...and for getting to know me before you decide wether I am 'useful' to you or not.
Dann bist Du hier zuallererst mal herzlich eingeladen, mitzudiskutieren. Auf jeden Fall bin ich durchaus neugierig, "wer" Prinzession Hans ist.
Then come and talk to me sometime. If you want to, then my public appearances are generally documented here;
http://theprincess.kunstangriff.deWhere I have never once described myself as a 'Trashtunte', nor do I claim to present Glamour Trash, I was in a show last weekend with that as a theme.
I sing songs. That is true.
But that is a tiny,
tiny part of what I do.
Und jetzt direkt zum Thema: Du schreibst "useful" (nützlich) - ich habe als Formulierung "günstig" verwendet - das ist etwas durchaus anderes, und es geht um die zentrale Frage, ob und unter welchen Umständen wir durch provokatives Auftreten Vorurteile abbauen und die Akzeptanz für uns erhöhen oder ob das eher kontraproduktiv ist.
So who is this 'uns'? I have never called myself a trans*anything.
And I guess I take offence to the idea that just because
somebody uses a photo of me (without asking my permission beforehand, by the way) as the image for last year's Trans*tagung, or that I regularly perform at soli parties for queer and/or trans-organisations, that my body, appearance and politics are up for public evaluation, or even worse that my politics are automatically the same as those of the people who invite me to play at their events, or the people who choose to use my image as representative for something....
If people have a problem with my re/presenting something, they should take it up with the people who organised the gig.
Deciding outside of that where and when I am allowed to do what I like in my free time is frankly just a boring game of deciding which expressions of masculinity or femininity you find acceptable, and which you do not. Which is ironic, really.
Saying 'this doesn't fit in my world view and I don't want to see it here' is about as *phobic as the British lager louts who were shouting at me on the train platform at Alexanderplatz last night.
There is no point (and frankly it is just mean) deciding wether the way I look is 'good' or 'bad' in terms of your politics.
It's perfect for my politics, and my person, and that's what matters.
Whose business is it anyway, what I do with my body and my time?
When I am dressed up, I feel happy.
When I am happy, I open myself up to the world.
When I open myself up to the world, I move people and touch their hearts.
I make people dance, laugh, cry.
I evidently make some people horribly bored
(thank you Shiela).
Who am I?
I don't even care to explain. I am the Princess Hans. That's enough.