Author Archives: kris gebhard

To the Male Gays / ze     Looking for slim to slender, swimmer’s built or ATHLETIC STR8 acting guy      Normal, masculine guy here      XXX, muscular kinky here. Prefer muscular, masculine and athletic non smoker      any normal and masculine guys out there? Looking for some safe fun here      No fats No fems …just XXX XXX that keepContinue reading “To the Male Gays / ze”

So I grew up Christian When I went off to college I was excited because I figured I’d probably meet my future husband there I didn’t actually picture myself, no idea what I was wearing, He was all balled out for the wedding, tux and all that, tall and smiling, arms spread, and when heContinue reading “On Marriage, Part 1: Log Home”

Quote, straight ally: “I have the privilege to marry, and gay people deserve access to marriage too.” Why? What does marriage give us that we can’t otherwise get? Hey allies You know how to give us all power? Give yours up Stop getting married Get rid of the institutionalized, government-sanctioned power of marriage I’m notContinue reading “On Marriage, Part 2: Abolish Marriage”

Email me at krisgebhardpoetry@gmail.com if you’d like to see a video for a 30 minute show Katie Burgess and I did at Pleasure Rebel, January 2014. This show is a teaser for the longer show Katie Burgess, CeCe McDonald, and I are writing. We compare our trans experiences as a platform for interrogating misogyny. WeContinue reading “Pleasure Rebel January 2014”

Nate’s and my show was a wonderful experience. Here’s the video. Watch part 1 and then part 2! https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1xCGlS6rzLmUndtZmhQWnpjNk0&usp=sharing I posted the poems I didn’t have up here yet. Here’s the order of our show: Help Me Believe I’m Human How Many Lovers? When I realize that my bike accident broke your heart for 6Continue reading “Trust in Chaos”

(All non-Kris characters in bold are played by Nate) My first memory of 2013 is a hospital bathroom. I figured out it was a hospital because I said “I have to go to the bathroom” and two nurses carried me three feet from my bed to the toilet. They held me standing up because IContinue reading “Help Me Believe I’m Human”

Every man I see is wearing pleated pants from the ‘80s with the pleat going down the middle of each leg, ridiculously baggy in the crotch, no ass imaginable Every straight couple I see is in the middle of a fight, the boy lackadaisically kissing the girl as she shouts and pushes him away EveryContinue reading “When I realize that my bike accident broke your heart for 6 months”

Axons: neural processes that allow one neuron to communicate with another. Diffuse axonal injury: the brain is shaken rapidly, causing the axons to slide all over each other, stretching and getting damaged. Recovery from diffuse axonal injury: new neural connections are made. When I told my college roommate I had just realized last week thatContinue reading “Claim this Chaos”

Maybe it’s cuz I’m trans that I’m really good at making meaning out of things that used to mean biology Family’s a – *gasp, or *schooo, or *eyebrows raised head nod, or *shudder – for a lot of us Maybe family’s that place where you feel so familiar and so alone Or maybe it’s thatContinue reading “Family in Chaos”

Hopefully I’ll get $30,000 from my car insurance for the “pain and suffering” of me and my bicycle being splattered by a car. My lawyer gets 1/3 so maybe I’ll get $20k — The most I’ve ever made for shitting in my bed for 2 months and for sleeping 24 or 20 or 14 orContinue reading ““pain and suffering””