INDEX
Blog posts, in reverse consecutive order.
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2024
Coming to Terms With It 12/1/24
Presentation at SUNY / Old Westbury 11/16/24
Speaking Engagement: SUNY / Old Westbury 11/10/24
Self Dissatisfaction 10/23/24
Reprising a Theme: Querying as Fiction 8/25/24
Calling it Something 7/25/24
Within the Box -- First Request for a Full 6/26/24
Status Update -- Querying WITHIN THE BOX 6/16/24
Political Grammar 5/11/24
Coursework: Writing One's Proposal 4/9/24
MetaNostalgia 3/11/24
BOOK REVIEW -- *Detransition, Baby* by Torrey Peters 3/6/24
Of Dolls and Lipstick and High Heels and Skirts and Stuff 2/12/24
My First Psychiatric Incarceration, Told and Retold 2/1/24
Reflection in a Different Mirror 1/24/24
Author Notes, January 2024 1/3/24
2023
REVIEW: Cyrus Dunham's *A YEAR WITHOUT A NAME* - A Nuanced and Eloquent Trans Narrative 12/10/23
Genderqueer Gets Reviewed... by, umm, I think, an AI ?!? 11/29/23
Transgender Lack of Awareness Week 11/16/23
An Expanded / Revamped Scene 10/7/23
Update -- Status of *Within the Box* 9/27/23
Using People for Sex 9/16/23
BOOK REVIEW - Tomboy by Lisa Selin Davis 9/3/23
Dear "Ask the Literary Agent" Columnist: 8/24/23
Left 8/18/23
Positioning 8/9/23
Querying Author's Wish List 8/6/23
My Tendency to Dissent 7/31/23
The Emotional Knife Edge 7/19/23
Best Books List / General Update 7/17/23
Querying 6/30/23
Synopsis of *Within the Box* / Querying has Begun! 6/17/23
Maleness 5/31/23
The Comparable Titles Game 5/21/23
First Draft of Query Letter for *Within the Box* 5/7/23
Homophobia 4/30/23
Polishing and Procrastinating 4/23/23
BOOK REVIEW -- In Silence I Speak, by Mary Elizabeth Van Pelt 4/15/23
BOOK REVIEW -- *The Boy in Makeup* 4/7/23
The Psychiatric Connection 3/28/23
The Advocate [excerpt from WIP *Within the Box*] 3/18/23
An Action Scene (from WITHIN THE BOX) 3/9/22
'A Lack of Self-Awareness' -- *Guy in WS Gets Reviewed* 3/1/23
Differentiation 2/22/23
The Paradox of Male Identity & Bonding 2/10/23
Another Book Review of *Guy in Women's Studies* + Still Seeking Beta Readers 2/4/23
Self Defined 1/23/23
An Open Letter to my Gender Critical Colleagues & Friends 1/16/23
2022
2022 PostMortem on *That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class* & Etc 12/17/22
Audiobook 12/3/22
An Interior Monologue Snippet 11/25/22
Excerpt Snippet: Employment Discrimination 11/16/22
The Coarseness of Our Accommodations 11/7/22
A Little Flashback Sequence 10/28/22
Progress on Book 3 / Scene: Dispute with my Case Worker 10/21/22
Present Tense / Present Intense 10/13/22
Excerpt: Reminiscing about Malcolm 10/6/22
Nursery School via First Grade 9/18/22
Walking the Tightrope 9/13/22
Going on Offense 9/5/22
The Words That We Use 8/28/22
Gender and Its Variants 8/17/22
Author Thoughts / Possible 3rd Book 8/8/22
On Being a Non-Transitioner 7/29/22
BOOK REVIEW -- Black & Bold by Kelvin Mosley 7/23/22
It's All About the Sexuality 7/15/22
Patriarchy 7/6/22
Cultural Appropriation 6/22/22
Plumbing 6/14/22
Being Eight 6/6/22
Separatism, Safe Spaces, and The Other 5/25/22
Reviews Coming in for Guy in Women's Studies 5/17/22
My First Royalty Checks (book one -- GenderQueer) 5/10/22
Abortion Rights 5/3/22
BOOK REVIEW -- In Search of Pure Lust by Lise Weil 4/27/22
SUNY @ Stony Brook: Where the Story Takes Place (Part III) 4/21/22
SUNY @ Old Westbury: Where the Story Takes Place (Part II) 4/13/22
Creedmoor Psychiatric: Where the Story Takes Place (Part I) 4/6/22
Floor Problem 3/26/22
Identity: Joining, or Formulating? 3/19/22
Dear NeuroDiverse Comrade: 3/12/22
Wordle of That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class 3/2/22
Trunk Novel 2/24/22
It's Here! My Second Book is in Print! 2/15/22
Guy in WS: I've Got the Cover! 2/5/22
Identity, Words, and Concepts 1/31/22
Passing Phase 1/25/22
... And Then One Day Their Eyes Met; or, Nice Guys, revisited 1/19/22
A Gender Blogger and Author Takes Stock 1/11/22
2021
Being a Child, and the Politics Thereof 12/29/21
Guy in Women's Studies -- Final Author's Edits sent in 12/14/21
Anatomy and Identity 12/7/21
Dear Feminist Colleagues: How would YOU address it? 11/29/21
Fence 11/21/21
A Short History of Distinguishing Gender from Sex 11/14/21
Author Lecture and Reading at SUNY / Old Westbury 11/6/21
BOOK REVIEW - UNCOMMON SONS by Bruce W Bishop 11/1/21
Being Out 10/23/21
All Politics is Interactive 10/17/21
Personal Style, Presentation and Flair: Patched Jeans 10/9/21
Author Event - Los Alamos Author Tells a Story From a Different Closet 10/3/21
BOOK REVIEW -- Chameleon: A Memoir by Michael Caputo 9/24/21
Listen to a Different Voice 9/18/21
Kitten Robe II 9/10/21
What It Was Like Coming Out: An Ominous Bus Ride 9/3/21
