Questioning the Gender Binary?

I have submitted some of my photos and an essay to jpgmag.com:
http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/12659

Please stop by and vote for my photos and story to be included in the next issue if you feel it is up to par. Or please feel free to make any suggestions on how to improve it since I wrote it at 12:30 AM in between migraines.

My apologies for not updating this site more regularly. I am still on the mend.

Blessed be,
Sean-Michael
the man behind the lens

Alternatives

Unconditional Love? - 2007 - Phoenix, AZ

Human Be-ing - 2007 - Phoenix, AZ

Alien - 2007 - Phoenix, AZ

Shining - 2007 - Southern Californian visiting Phoenix, AZ

These pictures were taken at Alternative Health and Wellness to highlight the fact that sometimes people see us through our words, sometimes they see us despite our words, but we are all human no matter our gender identity or presentation. At the end of the day, we all bleed red. My thanks to those who allowed me the use of their picture.

If you would like to be photographed for this project and will be in Phoenix, AZ on the first friday of February, stop by Alternatives Health and Wellness at 8 PM where I will be having tea and taking pictures until the first friday drum circle begins down the way.

Boy oh Boi!

BOI - Phoenix, AZ - December, 2007

More than meets the eye - Santa Fe, New Mexico

And if you'd like your pictures or words about gender to be up here, send them or a request to be photographed by Sean-Michael to humans4equality@gmail.com

Merry Christmas, Spread HOPE not Pope

This is going to offend some people, but you know I was offended when the pope compared me with a terrorist, so I decided to get Jesus on the line:



Think about it.

And if you'd like your pictures or words about gender to be up here, send them to humans4equality@gmail.com

Trans - whatever

Transgender, Transexual, Trans-Whatever!

Gender DiverCity is an attempt to look at gender through the lens of our words, and how we present ourselves. Whether you are female, male, intersexed, or something completely different, black, white, yellow, purple, etc. I want to photograph you. Read the FAQ at the side of the page to find out more.

Check back each week for another photo update!
And considering the theme directly relates to it, please also check out today's entry at http://humans4equality.blogspot.com/2008/12/equali-t.html

I'm Butch!

No matter what your gender identity or presentation, we want you! Or at least your photos. So take a picture or a video about your gender identity and send it to humans4equality@gmail.com with the subject line of "Gender DiverCity" and look back here each week for new pictures and videos!

Eye Respect U, Protean

The above photo is just one of many taken on World AIDS Day, for Humans4Equality.blogspot.com Please take a picture or video about what rights you want and need, and send it to humans4equality@gmail.com no matter what your background or beliefs, if you want equal rights, stand up and be counted! New photos and videos are posted to Humans 4 Equality as often as daily, depending on how many photos are taken or sent in. So keep it going, send in your photos now!

And here's another Gender Divercity photo:

Jamison Green - Protean, author of Becoming a Visible Man.

Gender DiverCity is an attempt to look at the diverse humanity in our world through the lens of gender identity and presentation.

I want to photograph all humans be they red, yellow, black or white, gay, straight, bi or otherwise, square, triangle, or circle, whomever you are.

If you would like to have your photo taken, please read the Frequently Asked Questions. You can find them by clicking on the link on the right hand side of the Gender DiverCity Blog.

And keep looking back, this blog is updated once a week

The Human Element

When we look at our fellow humans so often we see right through them. And every once in a while there is an interaction that really touches us indelibly and leaves an impression. But through all our differences, there is a human element effecting and shaping the world around us. Stop and take a moment to really look at the people you encounter today, and find what you have in common. Because it's the human element that really matters. Today's pictures were taken at Glendale Community College on November 22nd.







If you would like to be represented on humans4equality.blogspot.com just send in your human picture/s to humans4equality@gmail.com

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Thank you to the ASU Students for putting on such a beautiful day of remembrance, and for their participation in the Humans4Equality project. 31 humans whose names we know were killed this year for being transgender, and others go unknown, but all are remembered. www.transgenderdor.org

Humans at the Larame Project

November 22nd hundreds gathered at Glendale Community College's performance arts center to support the college for putting on the Larame Project. GCC decided to perform the Larame Project in honor of the 10 year anniversary of the death of Matthew Shephard. They were told that a church preaching hate of gays would show up to protest the event, the same church whose pastor is represented in the play, the Larame Project. Instead, all you could see outside GCC's Performing Arts Center were hundreds of students, H.E.R.O.s and other supporters. Sometimes standing silently in memory of matthew shephard and the very first angel action which took place at his funeral...sometimes singing Amazing Grace or some other hymnal, these people shared the love. Thank you to the students and faculty of GCC for standing firm and holding their play despite the threat of Fred Phelps attendance. And thank you to those two lovely ladies in the back working lights and sound who so often go unnoticed.

