Sol: What is your gender orientation?

Tatyana: Um, that’s a good question. I mean, I feel like fairly female but… I don’t know if my confusion in gender identity is a gender thing or if its more just like a sense of self sort of thing. So I’m not really sure and I’m just sort of like whatever about it. So I don’t care–she or they is fine for my pronouns. So I’m just like whatever, gender is a farce anyway.

Sol: So you don’t feel completely female?

Tatyana: Yeah, I just feel like gender is sort of stupid? (laughs) Not really like stupid because its important, but I don’t really like being ascribed any certain way, if that makes any sense.

Sol: Oh I see… and what is your sexual orientation?

Tatyana: It’s sort of the same, it’s like whatever.

Sol: Oh, are you pansexual?

Tatyana: Yeah, basically… It’s just sort of whatever. I would say queer because I don’t really want to out a specific label that ascribes certain, like, distinct parameters. So like, yeah, whatever. I don’t really like men that much. But still, I’m unfortunately attracted to them sometimes.

Sol: (laughs) Yeah, yeah, yeah… Unfortunate.

Tatyana: It truly is unfortunate at times.