A Letter to my Socialist Friends and Colleagues 8/27/21
The Amazons' OTHER Brothers: Encounters with Other Male Feminists 8/19/21
Identity and The Passage of Time 8/12/21
Feminist Says Men's Plight Isn't Feminists' Responsibility 8/5/21
What If I'm Wrong? 7/29/21
Unsafe Spaces 7/22/21
BOOK REVIEW: *Across the Green Grass Fields* by Seanan McGuire 7/15/21
A Choice in the Matter 7/8/21
Gender Situation, Compared to Sexual Orientation - and Gaslighting 6/30/21
To Oppose Patriarchy: It's Different For Men 6/23/21
Being Weaponized 6/15/21
Representation 6/8/21
Signalling and Signification 5/29/21
Advertising the Book: Positioning 5/20/21
The Expression of Interest 5/13/21
Mansplaining Gender; or Sissifying Feminism5/5/21
Feminists as Transgender Activists 4/27/21
My book, *GenderQueer* - One Year in Print! 4/20/21
The Whole "Being Sexy" Thing... 4/14/21
Trappings. Presentation. 4/7/21
Part of the System 3/31/21
Outsider Radical Feminist 3/23/21
Social 3/9/21
BOOK REVIEW: Birdie and Me, J. M. M. Nuanez 2/28/21
On Being Oblivious 2/18/21
TERF Wars: Feminists Against Gender and Transgender Warriors Against TERFs - Conclusion 2/11/21
TERF Wars: Feminists Against Gender and Transgender Warriors Against TERFs 1/31/21
Panel Discussion of GenderQueer! (on YouTube) 1/16/21
Kramers Bookstore Panel Discussion of Hunter's 'GenderQueer' 1/16; Attend via Zoom! 1/10/21
Eleven Pipers Piping - Bleak Midwinter Quiltbag Funfest! 1/3/21
2020
Pivoting 12/26/20
Gendered Expectations 12/16/20
The Tomato Manifesto 12/6/20
A Couple More Reviews 11/29/20
I Presented at Santa Fe Public Library 11/22/20
Author Event with Allan D. Hunter -- Santa Fe Public Library 11/15/20
Sexual Dimorphism and Gender 11/9/20
The Personality as Political 11/1/20
The Future (or Lack Thereof) of Gender 10/24/20
BOOK REVIEW: Ciel, by Sophie Labelle 10/17/20
I Get a Really Nice Interview! FiftyShadesOfGender! 10/11/20
Gender-Critical, Transgender, Gender Inversion, & Transsexuality Conference 10/5/20
Thoughts From a Song: Running Up That Hill 9/28/20
Queer of Gender, Cis of Sex (Guest Post on Ramona Mead's Blog) 9/18/20
Review / Interview in QueerPGH! 9/12/20
Umbrella 9/5/20
I Get Reviewed by the Taos News! 8/30/20
Social Justice and Defunding the Police 8/24/20
Los Alamos Home Town Newspaper Reviews My Book 8/14/20
My Query-letter and Elaboration for the Proposal 8/7/20
Two New Reviews from Book Bloggers 8/1/20
Kitten Robe 7/24/20
Hey, Sister... 7/17/20
Diversity Versus Community 7/11/20
Femininity in Contrast to Femaleness 7/4/20
I've Finished Book Two! That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class! 6/27/20
Just 6/20/20
My Book's First Review in an LGBTQIA+ Publication 6/12/20
Gender Invert, or Nonbinary Trans? 6/6/20
Interviewed for a PodCast - Off The Cuffs 5/29/20
BOOK REVIEW: XOXY by Kimberley Zeiselman 5/23/20
I Want My Two Months Back 5/15/20
Diminishing Returns 5/9/20
I'm in Newsday! (aka Mainstream Press Coverage); + More Reviews 5/2/20
Sex vs Gender: A Working Definition? 4/25/20
The Inadequacy of Straight / Gay / Bi 4/18/20
Identity and Identification 4/11/20
A Bouquet of Reviews of My Book 4/3/20
Anatomy of a Review: Karen Bernard's LAKESIDE 3/28/20
Binary 2.0 3/20/20
Now It's Real: I'm in Print!! 3/12/20
That's Not Very Nice 3/5/20
I've Been Reviewed! 2/28/20
Androgyny & Unisex vs Being Differently Gendered 2/22/20
Unveiling: Author's Web Site (genderkitten.com) 2/14/20
Sexual Attraction and BodyShapes 2/7/20
REVIEWS - Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Green & Levithan) and My Razzle Dazzle (Todd Peterson) 1/30/20
It's a Date! 1/23/20
Oppression 1/16/20
Polarized Echo Chambers 1/7/20
2019
Accommodations 12/28/19
Unintentional Gatekeeping 12/20/19
Memes and Message Themes 12/14/19
Review: GenderQueer by Maia Kobabe 12/6/19
The Amazon's Brother 11/30/19
Bookstores and Libraries and Community Centers, Oh My! 11/23/19
I've Got the Cover! 11/15/19
TERF Wars (Part Two) 11/8/19
TERF Wars (Part One) 11/1/19
Attention Seeking 10/26/19
Pre-Typesetting: Final Author's Edits 10/19/19
False Dichotomy 10/11/19
Genre Variant 10/5/19
Reality and the Physical Sex Binary Thing 9/28/19
Transition is a Transitive Verb 9/21/19
Clarifying Gender Inversion 9/13/19
Tréjà Vu - I Have a Publisher for my Book! 9/5/19
Polyamory and the Self-Actualized Sissy 8/29/19
A Diagnosis of Dysphoria 8/23/19
The Sissy and the Stigma of Sexual Interest 8/17/19
To Gender or Not To Gender? 8/8/19
Tomboys 7/28/19
Masculine 7/22/19
Progress on THAT GUY IN OUR WOMEN'S STUDIES CLASS (Book II) 7/13/19
Sex, sex, sex, sex! 7/6/19
"Do you think I'm a Demigirl, or more BiGender?" (etc) 6/29/19
Seventh Grade 6/22/19
A JunePride Mea Culpa: My Homophobia 6/15/19
