Jason-Antigone Dane
Early years
Dane was born in Athens, Greece in the 13th of August 1985 and raised in the neighborhood of Kolonaki. Dane graduated from Athens College, then joined the 2nd experimental Lyceum of Athens, and went on to graduate from the Department of Theatre Studies at the University of Patras with honours. Dane continued studies in theatre, joining the drama school of Roula Pateraki, graduating with honours, and later moved to London, working in famous gay clubs and becoming more interested and active in human and animal rights and veganism. Later, Dane returned to Greece to study human rights at the University of Athens.[1][2]
Activism
Nude activism
After returning to Greece, Dane created tension in the gay community with naked protests that included slogans written on their naked body. Dane changed names by adding the name Antigone (from the mythic heroine) next to the baptismal first name Jason.[1]
ID trail
In November 2017, Dane took legal steps to ask to legally be referred as gender neutral, with gender erased from Dane's ID. That came one month after a bill was passed from the Parliament to allow people to change the gender on their identity cards. However, Dane wanted gender to be erased entirely. Dane was the first person to ask for official recognition as a non-binary person. Dane is genderqueer.[3][4] During the hearing, Dane was accompanied by Grigoris Valianatos.[5]
In February 2018, the court ruled in favour of allowing Dane to identify as a non-binary person on identity cards, but not to totally erase gender from the cards.[6]
Bill on LGBT adoption
Dane was under the spotlight of mass media when attending the House of the Hellenic Parliament for LGBT adoption on May 9, 2018. During the hearing, MP Kostas Katsikis stated that homosexuality was a crime equal to pedophilia. Dane left the house as a sign of disapproval.[7]
Candidate councilor in Athens
Dane is a candidate councillor in Athens, with Rena Dourou, affiliated with the governing Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). [8][9] Dane is an admirer of Alexis Tsipras. [10]
References
- Eikosipentidou 2018.
- Βνάτσιου 2017.
- Klokas 2017.
- Lifo 2017.
- Στα δικαστήρια το Τζέισον - Αντιγόνη. Greece: Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. 1 November 2017.
YouTube title: Στα δικαστήρια το Τζέισον - Αντιγόνη συνοδεία Βαλιανάτου για την διαγραφή φύλου
- Θεοδοσίου 2017.
- news247 2018.
- "Οι υποψήφιοι της Ρένας Δούρου στον Κεντρικό Τομέα Αθηνών - Και το Τζέισον Αντιγόνη (Δούσης Ιάσων) στο ψηφοδέλτιο". LiFO (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- "Το Τζέισον Αντιγόνη υποψήφιο για το περιφερειακό συμβούλιο με την παράταξη Δούρου". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- Γεραιουδάκης, Άγγελος (2019-04-03). "Τζέισον Αντιγόνη: Ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας με έκανε να δακρύσω με μια συγγνώμη - Έθνος". Έθνος (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-04-04.
Sources
- Eikosipentidou, Eftychia (6 June 2018). "The story of Jason-Antigone Dane". Medium. Retrieved 14 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Βνάτσιου, Κατερίνα (13 May 2017). "Το Jason-Αντιγόνη μιλάει για το πώς είναι να είσαι non binary άτομο στην Αθήνα". Athens Voice. Retrieved 14 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Στο δικαστήριο σήμερα η πρώτη διαγραφή φύλου από ταυτότητα". Lifo. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Κλόκας, Νίκος (1 November 2017). "Εξετάστηκε το πρώτο αίτημα για διαγραφή φύλου". Lambrakis Press Group. Retrieved 14 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Θεοδοσίου, Κυριάκος (20 February 2018). "ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ JASON – ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΗ: Ο πρώτος άνδρας στην Ελλάδα που με δικαστική απόφαση αναγνωρίστηκε το γυναικείο του όνομα στην ταυτότητα – Διεκδικεί να αναγνωριστεί και ως άφυλο άτομο". Lifo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- news247 (2018). "Στη Βουλή το Jason - Αντιγόνη για την αναδοχή παιδιών". Retrieved 14 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)