Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Sebastian Columbine - "Sebastian is No Longer a Girl"


Sebastian Columbine, a prolific goth scene vlogger who I've mentioned before, made a video last night about how zhe's coming to grips with self-identifying as genderqueer. I think this is something worth paying attention to, because concepts of gender fluidity and other ideas that break the gender binary were something that used to be fairly commonplace within the goth-industrial scene, but aren't so much, anymore. I think people's reactions to this will be just as important, if not more important, than Sebastian's own actions in being able to get a feel about how the scene at large sees this kind of thing. Early trends show that most people are supportive about this, although there is significant backlash and confusion, as well. This is a topic I will likely revisit later.

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