Split Identity 6/8/19
Depression 6/1/19
Compassion and Tenderness 5/24/19
The Art of Talking Past Each Other 5/17/19
Church and Sunday School 5/11/19
Skirting the Issue 5/4/19
Why I'm Not a Lesbian 4/27/19
My Pronouns 4/20/19
Britten & Crozier's ALBERT HERRING, performed by Utopia Opera 4/7/19
Sexual Feelings, and How They Affect Interaction 4/6/19
What's in a Name? 3/30/19
Workplace Acceptance 3/24/19
BOOK REVIEW: Sissy, by Jacob Tobia 3/16/19
Revisiting the Wydens: The Assault on Sissyhood 3/9/19
REVIEW: Boy Erased 3/2/19
Brushing the Dust off Book #2 2/24/19
The Overton Window 2/14/19
Querying 2/10/19
Critical Mass: Chicken or Egg Questions 1/30/19
Betwixt the Clergy and the Sissy-Femme Males 1/23/19
Singing the Sissy Femme Blues 1/16/19
Sex Versus Gender 1/9/19
In a Southern Small-Engine Repair Shop 1/2/19
2018
Altercasting and Presenting 12/26/18
Skirt 12/19/18
So Many Labels! 12/9/18
REVIEW: DePression Pink by Alice Klugherz 12/4/18
Difference and Marginalization 11/26/18
If You Could Be... 11/18/18
Almost Quit My Job... 11/12/18
Summarizing a Life 11/5/18
My Mom 10/30/18
About the Whining Thing... 10/21/18
Arguing Against Someone's Identity-Label is a Form of NOT LISTENING 10/14/18
Sex and Gender and Cognitive Dissonance 10/7/18
Not Trans Enough? 9/29/18
Different Strokes 9/18/18
Fitting In, or Not 9/13/18
Beyond the OTHER Binary 9/2/18
The Arrogance of Claiming to Be a Social Change Activist 8/26/18
Sexually Predatory Males, Gender Inversion, and the #MeToo Movement 8/19/18
A Lit Agent Considers My Book - LIVE! 8/12/18
More Plastic Surgery on the Book 8/5/18
Demisexual 7/30/18
Physical Morphology, Assigned Sex, and the Binary 7/11/18
re: My Manuscript is in the Shop Again 6/27/18
Defining Gender Inversion 6/18/18
BOOK REVIEW -- If I Was Your Girl 6/14/18
My Manuscript is in the Shop Again 6/7/18
The Coming-Out-Genderqueer Story: It's Something Else 5/29/18
The Art of the Coming Out Story: Seeking the Sweet Point 5/22/18
The Complex Problem of Dealing With the Oppressors 5/14/18
REVIEW: I Am Not an Easy Man 5/7/18
Gender Fluidity 4/29/18
Finding Your People / Coming Out: Genderqueer Compared to Other LGBTQIA Identities-Part One 4/23/18
Theybies 4/15/18
Update on My Get-Book-Published Endeavors 4/10/18
Sixth Grade 4/3/18
Chivalry 3/26/18
MOVIE REVIEW - A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) 3/19/18
Gender as a Verb: Identifying and Assigning 3/13/18
It's a Nice Thing 3/5/18
Urban Left, Rural Conservatism: Red/Blue Social Politics 2/27/18
A Possible Repositioning 2/19/18
Thoughts After a Year of Posting 2/12/18
Identifying: The Act of Saying "We" 2/5/18
re: Catherine Deneuve says men should be 'free to hit on' women 1/29/18
Querying Again 1/23/18
Brother? 1/15/18
The Femmy Boy's Guide to Flirting 1/8/18
Oppressor Guilt 1/1/18
2017
One Year of Weekly Blogging 12/26/17
Sissy Spring - Scrapbook of My Coming Out, in 1980 12/19/17
Masculinity on a College Campus 12/11/17
Masculinity and the Blue Collar Everyday-Joe Thing 12/4/17
BOOK REVIEW: You Play the Girl by Carina Chocano 11/27/17
A New Request for a Full 11/20/17
What If There Are No Differences Between the Sexes? 11/13/17
The Interplanetary Tourism Board Wants Your Help 11/6/17
Looking at Sexy People, and Being Looked At 10/30/17
Some People See Me as THE STRAIGHT DOPE 10/23/17
Deja Vu All Over Again: IT'S OFFICIAL ONCE MORE - My Book's NOT Going to be Published!! 10/16/17
The Damage Done 10/9/17
A Late Change 10/2/17
High School Reunion -- 40 Years Since Graduation in 1977 9/25/17
BOOK REVIEW - Dalí by E. M. Hamill 9/18/17
Third Grade 9/11/17
What's the Desired Outcome? 9/4/17
Anonymous Conversation: Old Piece of Writing 8/28/17
Publicity - Ramping Up 8/22/17
Identifying as GenderQueer -- Personal Evolutionary Timeline 8/16/17
BOOK REVIEW - Queen Called Bitch, by Waldell Abraham Goode 8/7/17
Albuquerque: Where the Story Takes Place (Part II) 7/30/17
Similes, Metaphors and Gender Identities 7/24/17
INTERVIEW: Author E. M. Hamill 7/18/17
BOOK REVIEW: The Simplicity of Being Normal, by James Stryker 7/9/17
Los Alamos: Where the Story Takes Place (Part I) 7/2/17
My Favorite Rejection Letters 6/26/17
About Radical Feminism 6/18/17
Accidental Outing 6/11/17
Pride Month and the Politics of Identity 6/4/17
Not Tripping the Light Fantastic 5/26/17
OK Dammit, Let's Get One Thing Straight... Ermm, I Mean Established... 5/20/17
re: Not Having Sex on the First Date 5/13/17
Deja Vu: It Looks Like I Might Have a Publisher... 5/6/17
BOOK REVIEWS: Tea And Transition, Barriers To Love 4/30/17
Presentation at Castleton University / Grandiosities 4/22/17
Presentation to Women's Studies Classes + LGBT Group, Mars Hill University NC 4/9/17