These 2 Humans were working lights and sound at the Larame Project

Transarchist Pride Don't forge the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Check out www.transgenderdor.org to find one near you.

We love those H.E.R.O.s!

Milo from 1 Voice, a local JC's LGBT student group

Phoenicians, Nov 20, 2008

No matter who you are, or what you look like

Kindel and Bear

Bonnie

Humans4Equality are all over the world. If you would like to show your wish for equal rights for all, send your picture to humans4equality@gmail.com

I'm holdin' out for a HERO!

Community Church of Hope, HERO planning meeting - Nov 19, 2008

David - Phoenix Clarendon - Nov 19, 2008

Melissa (HERO Communications Liason) - Nov 19, 2008

Alan - Phoenix, Clarendon - Nov 11,

HERO in the front row - Nov 19, 2008

For more information go to be-a-hero.us

National Impact, National Humans for Equality

Check out the National Day of Impact Numbers list on wetpaint! With all those people out, some of you must have gotten your picture taken holding a sign up about equal rights. If so, send them in to humans4equality@gmail.com and we'll add them to the blog.

Just as you'll see below, in these pictures of various people, from a diverse set of backgrounds, all humans who believe equal rights are for all.

Keep on keeping on people. Visit jointheimpact.com to find out how you can get involved in your city. Or if you're in Arizona go to be-a-hero.us Because we are all Human and Equal Rights Organizers when it gets down to it!

Thank you Sister Bearie, my sentiments exactly!

No matter what you look like, who you are, or who you love, all humans should have equal rights and representation under the law. Preach it Sister!

We need more humans 4 equality

As people get used to having a humans4equality blog of their own, I am reposting the humans4equality posts here today and every day this week, although it can also be seen over on http://humans4equality.blogspot.com. Next Monday Gender DiverCity will resume posting once a week, but I will continue posting to Humans4Equality as often as I have photos sent in to humans4equality@gmail.com, up to once a day.

No matter your background, age, gender, orientation, race, or religion, the human race needs you to stand up for equal rights and protections for all people. This is not a black and white issue, it's a human rights issue. Stand with us (or sit with us) and send in your human picture. Just take a photo of yourself, or have a friend loved one take it for your, and send it to humans4equality@gmail.com. Be the change you want to see in the world. Show your love and support the way you want to be shown love and support.

Here are some photos of just a few of the over 5,000 humans of all stripes from the Equal Rights Rally h8 102 protest in Phoenix, AZ on Saturday Nov 15th. Please send in your photos from various Equal Rights rallies along with your human4equality photo and we'll be happy to post them here.

All Humans - We the People includes Gays

Equal Rights are not Special Rights

Civil Rights NOW

Mike and his partner Erik have been together 16 years

Erik - Love is NEVER Wrong - Nov 15, 2008

Be a H.E.R.O.

Be a H.E.R.O. (Human and Equal Rights Organizer) met tonight to discuss what is happening in Arizona, and specifically Phoenix. Plans were made, ideas, discussed, passion shared, and volunteers signed up for some specific tasks for the near future, including making angels wings to support the Larame Project over at Glendale Community College. If you want to learn more, go to www.be-a-hero.us, and if you are in Phoenix, stop by the Community Church of Hope, 4121 N. 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013 at 6:30 PM on any Monday or Wednesday to be the change you want to see in the world.

Several people from the Be A HERO meeting allowed Sister Mischif (see photo on left) to take their picture, and we now share their images here. Thank you to each and every person who has participated in this project, showing the world the diversity of the U.S. population. Please keep sending in your human pictures!






If you sent in a human picture of your own and haven't seen it here, keep checking back. We still have more photos from livejournal members, people at the various Join the Impact Rallies, and more from Be A HERO. Keep on sending in your photos to humans4equality@gmail.com and I will keep adding more photos to the blog each day!