Trans* & Inter* Conclave Week Warm-Up Day 4: Between
The prompts for Day 4 are considered with the concept of "between" and the concept of intersexuality as one manifestation of that.
What's it like being between the categories the world has determined are salient? Whether it's intersexuality, or gender identities that are between or beyond the binary concepts of man and woman or cis and trans, there are many ways to be that are in some way "between". Vincent Benítez, the intersex character in Conclave, famously says that he knows what it is to exist "between the world's certainties". We can even apply this concept to relationships—what is it like to have a relationship with someone, or several someones, that is between or beyond the world's certainties of platonic vs. romantic, or sexual vs. non-sexual?
Day 4 is about exploring the spaces between, about celebrating messiness and complicated people, places, and things that evade or actively resist classification. Let's dig in and look at what is "between".