Conflict of Interest 4/3/17
Status Report 3/27/17
Gender, Sex (aka Physical Bodyparts?), and Gender Politics 3/20/17
What Do Men Want? 3/13/17
Sexual Orientation 3/6/17
Presentation at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan 2/27/17
re: The Myth of Gender Neutral Parenting (Letter to the Editor) 2/20/17
Gender Inversion as a Sexual Kink 2/13/17
The Limits of Radical Androgyny, Part II: The Dismissive Minority 2/6/17
Regarding Matters Psychiatric... 1/30/17
The Transformative Realization Moment 1/23/17
The Limits of Radical Androgyny 1/16/17
Visual Sexual Attractiveness, Power, Sexual Confidence, and Gender 1/9/17
Reevaluation and Rededication 1/2/17
2016
Pink Floyd Lyric-user permissions, Being Interviewed by Podcasters, and a Butch Lesbian's Show 12/9/16
Gender Fluidity and the Nature of Identity 11/17/16
Possible Speaking Engagements, and Returning to the Lit Mines 11/9/16
The Other Shoe Drops 10/23/16
IT'S OFFICIAL-My Book's NOT Going to be Published! 10/3/16
My Agent, and My Publicist 9/14/16
The Editing Process 8/4/16
IT'S OFFICAL-MY BOOK'S GOING TO BE PUBLISHED! 7/13/16
Book Review-LIFE SONGS: A GENDERQUEER MEMOIR by Audrey MC 6/14/16
Orlando was about Gay People Being Massacred 6/14/16
Julia Serano's WHIPPING GIRL ...and Not so Obviously the Lesser Sex 6/5/16
It Looks Like I May Have a Publisher 5/11/16
Always Love Lucy Theatre Presents PYGMALION 5/6/16
speaking Engagement; and Intellectual Dishonesty in Our Politics 5/1/16
Updates and Revisions! 4/7/16
Author's Editorial Conference: Pins and Needles 3/8/16
TransGression; or Nope, Not Everything Is About the Male Gaze 2/28/16
Asymptotic Gender 2/3/16
2015
Passions and Pursuits-an Update 12/1/15
The Jill-O-Lantern Problem 10/30/15
Denying Being Gay or Trans: Pink Elephants in the Living Room 10/18/15
Eye Opener 10/4/15
Review - Sommerfugl by Bixby Elliot 9/23/15
Status of my Efforts 9/21/15
Book Review and Commentary - GRACEFULLY GRAYSON by Ami Polonsky 9/8/15
Reading Intersex; Plus, Querying Publishers 7/27/15
A Brief but Cogent Insight about Church, Patriarchy, Hierarchy, and Sex 7/24/15
Another Nibble 7/10/15
Requerying 6/28/15
Making the World a Safe Place to be Genderqueer 6/15/15
A Solid Nibble 4/28/15
Another Early Reader Reviews My Book 4/11/15
GenderKitten Makes Presentation, March 12 3/29/15
A Visit to the Tone Police 3/21/15
A Talk, A Conference, and a Manuscript Request 2/28/15
Boy Meets Girl - Movie Review 2/14/15
Chips, Snowflakes, Bags and the Geometry of Identity 2/12/15
What's a Nice Boy Like Me Doing in a DUNGEON? 1/7/15
Quickie Update: Stats, Early Reviews from Beta Readers, First YA Queries 1/5/15
2014
Who Do You Like? 12/31/14
Wordle of the Story of Q 12/19/14
Allan Revises His Book 12/19/14
Operation Rewrite 12/2/2014
Coming Out to Transgender People about Passing, Gender identity, and Terminology 11/30/14
Gender Isn't the Same Thing as Sex (Except to the Extent That It Sort of Is... 11/14/14
Jill o Lantern 2014 10/28/14
Genderqueer is Trending: Good News & Bad News 10/28/14
Reaching the End of the Line; and Materials Requested 10/21/14
There's a Reason I Say "Girl" Instead of "Woman" 9/30/14
Repositioning: From Radical Feminism to Gender Theory / Queer Theory, continued 9/17/14
Repositioning: From Radical Feminism to Gender Theory / Queer Theory 9/17/14
Fiction version of Query letter, and Synopsis 9/4/14
Repositioning 9/3/14
Why, despite the Absence of a Phenomenon, do I think a Phenomenon is Imminent? 8/27/14
Review- MMF by David Kimple, at The Kraine Theater 85 E. 4th Street, Lower East Side Manhattan NYC 8/23/14
Back to the Platform (again) 8/19/14
An Incident Along a Suburban Roadway 8/11/14
Encouraging Reply from a Lit Agent 7/27/14
A Pair of Meetings 7/24/14
Query Letter for 2nd book (That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class) 7/22/14
The Second Book 7/22/14
Group Identities and Comparisons: Elliot Rodgers and 'Nice Guys' 7/8/14
In which a Literary Agent Requests a Proposal 6/25/14
Follow-ups: Advance Reader's Critique (more thoughts), GenderBread Person 6/9/14
Another Advance Reader's Critique! A Really NICE One! 6/5/14
Attending a Transgender group at the GLBT Center of Nassau County 6/3/14
An Advance Reader Critiques My Book! 5/31/14
The Process- the author queries another batch of literary agents 5/24/14
Can't We All Just Be Equal (Without Jumping Up & Down About Your Own Little Cause 5/20/14
A Change of Title / New Query Letter, Too 5/17/14
Kicking Myself 5/13/14
Frustration and Anger 5/8/14
The Gamble: What the reader Gets Out Of It 5/6/14
A bit of backstory 5/2/14
My Query-letter, or Pitch: the short and hopefully catchy description of the book 5/1/14
