There is hardly a day when we are not reminded of who we are or would like to be. Who we no longer want to be or never were. In the effort to create an equal society, we are called upon to examine our own gender identity more intensively than before. We are discussing gender-neutral language. We are fighting for equality. We are trying to recast old role models and have to realize that it is not easy.
Since 2018 there have been more than two genders; the law distinguishes between male, female and diverse. In reality, our society has long been more diverse and our gender identities are more complex. They develop and change over the course of a lifetime. But how? When does someone feel female and when male? What does it mean for a genderfluid person whose gender identity is not fixed and changeable to move in an environment that follows two-gender, i.e. binary, structures?
In this series we look for what has shaped our sense of gender. Our origins, for example. Role models and experiences, including trauma. How do we live, how do we desire? Maybe, despite all our differences, we are more similar than we think. Maybe we can encourage each other. But we are definitely learning to understand each other better.
In the first episode of this stern series, Anastasia Biefang tells her story. For 40 years she was a man and felt trapped in her body. Today the 49-year-old lives as a trans woman.
