I don't want to give too much away until it's complete... But for my Art Major for my HSC, I have decided to focus it around me being Transgender.
I was talking to my art teacher (who you may know from previous entries) about the concept as she read through my art diary so far...
(She was actually one of the first to know that I was Bigender)
I had forgotten that I wrote about how I was scared that maybe my classmates might be transphobic or, worse, the markers would be transphobic (And if that were the case, they could lower my mark dramatically and I could fail my HSC... which is fucking scary)
But Ms sat me down properly and explained to me that even if they were then they could be very easily fired or the 'low mark' could be disregarded and then a Senior marker would have to come in and mark it (Which only happens when there is a huge dilema in marking)... There are typically 4 markers who mark each of the works anyway and Ms was very informative about the way/process that they must mark it and how they are not allowed to let personal opinions interfere with the beauty and thoughtfulness of an artwork (She's a HSC Art marker herself so she would know)
But she took the idea of someone in the class being transphobic very seriously and had a big discussion with me about if I would be too uncomfortable with completing this artwork and if I would need special supervision and care... Or even if I required to do my artwork in a seperate room/ at a seperate time to the rest of the class in order to feel comfortable...
I'm really glad that she took it as a very serious issue... Not many people do so it was really refreshing for someone to actually be serious about my fears and how I could be threatened by people who disagree with my way of life...
Even I... myself... tried to brush it off, saying that "Nah... its not an issue" without even thinking...
But she said "This is very serious! Don't knock it off as if it's nothing!"
It's funny to hear her say that when I... only a couple of weeks ago... was the one to introduce her to the Trangender community...
She's a 40 year old woman and had no idea this community existed til it was brought to her attention by me...
I feel I've already completed my New Years Resolution...
"To Change the World... Even if it's just one person... I want to change someones mind about the way teens... ESPECIALLY in the LGBT community... are being treated"
And I've completed that by teaching my Art Teacher...
She was even telling me how she was doing HER OWN RESEARCH in order to understand me...
She is a mother of two with a job as a Visual Arts Teacher at a high school... Teaching atleast 6 differnt classes a day... Eahc of which probably have heaps of assignment and marking to do... And she took the time, out of her busy schedule, to do reasearch on the issue to be able to understand where I wanted to take my artwork and who I really was... And the fact that she respects me for who I am and that she is willing to help me if shit goes down amazes me...
THIS! THIS IS A FUCKING GOOD TEACHER!
People need to learn from this woman.
She's an Amazing Teacher that respects her students and doesn't take shit from no one.
And if you couldn't already tell, She is definitely my favourite teacher.
Major Respect
~BashFash
Oh and Side not - She said I was a incredibly brave bigender being about to ignore the fact that society tells me to fit in with others and rather fit in with myself and I think I'll take that to the fucking grave... I'm not going to lie... I almost cried when she said I was brave... no ones ever told me that before... And it gave me the biggest confidence boost and I can't tell you how much it meant to me...