I am author, and now I become blogger too 4/29/14
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2024
Coming to Terms With It 12/1/24
Presentation at SUNY / Old Westbury 11/16/24
Speaking Engagement: SUNY / Old Westbury 11/10/24
Self Dissatisfaction 10/23/24
Reprising a Theme: Querying as Fiction 8/25/24
Calling it Something 7/25/24
Within the Box -- First Request for a Full 6/26/24
Status Update -- Querying WITHIN THE BOX 6/16/24
Political Grammar 5/11/24
Coursework: Writing One's Proposal 4/9/24
MetaNostalgia 3/11/24
BOOK REVIEW -- *Detransition, Baby* by Torrey Peters 3/6/24
Of Dolls and Lipstick and High Heels and Skirts and Stuff 2/12/24
My First Psychiatric Incarceration, Told and Retold 2/1/24
Reflection in a Different Mirror 1/24/24
Author Notes, January 2024 1/3/24
2023
REVIEW: Cyrus Dunham's *A YEAR WITHOUT A NAME* - A Nuanced and Eloquent Trans Narrative 12/10/23
Genderqueer Gets Reviewed... by, umm, I think, an AI ?!? 11/29/23
Transgender Lack of Awareness Week 11/16/23
An Expanded / Revamped Scene 10/7/23
Update -- Status of *Within the Box* 9/27/23
Using People for Sex 9/16/23
BOOK REVIEW - Tomboy by Lisa Selin Davis 9/3/23
Dear "Ask the Literary Agent" Columnist: 8/24/23
Left 8/18/23
Positioning 8/9/23
Querying Author's Wish List 8/6/23
My Tendency to Dissent 7/31/23
The Emotional Knife Edge 7/19/23
Best Books List / General Update 7/17/23
Querying 6/30/23
Synopsis of *Within the Box* / Querying has Begun! 6/17/23
Maleness 5/31/23
The Comparable Titles Game 5/21/23
First Draft of Query Letter for *Within the Box* 5/7/23
Homophobia 4/30/23
Polishing and Procrastinating 4/23/23
BOOK REVIEW -- In Silence I Speak, by Mary Elizabeth Van Pelt 4/15/23
BOOK REVIEW -- *The Boy in Makeup* 4/7/23
The Psychiatric Connection 3/28/23
The Advocate [excerpt from WIP *Within the Box*] 3/18/23
An Action Scene (from WITHIN THE BOX) 3/9/22
'A Lack of Self-Awareness' -- *Guy in WS Gets Reviewed* 3/1/23
Differentiation 2/22/23
The Paradox of Male Identity & Bonding 2/10/23
Another Book Review of *Guy in Women's Studies* + Still Seeking Beta Readers 2/4/23
Self Defined 1/23/23
An Open Letter to my Gender Critical Colleagues & Friends 1/16/23
2022
2022 PostMortem on *That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class* & Etc 12/17/22
Audiobook 12/3/22
An Interior Monologue Snippet 11/25/22
Excerpt Snippet: Employment Discrimination 11/16/22
The Coarseness of Our Accommodations 11/7/22
A Little Flashback Sequence 10/28/22
Progress on Book 3 / Scene: Dispute with my Case Worker 10/21/22
Present Tense / Present Intense 10/13/22
Excerpt: Reminiscing about Malcolm 10/6/22
Nursery School via First Grade 9/18/22
Walking the Tightrope 9/13/22
Going on Offense 9/5/22
The Words That We Use 8/28/22
Gender and Its Variants 8/17/22
Author Thoughts / Possible 3rd Book 8/8/22
On Being a Non-Transitioner 7/29/22
BOOK REVIEW -- Black & Bold by Kelvin Mosley 7/23/22
It's All About the Sexuality 7/15/22
Patriarchy 7/6/22
Cultural Appropriation 6/22/22
Plumbing 6/14/22
Being Eight 6/6/22
Separatism, Safe Spaces, and The Other 5/25/22
Reviews Coming in for Guy in Women's Studies 5/17/22
My First Royalty Checks (book one -- GenderQueer) 5/10/22
Abortion Rights 5/3/22
BOOK REVIEW -- In Search of Pure Lust by Lise Weil 4/27/22
SUNY @ Stony Brook: Where the Story Takes Place (Part III) 4/21/22
SUNY @ Old Westbury: Where the Story Takes Place (Part II) 4/13/22
Creedmoor Psychiatric: Where the Story Takes Place (Part I) 4/6/22
Floor Problem 3/26/22
Identity: Joining, or Formulating? 3/19/22
Dear NeuroDiverse Comrade: 3/12/22
Wordle of That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class 3/2/22
Trunk Novel 2/24/22
It's Here! My Second Book is in Print! 2/15/22
Guy in WS: I've Got the Cover! 2/5/22
Identity, Words, and Concepts 1/31/22
Passing Phase 1/25/22
... And Then One Day Their Eyes Met; or, Nice Guys, revisited 1/19/22
A Gender Blogger and Author Takes Stock 1/11/22
2021
Being a Child, and the Politics Thereof 12/29/21
Guy in Women's Studies -- Final Author's Edits sent in 12/14/21
Anatomy and Identity 12/7/21
Dear Feminist Colleagues: How would YOU address it? 11/29/21
Fence 11/21/21
A Short History of Distinguishing Gender from Sex 11/14/21
Author Lecture and Reading at SUNY / Old Westbury 11/6/21
BOOK REVIEW - UNCOMMON SONS by Bruce W Bishop 11/1/21
Being Out 10/23/21
All Politics is Interactive 10/17/21
Personal Style, Presentation and Flair: Patched Jeans 10/9/21
Author Event - Los Alamos Author Tells a Story From a Different Closet 10/3/21
BOOK REVIEW -- Chameleon: A Memoir by Michael Caputo 9/24/21
Listen to a Different Voice 9/18/21
Kitten Robe II 9/10/21
What It Was Like Coming Out: An Ominous Bus Ride 9/3/21
