Rae Spoon: Difference between revisions

472 bytes added ,  1 year ago
m
Bot: adding archive links to references (error log).
imported>TXJ
No edit summary
m (Bot: adding archive links to references (error log).)
 
(2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Rae-Spoon-Nov-2013.jpg|thumb|200px|Rae Spoon in 2013.]]
{{Infobox person
| picture=Rae-Spoon-Nov-2013.jpg
| caption=Rae Spoon in 2013
| date_birth=
| place_birth=
| nationality=Canadian
| pronouns=[[they/them]]
| gender="gender retired"
| occupation=musician and writer
| known_for=
}}
'''Rae Spoon'''  is a Canadian musician and writer who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.
'''Rae Spoon'''  is a Canadian musician and writer who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.


After a decade of living as a trans man,<ref>{{cite web|title=He said/she said?|last=Alberta|first=Linda|work= SEE Magazine|date=2003-05-08|archive-date=2007-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022043241/http://seemagazine.com/Issues/2003/0508/mus1.htm|url=http://seemagazine.com/Issues/2003/0508/mus1.htm}}</ref> Spoon noted a preference for the pronoun "they" in 2012 during an interview with cartoonist Elisha Lim, a fellow advocate for the gender-neutral pronoun.<ref name="NMP">{{cite web|title=Elisha Lim and Rae Spoon: Talking Shop|work=No More Potlucks|date=January 2012|url=http://nomorepotlucks.org/site/elisha-lim-and-rae-spoon-talking-shop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826104057/http://nomorepotlucks.org/site/elisha-lim-and-rae-spoon-talking-shop/|archive-date=26 August 2019}}</ref> They explained to Now Magazine, "after years of fighting to be called 'he,' the idea of coming out again made me tired. But now I feel kind of rejuvenated, ready to fight on some more. I think the 'they' pronoun is a pretty cool thing. It's letting a lot of people not have to identify as a man or a woman. Whatever it means to them."<ref name="Gillis">{{Cite web |title=Rae Spoon: Powerful album reignites the pronoun debate |last=Gillis |first=Carla |work=NOW Magazine |date=26 January 2012 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://nowtoronto.com/music/rae-spoon/}}</ref>
After a decade of living as a trans man,<ref>{{cite web|title=He said/she said?|last=Alberta|first=Linda|work= SEE Magazine|date=2003-05-08|archive-date=2007-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022043241/http://seemagazine.com/Issues/2003/0508/mus1.htm|url=http://seemagazine.com/Issues/2003/0508/mus1.htm}}</ref> Spoon noted a preference for the pronoun "they" in 2012 during an interview with cartoonist Elisha Lim, a fellow advocate for the gender-neutral pronoun.<ref name="NMP">{{cite web|title=Elisha Lim and Rae Spoon: Talking Shop|work=No More Potlucks|date=January 2012|url=http://nomorepotlucks.org/site/elisha-lim-and-rae-spoon-talking-shop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826104057/http://nomorepotlucks.org/site/elisha-lim-and-rae-spoon-talking-shop/|archive-date=26 August 2019}}</ref> They explained to Now Magazine, "after years of fighting to be called 'he,' the idea of coming out again made me tired. But now I feel kind of rejuvenated, ready to fight on some more. I think the 'they' pronoun is a pretty cool thing. It's letting a lot of people not have to identify as a man or a woman. Whatever it means to them."<ref name="Gillis">{{Cite web |title=Rae Spoon: Powerful album reignites the pronoun debate |last=Gillis |first=Carla |work=NOW Magazine |date=26 January 2012 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://nowtoronto.com/music/rae-spoon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604150036/https://nowtoronto.com/music/rae-spoon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


They co-wrote the book ''Gender Failure'' with [[Ivan E. Coyote]].
They co-wrote the book ''Gender Failure'' with [[Ivan E. Coyote]].
Line 9: Line 19:
"I'm going by 'they' now. I'm gender retired. I'm no good at gender."<ref name="NMP" />
"I'm going by 'they' now. I'm gender retired. I'm no good at gender."<ref name="NMP" />


"I was tired of often being expected to perform a male role because my pronoun was 'he.' After so many years fighting to be called 'he' and having people ask me when I was going to modify my body (physically [[transition]]), I realized that for me being trans is not about being read as a man or changing my body. I am happy with the body that I have. What I'm unhappy with is the way things are gendered by society in general. I don't feel like I want to carry out a male or a female gender role. Gender-neutral pronouns made sense to me personally and felt like the right decision."<ref name="tumblr 2012">{{Cite web |title=Instead Of An Interview With Xtra |first=Rae |last=Spoon |work=Rae Spoon Tumblr |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://raespoon.tumblr.com/post/15242754277/instead-of-an-interview-with-xtra}}</ref>
"I was tired of often being expected to perform a male role because my pronoun was 'he.' After so many years fighting to be called 'he' and having people ask me when I was going to modify my body (physically [[transition]]), I realized that for me being trans is not about being read as a man or changing my body. I am happy with the body that I have. What I'm unhappy with is the way things are gendered by society in general. I don't feel like I want to carry out a male or a female gender role. Gender-neutral pronouns made sense to me personally and felt like the right decision."<ref name="tumblr 2012">{{Cite web |title=Instead Of An Interview With Xtra |first=Rae |last=Spoon |work=Rae Spoon Tumblr |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://raespoon.tumblr.com/post/15242754277/instead-of-an-interview-with-xtra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331125606/http://raespoon.tumblr.com/post/15242754277/instead-of-an-interview-with-xtra |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


==Links==
==Links==
Line 19: Line 29:
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


[[Category: Canada]]
[[Category: Nonbinary people]]
[[Category: Nonbinary people]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spoon, Rae}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spoon, Rae}}
1,235

edits