Richard JMV: Difference between revisions

| gender=[[genderqueer]]<ref name="Cook">{{Cite web |title=Richard JMV Is Authentically Genderqueer & Comfortable In His Skin |last=Cook |first=Michael |work=Instinct Magazine |date=11 July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021 |url= https://instinctmagazine.com/richard-jmv-is-authentically-genderqueer-comfortable-in-his-skin/}}</ref>, [[genderfluid]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CQv4jezFimX |title=I've waited so long to feel this comfortable in my own skin.|date=30 June 2021|access-date=15 July 2021|quote=I'm a gender fluid queer & love every second of my existence}}</ref>

'''Richard JMV''' is a porn star, dancer, and blogger based in New York. The initials JMV stand for "Joseph (my middle name), Michael (my Confirmation name), and Veronica, my alter ego", Richard said in a 2020 interview.<ref name="Thotyssey">{{Cite web |title=On Point With: Richard JMV |author= |work=Thotyssey |date=25 September 2020 |access-date=15 July 2021 |url= https://thotyssey.com/2020/09/25/on-point-with-richard-jmv/ }}</ref>

{{quote|I was always told by others to “dance like a dude” or “be a boy” & it made me feel uncomfortable, unsafe, & unwelcome. I was never one of the dancers even if I was one of the dancers. They were so comfortable in their bodies & I didn't realize why I felt awkward. It has a lot to do with me fighting my natural energy to give others what they wanted. [...] Through the pandemic lockdown, I discovered that I was [[genderfluid]], [[non-binary]], [[genderqueer]], or any other label you want to put on it, as long as it's respectful. I was terrified at first, not being around enough friends or my community to really get the warm hugs that I needed, but I had a makeup kit a friend gave me. I had time to reflect & work on myself. I had to to grow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/richard.jmvii/posts/4199412196820494|title=I cannot express what the last few weeks has done for me as a performer, advocate, sex worker, & a human being.|date=9 July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>}}