A Letter to my Socialist Friends and Colleagues 8/27/21
The Amazons' OTHER Brothers: Encounters with Other Male Feminists 8/19/21
Identity and The Passage of Time 8/12/21
Feminist Says Men's Plight Isn't Feminists' Responsibility 8/5/21
What If I'm Wrong? 7/29/21
Unsafe Spaces 7/22/21
BOOK REVIEW: *Across the Green Grass Fields* by Seanan McGuire 7/15/21
A Choice in the Matter 7/8/21
Gender Situation, Compared to Sexual Orientation - and Gaslighting 6/30/21
To Oppose Patriarchy: It's Different For Men 6/23/21
Being Weaponized 6/15/21
Representation 6/8/21
Signalling and Signification 5/29/21
Advertising the Book: Positioning 5/20/21
The Expression of Interest 5/13/21
Mansplaining Gender; or Sissifying Feminism5/5/21
Feminists as Transgender Activists 4/27/21
My book, *GenderQueer* - One Year in Print! 4/20/21
The Whole "Being Sexy" Thing... 4/14/21
Trappings. Presentation. 4/7/21
Part of the System 3/31/21
Outsider Radical Feminist 3/23/21
Social 3/9/21
BOOK REVIEW: Birdie and Me, J. M. M. Nuanez 2/28/21
On Being Oblivious 2/18/21
TERF Wars: Feminists Against Gender and Transgender Warriors Against TERFs - Conclusion 2/11/21
TERF Wars: Feminists Against Gender and Transgender Warriors Against TERFs 1/31/21
Panel Discussion of GenderQueer! (on YouTube) 1/16/21
Kramers Bookstore Panel Discussion of Hunter's 'GenderQueer' 1/16; Attend via Zoom! 1/10/21
Eleven Pipers Piping - Bleak Midwinter Quiltbag Funfest! 1/3/21
2020
Pivoting 12/26/20
Gendered Expectations 12/16/20
The Tomato Manifesto 12/6/20
A Couple More Reviews 11/29/20
I Presented at Santa Fe Public Library 11/22/20
Author Event with Allan D. Hunter -- Santa Fe Public Library 11/15/20
Sexual Dimorphism and Gender 11/9/20
The Personality as Political 11/1/20
The Future (or Lack Thereof) of Gender 10/24/20
BOOK REVIEW: Ciel, by Sophie Labelle 10/17/20
I Get a Really Nice Interview! FiftyShadesOfGender! 10/11/20
Gender-Critical, Transgender, Gender Inversion, & Transsexuality Conference 10/5/20
Thoughts From a Song: Running Up That Hill 9/28/20
Queer of Gender, Cis of Sex (Guest Post on Ramona Mead's Blog) 9/18/20
Review / Interview in QueerPGH! 9/12/20
Umbrella 9/5/20
I Get Reviewed by the Taos News! 8/30/20
Social Justice and Defunding the Police 8/24/20
Los Alamos Home Town Newspaper Reviews My Book 8/14/20
My Query-letter and Elaboration for the Proposal 8/7/20
Two New Reviews from Book Bloggers 8/1/20
Kitten Robe 7/24/20
Hey, Sister... 7/17/20
Diversity Versus Community 7/11/20
Femininity in Contrast to Femaleness 7/4/20
I've Finished Book Two! That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class! 6/27/20
Just 6/20/20
My Book's First Review in an LGBTQIA+ Publication 6/12/20
Gender Invert, or Nonbinary Trans? 6/6/20
Interviewed for a PodCast - Off The Cuffs 5/29/20
BOOK REVIEW: XOXY by Kimberley Zeiselman 5/23/20
I Want My Two Months Back 5/15/20
Diminishing Returns 5/9/20
I'm in Newsday! (aka Mainstream Press Coverage); + More Reviews 5/2/20
Sex vs Gender: A Working Definition? 4/25/20
The Inadequacy of Straight / Gay / Bi 4/18/20
Identity and Identification 4/11/20
A Bouquet of Reviews of My Book 4/3/20
Anatomy of a Review: Karen Bernard's LAKESIDE 3/28/20
Binary 2.0 3/20/20
Now It's Real: I'm in Print!! 3/12/20
That's Not Very Nice 3/5/20
I've Been Reviewed! 2/28/20
Androgyny & Unisex vs Being Differently Gendered 2/22/20
Unveiling: Author's Web Site (genderkitten.com) 2/14/20
Sexual Attraction and BodyShapes 2/7/20
REVIEWS - Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Green & Levithan) and My Razzle Dazzle (Todd Peterson) 1/30/20
It's a Date! 1/23/20
Oppression 1/16/20
Polarized Echo Chambers 1/7/20
2019
Accommodations 12/28/19
Unintentional Gatekeeping 12/20/19
Memes and Message Themes 12/14/19
Review: GenderQueer by Maia Kobabe 12/6/19
The Amazon's Brother 11/30/19
Bookstores and Libraries and Community Centers, Oh My! 11/23/19
I've Got the Cover! 11/15/19
TERF Wars (Part Two) 11/8/19
TERF Wars (Part One) 11/1/19
Attention Seeking 10/26/19
Pre-Typesetting: Final Author's Edits 10/19/19
False Dichotomy 10/11/19
Genre Variant 10/5/19
Reality and the Physical Sex Binary Thing 9/28/19
Transition is a Transitive Verb 9/21/19
Clarifying Gender Inversion 9/13/19
Tréjà Vu - I Have a Publisher for my Book! 9/5/19
Polyamory and the Self-Actualized Sissy 8/29/19
A Diagnosis of Dysphoria 8/23/19
The Sissy and the Stigma of Sexual Interest 8/17/19
To Gender or Not To Gender? 8/8/19
Tomboys 7/28/19
Masculine 7/22/19
Progress on THAT GUY IN OUR WOMEN'S STUDIES CLASS (Book II) 7/13/19
Sex, sex, sex, sex! 7/6/19
"Do you think I'm a Demigirl, or more BiGender?" (etc) 6/29/19
Seventh Grade 6/22/19
A JunePride Mea Culpa: My Homophobia 6/15/19
