Feminine Masculinity: An Oxymoron?
You might know this line from Leslie Feinberg’s book Transliberation: “Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.” I’m not sure what sort of relationship you have with...
View ArticleSeven Days of Dapper: T Sweatt
You know it. You love it. It’s Seven Days of Dapper, back this time with a special treat for you: the dashing Maine stylings of T Sweatt. Here are T’s stats: T. Sweatt, originally from Connecticut and...
View ArticleDrag King Workshop with Goldie Peacock
*Feature image by Jack Montgomery via Goldie Peacock One of our favorite dapperQs, “genre-crossing, genderblending movement artist” Goldie Peacock, is cooking up some drag king realness this Sunday at...
View ArticleDress Smart – dapperQ Academics
Inspired by “Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Identities,” our new series “Dress Smart” will be featuring masculine-of-center genderqueer and transmasculine dapperQ professionals and academics who,...
View ArticleSuiting Up the Street Goth
I had been struggling for inspiration on my post for DapperQueer over the past few months. I felt like, although it was interesting, I was tired of interviewing people about their style. They were all...
View ArticleTomboy Femme Fridays
Feature image via Style Lesbia dapperQ is tipping our top-hats to all of the tomboy femmes out there. While our mission remains the same, we understand that gender identity and presentation falls along...
View ArticleHOT: Chloë Sevigny in BLK DNM
As if her tanktop-wearing, motorbike-straddling character in If These Walls Could Talk 2 didn’t leave you in throes of heartbreaking straight girl infatuation, Chloë Sevigny dons two graceful BLK DNM...
View ArticleDress Smart: dapperQ Academics
Inspired by “Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Identities,” our new series “Dress Smart” will be featuring masculine-of-center genderqueer and transmasculine dapperQ professionals and academics who,...
View ArticleAsk dapperQ: Men’s Short Shorts?
A reader asks: Summertime calls for shorts and 2013 calls for shorter shorts. I’m a big fan of Chubbie’s Shorts with a 7″ inseam, but the leg opening is as wide as a parachute on me. Any other men’s...
View ArticleWNBA Star Brittney Griner Talks Bow-Ties, Women & B-Ball with ESPN
Last week, ESPN featured an amazingly inspiring feature on WNBA star Brittney Griner that includes video documenting her response to “the most creative negative comment she has received on social...
View ArticlePride Pick: Astraea’s “Party with Pride”
Happy Pride! It’s that time of the year again. Your social media is getting flooded with a zillion Pride Month invites. But, where to go, where to go? dapperQ will be recommending our event picks for...
View ArticleThe Budget dapperQ
Piggybacking off our “Dapper on A Dime“, we asked some other dapperQs how they swag on a budget. Here’s what Gabrielle Rivera, Nuyorican writer, poet and filmmaker, had to offer re dressing for less:...
View ArticleNYC: Big Fat Flea this Sunday!
Classic! Ladies, gentlemen, and the rest of us, I am excited to tell you about the Big Fat Flea: New York City’s largest pop-up plus-size clothing flea market. On one day – and one day only – NYU...
View ArticleBolos by Raife & Singer
So, what happens when bow-ties and neckties aren’t your thing? What other options exist when you want to give your collar a bit of dapper flare? That’s the predicament my girl is currently in. I’m...
View ArticleHe Said/We Said: Pride 2013 Edition
Our March He Said/We Said featured our first ever West Coast (Bay Area) edition of He Said/We Said. Not to be outdone, Jack Tar 207, a Portland, Maine based style blog, took on the HS/WS challenge for...
View ArticleAsk dapperQ: Hellllllllp! Masculine Swimwear?
One reader asks: “I recently had top surgery and my doctor instructed me to keep my scars out of the sun. Have any suggestion[s] for swimwear that provides water-proof chest coverage but is not a...
View ArticleLiberating Gender Presentation from Expectations: Quitting Eyeliner, Dresses,...
I wore eyeliner for the first time in eight months as an experiment, and my eyes felt like strangers. At first, the whole idea seemed like a goofy lark, but I quickly recognized my burgeoning...
View ArticleMenswear Inspired Formal & Wedding Attire by Fourteen
Since last week’s SCOTUS decisions, our weddings section has exploded with hits, and our readers have expressed enthusiasm about exercising some of their new marriage rights. So, we couldn’t think of...
View ArticleAsk dapperQ: Androgynous Fragrances?
@xnonymous tweets: “Could you please recommend some androgynous fragrances? I’ve been searching far and wide for some.” It’s really hard to recommend fragrances online, because one dapperQ’s sweet...
View ArticleStyle Icon Kate Moennig Returns to Showtime as Lesbian Character Lena
Back in February, actor, model, and style icon Kate Moenning wet our fashion appetites by flaunting her swag as a brand ambassador for Wildfang. But, for some of us die-hard fans, it only left us...
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