He is a singer/songwriter and poet whose sound employs simple progressions and complicated lyrics to produce folk with a purpose. Kergil, a Boston native, was recently recognized by Billboard magazine as one of eleven transgender and non-binary musicians to keep an eye on. Skylar Kergil, Ro Colegrove and Kerr Griffin, all transgender men, are veterans of the Boston music scene and active in the queer community. I enjoyed the forthright tone of the writing, and the poetic excerpts from Kergil’s journals.CLUB PASSIM HOSTS SKYLAR KERGIL, RO COLEGROVE AND KERR GRIFFIN THREE TRANSGENDER ARTISTS TO PERFORM SOLO SETS ON AUGUST 8THĬambridge, MA – J– Club Passim will be hosting an evening of music featuring three acclaimed transgender artists August 8th, each performing solo sets. For example, there are explicit descriptions of the bodily processes and complications of transitioning. It contains many details about the daily life of a transgender person that I had never considered.
Having never read a memoir by a transgender person before, I found this book enlightening. However, through resilience, art, and candid vlogging, he overcame hardship and retained a steadfast commitment to his true self. Even with the support of his family and friends, Kergil endured worldly bias and intolerance as he underwent his transition.
As Kergil matured and began to find terminology for his identity, he did so against a backdrop of struggles, particularly his mother’s cancer and his older brother’s battle with substance abuse. Aside from a childhood summer when he requested that his family call him “Mike,” his first foray into gender exploration came when, at age 11, he created an online profile in which he claimed to be male. Skylar Kergil was born “Katherine,” a rough-and-tumble tomboy, who, from a young age, was often mistaken for a boy by strangers. This book details the struggles he faced, both with his identity and later with his transition, as a young adult in a turbulent and at times intolerant world.
Before I Had the Words is the memoir of Skylar Kergil, an artist, activist, and YouTuber who is a transgender man.
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