Description
Kasie Emery (they/them) is a 31-year-old, asexual, non-binary individual who discovered their asexual identity during their college years and discovered their non-binary identity a few years later. Emery has experienced many instances of asexual erasure in queer communities and speaks on the differences in the perceptions of their gender identity vs their sexual identity both in and out of LGBTQ+ spaces. They emphasize that discovering aspects of identity and self-expression is non-linear and how experimentation has been important in the learning process for them.
Throughout the interview, Emery displays their passion for queer representation in the media, describing LGBTQ+ characters from shows such as Umbrella Academy, Hazbin Hotel, and Owl House, while discussing issues with representation in the past, such as the depiction of asexuality in House M.D. Through analyzing how queer visibility has evolved over time, Emery gives insight into what their asexual identity means to them and how important it is to have accurate presentations of LGBTQ+ identities.
Publication Date
11-22-2024
Publisher
University of Southern Maine
City
Portland, Maine
Keywords
Querying the Past, Oral History, Androgyny; anti-asexual discrimination; anti-transgender discrimination; aromanticism; asexual artists; asexual partners; asexual people; asexual relationships; asexuality; assigned female at birth; clocking (gender); closeted asexual people; coming out; corrective rape; demiromanticism; gay activism; gay couples; gender euphoria; gender identity; homophobia; intolerance towards LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+; LGBTQ+ activism; LGBTQ+ film censorship; LGBTQ+ people in the workplace; LGBTQ+ visibility; non-binary people; passing (gender); queer youth; romantic orientation; them/them/themselves (pronouns); trans inclusivity
Disciplines
History of Gender | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Oral History | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Strout, Madison, "Emery, Kasie" (2024). Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection. 127.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/127
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Included in
History of Gender Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Oral History Commons, Women's Studies Commons
