Where Are They Now: Rachel Matt Thorn of Animerica

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Where Are They Now: Rachel Matt Thorn of Animerica

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Living in Japan, a professor in Kyoto, it looks like. (^_^) Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachel_thorn_en
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Re: Where Are They Now: Matt Thorn of Animerica

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I believe he is still translating all the Moto Hagio stuff for Fantagraphics right now.
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(Wonders about his kid due to some of the things I remember him saying back when I was more following his posts)
(clicks on link)
(... transwoman...lesbian...use she/her please..)
Ok, so Matt Thorn is apparently a she now, but is still 'Matt'. Hm.
Ok. No mention of the child Matt ..um..sired when she was a he.
I.. have no idea if I said that correctly and even if it is possible to say correctly.
Alright, I learned something new today. I guess.
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I assumed the little baby in the pics is Matt's baby? :) My understanding is that people can identify however they wish and use whichever names they want. :)
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runesaint wrote:(Wonders about his kid due to some of the things I remember him saying back when I was more following his posts)
(clicks on link)
(... transwoman...lesbian...use she/her please..)
Ok, so Matt Thorn is apparently a she now, but is still 'Matt'. Hm.
Ok. No mention of the child Matt ..um..sired when she was a he.
I.. have no idea if I said that correctly and even if it is possible to say correctly.
Alright, I learned something new today. I guess.
In these cases, it's generally okay to ask the person directly...although in a public forum we have to make assumptions about the preferred gender pronoun. I remember Jeff Jones the artist--became transgender later in career but tended to change mind about what pronoun she preferred over the years.
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Re: Where Are They Now: Matt Thorn of Animerica

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PinkAppleJam wrote:I assumed the little baby in the pics is Matt's baby? :) My understanding is that people can identify however they wish and use whichever names they want. :)
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Matt's daughter is from before her transition. :) She & her wife are living happily in Japan & Matt's still working on manga (most recently on Otherworld Barbara, as she works very closely with Moto Hagio http://amzn.to/2mhH6nO )
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