LB Hannahs: What it's like to be a transgender dad
LB・ハナーズ: トランスジェンダーパパになるということ
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食料店に行くと
I went to the grocery store
can I help you with anything?"
何かお探しですか?」
and we went our separate ways.
and I left the grocery store.
of a local coffee shop.
店員がこう言いました
the voice on the other end said,
both as a "sir" and as a "ma'am."
of these people are wrong,
間違いではないけれど
is my almost-two-year-old Elliot.
もうすぐ2歳のエリオットです
to rethink the world
that makes me a transparent.
親(ペアレント)ですから
this year's theme super literal.
真正面からとらえました
そうであるべきように
as genderqueer.
(どちらの性としてもふるまわない)です
to experience being genderqueer,
女性とも思わないってだけのことです
really identify as a man or a woman.
outside of this gender binary.
性別二分にあてはまらないと感じます
"sired" and "ma'amed"
when I'm out doing everyday things
この中間状態が最も快適です
is where I'm most comfortable.
both a sir and a ma'am
and the most authentic.
自分らしいと感じられます
interactions aren't uncomfortable.
不快じゃないわけではないですけどね
from minor annoyance
removed me by the back of the neck
「快適」という意味ではなく
doesn't mean "comfortable."
the discomfort of everyday life,
乗り切る」という意味です
my experience as a trans person
今までの経験と
衝突するまで
the depth of my vulnerabilities
妨げていることに気づきませんでした
from being my most authentic self.
what their child will call them
子供になんと呼ばれるかは
that they give much thought to
「お父さん」「パパ」 であろうが
like "mama," "mommy," or "daddy," "papa."
is what this child,
and then a real-life adult,
楽しみでもありました
with the reality that being called "mama"
何度も想像したけれど
didn't feel like me at all.
or versions of "mom" I tried,
とても不快に感じられました
and deeply uncomfortable.
would be easier to digest for most people.
これは 自然なことでしょう
is not super novel,
ママが2人いることは
with "daddy," it felt better.
ママより心地よく感じましたが
that you really liked
a female-born person being called "daddy"
「パパ」と呼ばれるようになることは
with a lot more uncomfortable moments.
気まずい瞬間の連続でもあります
into the world, like most babies do,
泣きながらこの世界にやって来て
始まったのです
and our new family faced the world.
そうして家族は世界に向き合いました
that happens when people meet us
several ways the interaction can go,
to help illustrate my options.
思い込みであることを無視して
to refer to me as "mom,"
会話を続けることです
何の気まずさもありませんが
いつも大きな違和感が残ります
my interaction with those people.
会話を止め 訂正することです
or "Elliot calls me 'daddy.'"
などと言います
of the following things happen.
「あ そう」と言って
and say something like, "Oh, OK."
やたらと謝ります
or guilty or weird.
is folks get really confused
and say something like,
パパになれるのは男性だけ」
大抵は楽です
the easier route.
the more authentic one.
常に 事実に近いです
involve a level of discomfort,
多少の不快感が伴います
to navigate this complicated map
この複雑な道筋の探り方は
会得したふりはしません
it's pretty far from it.
option one to take place
危険に感じられるからです
is just too hard or too risky.
of anyone's reaction,
that folks have good intentions,
善意で動いていることを
where someone's opinion of my existence
私に対する他者の意見が
感情的、身体的な安全にとって
or physical safety.
リスクを天秤にかけて
comes before my own authenticity.
家族の安全を優先します
her consciousness and language skills,
物心がついて 言語能力もつき
自分で人々を訂正するでしょう
to be placed on her,
娘の重荷になったり
or make her question her own voice.
娘が自身の意見を疑う原因になるのは嫌です
authenticity and vulnerability,
手本を見せなければなりません
uncomfortable moments of being "momed"
「ママさん」と呼ばれる度に
"No, I'm a dad.
父親らしい冗談だって言えるんだから」
the dad jokes to prove it."
plenty of uncomfortable moments
in just two short years,
moments on my journey as a dad
自分のあり方を確認することや
the sex of the baby.
and slapped the words "It's a girl"
「女の子だ」と言い
and sent us on our way.
コピーをくれました
with our families like everyone does
その写真をシェアすると
at our house with a bag filled --
overflowing with pink clothes and toys.
ピンクの服とおもちゃで溢れていました
confronted with a lot of pink things,
多少苛立ちました
about it in workshops and classrooms,
時間を費やしてきた身として
on the social construction of gender
精通しており
それが時にはっきりと
of the feminine
both explicitly and implicitly.
知っていると思っていました
to a bag full of pink stuff,
嫌悪感を隠せない この状況では
of highly feminized things
自分が感じる拒絶感について
性差別や文化的通念を
I teach as problematic.
気づきました
in gender neutrality in theory,
ジェンダーの中立性を分かっていても
is not neutrality, it's masculinity.
