When Genny Beemyn came out as genderqueer in the 1990s, there were no mirrors — no public figures or labels to reflect their identity back at them. Decades later, standing before a crowd of 30 at the Sunderland Public Library on March 25, Beemyn shared what it meant to them to find a term that […]
Author Archives: Aalianna Marietta
Aalianna Marietta is the South County reporter. She is a graduate of UMass Amherst and was a journalism intern at the Recorder while in school. She can be reached at amarietta@recorder.com or 413-930-4081.


