Story by Georgia Mallett
TONALITY
After local rockstar, Chick Falcon decides to feminize her voice, she gets offered a record deal that could change the course of her music career.
Falcon plays one of her many guitars at a show at Donna’s Bar in Bowling Green, Ky. on Feb. 12, 2022. “You don't have to only play all kinds of crazy shit to be awesome,” said Falcon.
In Bowling Green, Ky., a bright red 1984 Nissan 300ZX is parked outside a bright yellow house. The car belongs to Bowling Green rockstar, Chick Falcon. The car that Falcon and her girlfriend, Nina, dreamed about getting the first time they met. Within the yellow house, a collection of stacked amps, vintage keyboards, video games and records surround a drum set in the second-coming of Bowie’s practice room.
Chick Falcon is the founding member and lead singer of the Daddy Sisters band. This band is a staple piece of the Bowling Green music scene and has been around for almost five years.
Falcon has always been the lead singer and guitar player with different drummers. The permanent drummer is Jack Quinn, a WKU student. “I've never been as connected with a musician or a bandmate in my life ever. I love Jack so much. He's just fun to hang out with and like he's into the whole dress up thing. He's badass. I love him,” said Falcon.
Within the last year, Falcon has turned turned her passion for refurbishment into a business. She fixes up game consoles, synthesizers, recording equipment, amps, guitars, and other instruments that are usually from the 70s and 80s. These instruments become iconic tools of music for Falcon in her band.
Chick Falcon is the founding member and lead singer of the Daddy Sisters band. This band is a staple piece of the Bowling Green music scene and has been around for almost five years.
Falcon has always been the lead singer and guitar player with different drummers. The permanent drummer is Jack Quinn, a WKU student. “I've never been as connected with a musician or a bandmate in my life ever. I love Jack so much. He's just fun to hang out with and like he's into the whole dress up thing. He's badass. I love him,” said Falcon.
Within the last year, Falcon has turned turned her passion for refurbishment into a business. She fixes up game consoles, synthesizers, recording equipment, amps, guitars, and other instruments that are usually from the 70s and 80s. These instruments become iconic tools of music for Falcon in her band.
“The Daddy Sisters allowed me to tiptoe into that realm. First, I only presented [feminine] in the band, and…it made me feel great. Then I started presenting fem outside of the band,” said Falcon.
Falcon joined the music scene while attending Western Kentucky University. Before the Daddy Sisters formed, Falcon would explore the house show music scene in Bowling Green. This is the environment where Falcon would first be introduced to the subject of trans-identities. After learning more about the gender spectrum from people in college, Falcon began to think more about her gender expression.
“I identified as gender fluid. I was basically learning about my own gender. I was like, ‘let's try this because like, this is something that's always been inside of me.’ I've always kind of suppressed it…I just said, ‘let's do it,’” said Falcon. The band really allowed Falcon to step into her identity, she said.
“I identified as gender fluid. I was basically learning about my own gender. I was like, ‘let's try this because like, this is something that's always been inside of me.’ I've always kind of suppressed it…I just said, ‘let's do it,’” said Falcon. The band really allowed Falcon to step into her identity, she said.
ANTI-TRANSGENDER ISSUES IN KENTUCKY
Senate Bill 83
Passed into Law 29-8
Governor veto overridden, 03/29/2023
Passed into Law 29-8
Governor veto overridden, 03/29/2023
Introduced 04/13/2022
"Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Board of Education or agency designated by the Board of Education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as "girls"; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; require that an action be brought within two years; provide that the Act may be cited as the Save Women’s Sports Act."
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 83 (Kentucky General Assembly 2022)
"Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Board of Education or agency designated by the Board of Education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as "girls"; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; require that an action be brought within two years; provide that the Act may be cited as the Save Women’s Sports Act."
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 83 (Kentucky General Assembly 2022)
House Bill 30
Defeated 03/30/2023
Defeated 03/30/2023
Introduced 01/03/2023
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish legislative findings; ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the opposite biological sex
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 30 (Kentucky General Assembly 2023)
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish legislative findings; ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the opposite biological sex
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 30 (Kentucky General Assembly 2023)
House Bill 120
Defeated 03/30/2023
Defeated 03/30/2023
Introduced 01/05/2023
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; prohibit tax exemption for gender transition procedures; prohibit a person or entity from aiding or abetting the performance or inducement of gender transition procedures to a child under the age of 18 years, but exempt speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and exempt a parent of such child; prohibit tax exemption for gender transition procedures; establish a short title of Kentucky's Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 120 (Kentucky General Assembly 2023)
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; prohibit tax exemption for gender transition procedures; prohibit a person or entity from aiding or abetting the performance or inducement of gender transition procedures to a child under the age of 18 years, but exempt speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and exempt a parent of such child; prohibit tax exemption for gender transition procedures; establish a short title of Kentucky's Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 120 (Kentucky General Assembly 2023)
Senate Bill 150
Passed into Law
Governor veto overridden, 03/29/2023
Passed into Law
Governor veto overridden, 03/29/2023
2023
"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish definitions; require specific parental notifications from public schools; require school districts to adopt specific procedures related to parental rights; limit the authority of the Kentucky Board of Education and Kentucky Department of Education in relation to parental rights and a student's use of pronouns; prohibit district or school policies with the intent of keeping student information confidential for parents; prohibit a school district from requiring school personnel or pupils to use pronouns for students that do not conform to that student's biological sex; provide school districts and district personnel authority to seek emergency medical services for a student; provide conditions for student confidentiality; amend KRS 158.1415 to establish requirements for any public school's course, curriculum, or program on the subject of human sexuality."
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 150 (Kentucky General Assembly 2023)
"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish definitions; require specific parental notifications from public schools; require school districts to adopt specific procedures related to parental rights; limit the authority of the Kentucky Board of Education and Kentucky Department of Education in relation to parental rights and a student's use of pronouns; prohibit district or school policies with the intent of keeping student information confidential for parents; prohibit a school district from requiring school personnel or pupils to use pronouns for students that do not conform to that student's biological sex; provide school districts and district personnel authority to seek emergency medical services for a student; provide conditions for student confidentiality; amend KRS 158.1415 to establish requirements for any public school's course, curriculum, or program on the subject of human sexuality."
-Summary of Original Version of Bill 150 (Kentucky General Assembly 2023)
VOCAL THERAPY
Personal response depends on the viewer’s individual thoughts and values. This might be sometimes in conflict with cultural values. Also when a viewer has viewed an image from a personal perspective, it is then hard to change the viewer’s perception of the image, even though the image can be seen in other ways.
An image’s view can arise from the history of the use of media. Some images are viewed differently due to the use of different (new) media throughout times. For example: The result of using the computer to edit images (e.g. Photoshop) is quite different when comparing images that are made and edited by hand.
The cultural perspective involves the identity of symbols. The uses of words that are related to the image, the use of heroes in the image, etc. are the symbolization of the image. The cultural perspective can also be seen as the semiotic perspective.
Georgia Mallett
WKU Student and Photographer