me to grow up to be a fish. The summer before sixth grade I was even on the swim team, but I refused to compete(…)
Welcome to our second installment of Love, Light, & Eating Right with our resident gourmet, Sebastian Flowers. Recipe 2: Watermelon Jerked Tofu with Lemon Cauliflower & Almond Chard Medley Total Time: 50 min Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins 4 Servings Ingredients: 2 Hard Silken Tofu 2 cauliflowers 1 Red Pepper 1 Green(…)
*Feature image via Fozzie 320 Flickr Dear Robin, Two weeks ago I met an amazing woman on OKcupid.com. We met for tea/coffee on the first date, then had a nightcap two days later, where we made out in her apartment and cuddled till 5am. In my eyes she’s my dream girl: classic beauty, sophisticated, brilliant(…)
dapperQ is excited to announce that we have added a lifestyle section to our website to provide a platform for our community to showcase their other talents (other than being stylish) and for our readers to get support that is not being provided on other sites. Topics covered under lifestyle include Health + Fitness, Relationships(…)
*Feature image via Dykes In The City (DITC) Relationships are not easy for us dapperQs! I mean, how do you make a standout profile on O-Gay-Cupid? Or, is online dating even for you? How do you date when you’re sober? And, what about navigating poly relationships? via Functional Femme Whether you want help putting together(…)