Who are we?

Who are we really? On the inside we can view ourselves as being completely different from how we look physically. When I was younger I used to dress like a boy all the time, and when I had my hair short it was both freeing and troublesome. For example, when I first got into a relationship with my current boyfriend I had short hair, wore graphic t-shirts everyday with skinny jeans and double soled Dr Martens. I remember vividly this one time he was talking to one of hid friends on facebook about me and he asked if I had a facebook page, so he showed him what I looked like and he said "Is she a dyke?!". At the time I was offended and thought that he was an idiot but looking back on that time of my life I probably did look a bit like a lesbian; I've even asked Kieran if he thought I was before we started talking be he assures me that he didn't. What annoys me now though about close minded people is that even if someone dresses the way I did and has short hair, why does that automatically make me a lesbian? Or why does that automatically make me unsure of my gender? Personally I have never been inclined to change my gender but for others dressing like a boy, changing their hair, that is their way of coping in a body that they were never supposed to be in. I have quite a masculine energy and even when I was younger I was never girly, never played with dolls. I played football at school and had boy friends because it was much easier to be around boys if they thought you were one of them. I still find that the things I'm interested in are considered manly or boyish because I've had that indoctrinated into me from a young age. Blue is for boys, pink is for girls. However, we are breaking the boundaries with gender and slapping anyone in the face who says, "Oh, you can't play with Action Man, you're a girl!". I can bloody well play with what I like thank you very much! And I will have a season ticket for the football and I will watch graphic horror films alone and I will still cry at The Notebook and wear makeup when I please.

This project is going to help people understand that one person doesn't have to be exactly the same every single day. And also target people who have struggles with their identity, whether it be their gender, their physicallity, their hair, weight, style. You can be whoever you want to be and in this day and age you shouldn't have to question yourself or be questioned by others.