Split Identity 6/8/19
Depression 6/1/19
Compassion and Tenderness 5/24/19
The Art of Talking Past Each Other 5/17/19
Church and Sunday School 5/11/19
Skirting the Issue 5/4/19
Why I'm Not a Lesbian 4/27/19
My Pronouns 4/20/19
Britten & Crozier's ALBERT HERRING, performed by Utopia Opera 4/7/19
Sexual Feelings, and How They Affect Interaction 4/6/19
What's in a Name? 3/30/19
Workplace Acceptance 3/24/19
BOOK REVIEW: Sissy, by Jacob Tobia 3/16/19
Revisiting the Wydens: The Assault on Sissyhood 3/9/19
REVIEW: Boy Erased 3/2/19
Brushing the Dust off Book #2 2/24/19
The Overton Window 2/14/19
Querying 2/10/19
Critical Mass: Chicken or Egg Questions 1/30/19
Betwixt the Clergy and the Sissy-Femme Males 1/23/19
Singing the Sissy Femme Blues 1/16/19
Sex Versus Gender 1/9/19
In a Southern Small-Engine Repair Shop 1/2/19
2018
Altercasting and Presenting 12/26/18
Skirt 12/19/18
So Many Labels! 12/9/18
REVIEW: DePression Pink by Alice Klugherz 12/4/18
Difference and Marginalization 11/26/18
If You Could Be... 11/18/18
Almost Quit My Job... 11/12/18
Summarizing a Life 11/5/18
My Mom 10/30/18
About the Whining Thing... 10/21/18
Arguing Against Someone's Identity-Label is a Form of NOT LISTENING 10/14/18
Sex and Gender and Cognitive Dissonance 10/7/18
Not Trans Enough? 9/29/18
Different Strokes 9/18/18
Fitting In, or Not 9/13/18
Beyond the OTHER Binary 9/2/18
The Arrogance of Claiming to Be a Social Change Activist 8/26/18
Sexually Predatory Males, Gender Inversion, and the #MeToo Movement 8/19/18
A Lit Agent Considers My Book - LIVE! 8/12/18
More Plastic Surgery on the Book 8/5/18
Demisexual 7/30/18
Physical Morphology, Assigned Sex, and the Binary 7/11/18
re: My Manuscript is in the Shop Again 6/27/18
Defining Gender Inversion 6/18/18
BOOK REVIEW -- If I Was Your Girl 6/14/18
My Manuscript is in the Shop Again 6/7/18
The Coming-Out-Genderqueer Story: It's Something Else 5/29/18
The Art of the Coming Out Story: Seeking the Sweet Point 5/22/18
The Complex Problem of Dealing With the Oppressors 5/14/18
REVIEW: I Am Not an Easy Man 5/7/18
Gender Fluidity 4/29/18
Finding Your People / Coming Out: Genderqueer Compared to Other LGBTQIA Identities-Part One 4/23/18
Theybies 4/15/18
Update on My Get-Book-Published Endeavors 4/10/18
Sixth Grade 4/3/18
Chivalry 3/26/18
MOVIE REVIEW - A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) 3/19/18
Gender as a Verb: Identifying and Assigning 3/13/18
It's a Nice Thing 3/5/18
Urban Left, Rural Conservatism: Red/Blue Social Politics 2/27/18
A Possible Repositioning 2/19/18
Thoughts After a Year of Posting 2/12/18
Identifying: The Act of Saying "We" 2/5/18
re: Catherine Deneuve says men should be 'free to hit on' women 1/29/18
Querying Again 1/23/18
Brother? 1/15/18
The Femmy Boy's Guide to Flirting 1/8/18
Oppressor Guilt 1/1/18
2017
One Year of Weekly Blogging 12/26/17
Sissy Spring - Scrapbook of My Coming Out, in 1980 12/19/17
Masculinity on a College Campus 12/11/17
Masculinity and the Blue Collar Everyday-Joe Thing 12/4/17
BOOK REVIEW: You Play the Girl by Carina Chocano 11/27/17
A New Request for a Full 11/20/17
What If There Are No Differences Between the Sexes? 11/13/17
The Interplanetary Tourism Board Wants Your Help 11/6/17
Looking at Sexy People, and Being Looked At 10/30/17
Some People See Me as THE STRAIGHT DOPE 10/23/17
Deja Vu All Over Again: IT'S OFFICIAL ONCE MORE - My Book's NOT Going to be Published!! 10/16/17
The Damage Done 10/9/17
A Late Change 10/2/17
High School Reunion -- 40 Years Since Graduation in 1977 9/25/17
BOOK REVIEW - Dalí by E. M. Hamill 9/18/17
Third Grade 9/11/17
What's the Desired Outcome? 9/4/17
Anonymous Conversation: Old Piece of Writing 8/28/17
Publicity - Ramping Up 8/22/17
Identifying as GenderQueer -- Personal Evolutionary Timeline 8/16/17
BOOK REVIEW - Queen Called Bitch, by Waldell Abraham Goode 8/7/17
Albuquerque: Where the Story Takes Place (Part II) 7/30/17
Similes, Metaphors and Gender Identities 7/24/17
INTERVIEW: Author E. M. Hamill 7/18/17
BOOK REVIEW: The Simplicity of Being Normal, by James Stryker 7/9/17
Los Alamos: Where the Story Takes Place (Part I) 7/2/17
My Favorite Rejection Letters 6/26/17
About Radical Feminism 6/18/17
Accidental Outing 6/11/17
Pride Month and the Politics of Identity 6/4/17
Not Tripping the Light Fantastic 5/26/17
OK Dammit, Let's Get One Thing Straight... Ermm, I Mean Established... 5/20/17
re: Not Having Sex on the First Date 5/13/17
Deja Vu: It Looks Like I Might Have a Publisher... 5/6/17
BOOK REVIEWS: Tea And Transition, Barriers To Love 4/30/17
Presentation at Castleton University / Grandiosities 4/22/17
Presentation to Women's Studies Classes + LGBT Group, Mars Hill University NC 4/9/17
