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terrasigillata:

mortallyfoolish:

respectthenightowl:

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so this is erika linder, a female model working as a female, androgynous and male model

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and this here is andrej pejic, a male model that works as a male, androgynous and female model

both are famous for their opposite sex and androgynous work

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and they’re fucking dating.

hottest couple ever

Andrej(?) is female identified now

She goes by Andreja now! And this post was made in early 2014 at the latest, before she came out as trans. 

infinipede:

houseofalexzander:

I feel like much of the world is in a social war over what gender is and is not.

I don’t feel that its my place to tell someone else what gender is.
I believe that gender identity is something that an individual has to figure out for themselves. The being said, based on my personal experience with understanding my own gender identity, I can tell you what gender is not.

Gender is not the same as your sexuality.
Gender does not have to define your sexuality.
Gender and sexuality are two different subjects.

Gender has nothing to do with your genitalia.
Gender is not defined by a doctor, despite what’s on your birth certificate.
Gender identity is more of spectrum of variable options, instead of a binary with only two options.

Gender Identity & Gender Expression are not the same thing.
Gender identity is part of the mental and emotional understanding of yourself.
Gender expression is your style, how you’re most comfortable presenting to the outside world.

It is my belief that somewhere through out history, things like gender identity, gender expression, genitalia & sexuality somehow got all wrapped up into one single category called gender. However, it is also my belief that the people in this world are changing. Growing into a much more colorful way of thinking and understanding.

I hope the day will come when the majority will know gender to be a personal understanding of ones self, instead of an outward understanding of everyone else.

Xoxo
-Elliott Alexzander

“I don’t feel that its my place to tell someone else what gender is.” 

frame this quote and stick it everywhere on tumblr and in the entire world

securelyinsecure:

Brooklyn Mack

Raised in Elgin, South Carolina, Brooklyn Mack initially took up ballet as a way to improve his football playing and athleticism when he was 12 years old. At the age of 15, he began training in Washington, D.C. on a full scholarship with the prestigious Kirov
Academy of Ballet.

Currently, he is in his fifth season
as a principal dancer with the Washington Ballet and has found international
fame in his craft, helping to break down racial barriers in the world of
ballet.

Mack has received awards from
the Helsinki International Ballet Competition, the USA International Ballet
Competition, the Boston International Ballet Competition, and the Korean
International Dance Competition, among many others. In 2012, he became the
first African-American man to win a senior gold medal at the renowned Varna
International Ballet Competition (sometimes dubbed the Olympics of
ballet). 

Of being a black ballet dancer,
Mack told Ebony Magazine: “People
can pretend all they want but race is still very much an issue. You’re either
blind or in denial if you think it’s not. And there’s a reason that seeing an
African American person or a dark skinned person on a ballet stage stands out.
It’s because you don’t see much of that. Still in a lot of circles there are
idiotic misconceptions. You’d hear things like black people are anatomically
not designed in a way that they can do ballet. Or black people can’t point
their feet. Just stupid stuff still today. There’s less and less thank God, but
still.” 

He added: “So it’s
great to talk about diversity because unfortunately a lot of youth especially
are so impressionable. Had I had a different family, I easily could have been
crushed by those things that people say. I think it’s really important to talk
about it, so that young people can know there are no limits. Throughout history
we’ve excelled at everything we’ve had a chance to do. That’s part of my goal.
I want to shed as much light as possible.”

Mack will continue to exemplify
excellence in dance while paving a way for more African-American dancers to
receive support in ballet. Indeed he is slated to make history by starring
alongside Misty Copeland in the Washington
Ballet’s ground-breaking production of Swan Lake.