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Jesse “I am genderfl... with one gender over another.

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“I am genderfluid:I portray whatever aspects of gender I feelare fitting at the time.I am whoever I want to be,and it's pretty damn awesome.”

Jesse is a biological male yet does not identify with one gender over another.

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Mike "I think gender ...d sign of an internal feeling.

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"I think gender is a continuum. We are both male and female at the same time - we have male and female characteristics, desires, and sometimes male and female body parts. We dress like both, make love like both, and want both as partners and as role models. Some are closer to one side or the other on the continuum, but everyone is both genders-- hether they say it or believe it or want it or accept it or not.

I am bi-sexual: a male in form. I love men and women. I shave everything because it frees me from a layer of masculine identity so that I can be closer to my mixed gender-self. I am proud and happy to be a man and would not change my body parts or core features that identify me. I like to feel part of my feminine side, and shaving everything makes me feel a little bit that way. It's about how I feel about myself and shaving is an outward sign of an internal feeling.

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Bernard "I view my an... decidedly confused."

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"I view my androgyny as a manifestation of the media. I am every gender and no gender simultaneously. Some days I wake up and want to be old and sometimes I want to be Hispanic. I find that I am more than gay by today's standards especially. I'm more than a cross dresser and more like an imitation of multiple cultures. I think my gender would best be described as decidedly confused."

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In Between & Outside II

Copyright Sara Swaty 2025

Updated Feb 2017

Location New York

Topics Activism, Conceptual, Environmental, Fine Art, gay, Gay Rights, gender, gender bender, gender identity, gender photography, Happiness, Human Rights, identity, in between & outside, in between and outside, Lesbian, Love, Personal, Photography, photojournalism, Portraiture, Sexuality, transgender

In Between & Outside is an ongoing series of portraits exploring gender identity and the body across a broad spectrum of individuals, primarily focusing on the transgender community. The works were created with an interest in how cultural preconceptions about gender have created unattainable ideals about masculinity and femininity.
Subjects range from those born into a gender they do not identify with, to transgender individuals who have physically transitioned and changed their bodies. The images aim to share the personal stories of a gender variant community while challenging stereotypes that LGBTQ+ communities face.

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