Conflict of Interest 4/3/17
Status Report 3/27/17
Gender, Sex (aka Physical Bodyparts?), and Gender Politics 3/20/17
What Do Men Want? 3/13/17
Sexual Orientation 3/6/17
Presentation at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan 2/27/17
re: The Myth of Gender Neutral Parenting (Letter to the Editor) 2/20/17
Gender Inversion as a Sexual Kink 2/13/17
The Limits of Radical Androgyny, Part II: The Dismissive Minority 2/6/17
Regarding Matters Psychiatric... 1/30/17
The Transformative Realization Moment 1/23/17
The Limits of Radical Androgyny 1/16/17
Visual Sexual Attractiveness, Power, Sexual Confidence, and Gender 1/9/17
Reevaluation and Rededication 1/2/17
2016
Pink Floyd Lyric-user permissions, Being Interviewed by Podcasters, and a Butch Lesbian's Show 12/9/16
Gender Fluidity and the Nature of Identity 11/17/16
Possible Speaking Engagements, and Returning to the Lit Mines 11/9/16
The Other Shoe Drops 10/23/16
IT'S OFFICIAL-My Book's NOT Going to be Published! 10/3/16
My Agent, and My Publicist 9/14/16
The Editing Process 8/4/16
IT'S OFFICAL-MY BOOK'S GOING TO BE PUBLISHED! 7/13/16
Book Review-LIFE SONGS: A GENDERQUEER MEMOIR by Audrey MC 6/14/16
Orlando was about Gay People Being Massacred 6/14/16
Julia Serano's WHIPPING GIRL ...and Not so Obviously the Lesser Sex 6/5/16
It Looks Like I May Have a Publisher 5/11/16
Always Love Lucy Theatre Presents PYGMALION 5/6/16
speaking Engagement; and Intellectual Dishonesty in Our Politics 5/1/16
Updates and Revisions! 4/7/16
Author's Editorial Conference: Pins and Needles 3/8/16
TransGression; or Nope, Not Everything Is About the Male Gaze 2/28/16
Asymptotic Gender 2/3/16
2015
Passions and Pursuits-an Update 12/1/15
The Jill-O-Lantern Problem 10/30/15
Denying Being Gay or Trans: Pink Elephants in the Living Room 10/18/15
Eye Opener 10/4/15
Review - Sommerfugl by Bixby Elliot 9/23/15
Status of my Efforts 9/21/15
Book Review and Commentary - GRACEFULLY GRAYSON by Ami Polonsky 9/8/15
Reading Intersex; Plus, Querying Publishers 7/27/15
A Brief but Cogent Insight about Church, Patriarchy, Hierarchy, and Sex 7/24/15
Another Nibble 7/10/15
Requerying 6/28/15
Making the World a Safe Place to be Genderqueer 6/15/15
A Solid Nibble 4/28/15
Another Early Reader Reviews My Book 4/11/15
GenderKitten Makes Presentation, March 12 3/29/15
A Visit to the Tone Police 3/21/15
A Talk, A Conference, and a Manuscript Request 2/28/15
Boy Meets Girl - Movie Review 2/14/15
Chips, Snowflakes, Bags and the Geometry of Identity 2/12/15
What's a Nice Boy Like Me Doing in a DUNGEON? 1/7/15
Quickie Update: Stats, Early Reviews from Beta Readers, First YA Queries 1/5/15
2014
Who Do You Like? 12/31/14
Wordle of the Story of Q 12/19/14
Allan Revises His Book 12/19/14
Operation Rewrite 12/2/2014
Coming Out to Transgender People about Passing, Gender identity, and Terminology 11/30/14
Gender Isn't the Same Thing as Sex (Except to the Extent That It Sort of Is... 11/14/14
Jill o Lantern 2014 10/28/14
Genderqueer is Trending: Good News & Bad News 10/28/14
Reaching the End of the Line; and Materials Requested 10/21/14
There's a Reason I Say "Girl" Instead of "Woman" 9/30/14
Repositioning: From Radical Feminism to Gender Theory / Queer Theory, continued 9/17/14
Repositioning: From Radical Feminism to Gender Theory / Queer Theory 9/17/14
Fiction version of Query letter, and Synopsis 9/4/14
Repositioning 9/3/14
Why, despite the Absence of a Phenomenon, do I think a Phenomenon is Imminent? 8/27/14
Review- MMF by David Kimple, at The Kraine Theater 85 E. 4th Street, Lower East Side Manhattan NYC 8/23/14
Back to the Platform (again) 8/19/14
An Incident Along a Suburban Roadway 8/11/14
Encouraging Reply from a Lit Agent 7/27/14
A Pair of Meetings 7/24/14
Query Letter for 2nd book (That Guy in Our Women's Studies Class) 7/22/14
The Second Book 7/22/14
Group Identities and Comparisons: Elliot Rodgers and 'Nice Guys' 7/8/14
In which a Literary Agent Requests a Proposal 6/25/14
Follow-ups: Advance Reader's Critique (more thoughts), GenderBread Person 6/9/14
Another Advance Reader's Critique! A Really NICE One! 6/5/14
Attending a Transgender group at the GLBT Center of Nassau County 6/3/14
An Advance Reader Critiques My Book! 5/31/14
The Process- the author queries another batch of literary agents 5/24/14
Can't We All Just Be Equal (Without Jumping Up & Down About Your Own Little Cause 5/20/14
A Change of Title / New Query Letter, Too 5/17/14
Kicking Myself 5/13/14
Frustration and Anger 5/8/14
The Gamble: What the reader Gets Out Of It 5/6/14
A bit of backstory 5/2/14
My Query-letter, or Pitch: the short and hopefully catchy description of the book 5/1/14
I am author, and now I become blogger too 4/29/14