Big Body Broadcasting

“Gender expression” refers to the ways in which we each manifest masculinity or femininity.  Each of us expresses a particular gender every day – by the way we style our hair, select our clothing, or even the way we stand. Our appearance, speech, behavior, movement, and other factors signal that we feel – and wish to be understood – as masculine or feminine, or as a man or a woman. For some of us, our gender expression may not match our biological sex. We may or may not fit another's expectations of masculinity or femininity because of the way we look, act, or dress.  Our guest knows firsthand the struggle of not feeling her assigned sex. Author Tracy James Jones, though born male, has been referred to as “she” throughout her life.  She never fully embraced the male gender as her own because she always felt or related more to being viewed as female.  At the age of fifteen, she made a tearful confession to God on the altar at her church—she finally embraced her true self because she believed that God loved he