CN Lester: Difference between revisions

| gender=[[trans]] & [[genderqueer]]<ref name="transethics">{{Cite web |title=Trans Brilliance: CN Lester on Music, Psychology, Gender, and Activism |author= |work=TransEthics |date=26 April 2015 |access-date=11 May 2020 |url= https://transethics.org/2015/04/26/trans-brilliance-cn-lester-on-music-psychology-gender-and-activism/}}</ref>

They have experienced much [[transphobia]] in the classical music scene, saying "I've actually experienced quite a lot of discrimination finding tutors and applying for courses, being held back by people who were so sure their transphobia was acceptable that they were quite open about it to people I knew. They didn't see that they were in the wrong – they thought I was wrong for daring to apply."<ref name="Lees">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Genderqueer performer CN Lester |last=Lees |first=Paris |work=PinkNews |date=11 March 2011 |access-date=11 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/03/11/interview-genderqueer-performer-cn-lester/}}</ref>

{{quote|People who transgress gender norms, and gendered language, are hardly a new phenomenon. How we refer to ourselves, and how society refers to us, is constantly changing this is just one more small shift of many. Using trans-­friendly language doesn't have to be hard, although it might take a bit of getting used to it can be pretty exciting, to see how flexible, accommodating and inventive our language can be.<ref name="Nunn">{{Cite web |title=Is it time we agreed on a gender-neutral singular pronoun? |last=Nunn |first=Gary |work=the Guardian |date=30 January 2015 |access-date=11 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2015/jan/30/is-it-time-we-agreed-on-a-gender-neutral-singular-pronoun}}</ref>}}