謝謝你主動為我換貼紙
Thank You for Changing the Sticker for Me
作者：Irina
★ 作品說明：
這是一段關於我自己被理解的真實故事。研究所新生入學體檢時，我拿出健保卡，什麼都沒說，工作人員看到我，就主動幫我重新列印表格和貼紙，只為了讓表單上的性別註記跟我的性別認同一致。我擔心造成他們的困擾，但他的一句話「這才是你，不是嗎？」讓我深受感動。跨性別者在當代社會的處境很艱難。朋友們都很善良，這不是問題。真正的挑戰是面對制度的打壓和不承認，所需要承擔的不便和沮喪。而我當時不期而遇的溫柔與善良，讓我相信在體制裡仍然有人願意守護跨性別者，讓跨性別者有尊嚴地活著。
★ 評審評述│簡至潔：
這部作品以第一人稱視角，用動畫形式訴說自己在校園有幸遇到友善的醫療人員主動為其更改性別標示，以符合當事人的認同。這個現場故事，用極為平實的敘述，給出了積極示範：面對龐大的體制，執行者並非只有無奈接受一途，若每一個人都能試著小小叛變，就可能在龐大的結構性壓迫中，為跨性別撐出一點喘息縫隙，感受到一點溫柔善意。
不過，作品沒有說出來但我們不禁會聯想到的是：如果遇到系統內建的預設值是不允許手動更改的狀況呢？此際，個別執行者即便抱持善意，又能如何協助抵禦「性別錯稱」的結構性傷害？
★ Artist’s Statement
This is a true story about a moment when I felt understood.
During a health examination for new students, I took out my Health Insurance ID without saying anything. When the staff member saw me, they voluntarily reprinted the form and sticker for me, simply so that the gender marker on the form would match my gender identity.
I was worried that I might have caused them trouble, but their words—“This is who you are, isn’t it?”—deeply moved me.
Living as transgender people in contemporary society is difficult. While my friends are kind, the inconvenience and frustration caused by institutional discrimination and collective failures to recognize us remain stressful.
The unexpected kindness I experienced that day made me believe that there are still people within institutions who are willing to stand up for transgender people and help them live with dignity.
★ Comment from the Judge│Chih-Chieh Chien
Using a first-person perspective and animation, this work tells the story of the artist encountering a kind medical staff member at school who voluntarily changed the gender marker to match the person’s identity.
Through a very straightforward narrative, this real-life story offers a positive example. Faced with a large and complicated system, people do not necessarily have to accept its rules.
If each person is willing to make a small act of resistance, it may be possible to create small spaces to breathe within a much larger structure of oppression, and to experience a little kindness.
However, the work also leaves us with a different question: what happens when the system is designed to prevent manual changes? Even if individual staff members are well-intentioned, how then can they prevent the structural harm caused by misgendering?