中性的ではなく 男らしいことです
in greens and blues and grays,
着せたとしても
"Oh, that's a cute gender-neutral baby."
赤ちゃんね」とは思いません
and my parenting world collided hard.
育児の世界が激しく衝突しました
for my child to experience.
様々なおもちゃで遊んでほしい
environment for her to explore
for our female-born child.
選びさえしました
as a theoretical endeavor
to create gender neutrality,
masculinity over femininity.
優位に置いていたのでした
or eliminating femininity in our lives,
排除したり 減らしたりするのではなく
to celebrate it.
not to associate any words with gender.
努めています
鋭い批判を持ちながら
limited by gender roles.
最善を尽くしています
relationship with gender for our kid.
手本を子供に見せるためです
relationship with gender for Elliot
この取り組みは
how I allowed sexism to manifest
性差別がどう現れるか
how I was rejecting femininity
体現しようとするため
that was not healthy
女らしさを拒絶していた自分を
meant I had to reject option one.
消去せざるを得ないということでした
of my most uncomfortable parts
自分の最も嫌な部分と
about the discomfort I have with my body.
対峙するということでした
to feel uncomfortable in their body,
体に違和感を覚えることはよくあり
from debilitating to annoying
ひどく消耗してしまう程まで
to be comfortable in it as a trans person
どう折り合いをつけるか
with the parts of my body
sometimes easy decision
容易でもある決断をしました
or have any surgeries to change it
手に入れるための
しないという決断です
by society's standards.
all the feelings of dissatisfaction,
すっかり克服してはいませんが
with that discomfort
and affirming place with my body,
なってしまうと気づきました
and modeling body shaming.
society deems feminine or female,
部分を嫌ってしまったら
can see the possibilities of her body
女性的な部分についての考え方まで
嫌ってしまったら どうして
with my body,
to choose option one:
体を子供に見せない などです
about my body or to hide it from her.
選ばなければいけないのです
about what a dad's body can and should be.
思い込みに向き合わなければなりません
and be more comfortable in this body
違和感がないよう
that I feel comfortable with.
both agency and authenticity
ジェンダーに現れる行動や自分らしさを
and in my gender.
努めています
that a dad can have hips,
膨らんだ胸があっても
a perfectly flat chest
about my journey with my body.
話してあげたい
towards authenticity
the messier parts.
知ってほしい
with our kid's doctor.
while your doctor stays the same,
担当医はずっと同じでも
change in and out.
we took her to the pediatrician
小児科に連れていき
we'll call her Sarah.
仮に「サラ」とします
going to be called "dad"
パートナーが「母親」だと
that took it in stride,
動じないタイプで
went pretty smoothly.
かなりスムーズにいきました
Sarah switched shifts
サラの勤務時間が変わり
with a new nurse -- we'll call her Becky.
「ベッキー」としましょう
of the dad conversations
なりませんでしたが
until Sarah, our original nurse,
to Elliot and me and my wife
said something like,
swing around in her chair
to our pediatrician,
continue, and it went something like this.
こんなふうに続きました
and mouthing the word "mom."
(口パクで)「ママでしょ!」
and mouthing the word "no, dad."
(口パクで)「パパよ!」
in total silence a few more times
この無言のやりとりが
refer to me as mom.
無視出来たはずです
back on me or not said anything at all.
黙っていることもできたのに
2つ目の選択肢を選びました
and affirm my existence.
私の存在を明言したのです
who looks and sounds like me
パパだという場合もありえるのだと
my authenticity and my family.
擁護してくれたのです
that refuses to acknowledge trans people
トランスジェンダーの人の存在も
of trans people in general.
認めない人々がいます
with an opportunity
巡ってきたら
even when there's risk involved.
あってほしい
a genderqueer dad feels too much.
時に 耐え難く感じる時もあります
has been really hard.
本当に大変でした
to be the hardest,
experience of my life.
違いありません
every day has felt 100 percent worth it.
毎日に100%の価値を感じています
エリオットと私自身への
心の底から愛すること
to push beyond comfort
送れるようになるという希望の下
a more meaningful life.
快適さの枠をはみ出して前進すること
and uncomfortable days ahead.
不快な日々がやって来ること
to a more rich, authentic life
つながることを
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
LB Hannahs - EducatorLB Hannahs facilitates change by leaning into discomfort and centering authenticity.
Why you should listen
By reimagining gender and justice in parenting, LB Hannahs works to find more and better ways to develop socially conscious kids in the modern world. As a scholar-practitioner, Hannahs develops strategies to help organizations through change while working to make them more equitable and just. They are the Special Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University Florida and is finishing a PhD in Higher Education Administration, researching the impact of diversity policies on higher education. Hannahs also serves as the Chair for Strategic Development Initiatives for the National Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.
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