Ryder Henderson

RJ Henderson participated significantly in Hamsphire's and Mount Holyoke's theatre departments. Ze worked as Technical Director on Humble Boy (HC), Thrill (HC), and Unplugging (HC) before moving to light design for The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorthelm's Son (HC), Future's Sectret (HC), The Importance of Being Earnest (MHC), and assistant light designer for Palmwine Drunkard (MHC). Henderson contributed to many more productions as a carpenter and/or member of the running crew.

RJ Henderson graduated from Hampshire College in May 2009. Henderson's Division III produced "The Gender Cube: A Diagram of Gender Fluidity," abstract: Gender is interactive and dynamic. Most historical models of gendering do not account for all of the processes that construct a gender. The goal of The Gender Cube is to take traditional gender boxes and expand them, multiply them, and morph them until there is room to account for any gender identities and expressions that can be conceived without limiting them to the seclusion of the “third” or “other.” Henderson received a Master's Degree in Gender Studies from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds, UK in December 2010. Hir Master's dissertation explored treatment guidelines for transgender and gender-variant youth in medical discourse from 2000-2010.

Ze presented on findings from the Master's Dissertation at the Queer Sexuality and Gender Conference and the Division III project at the Translating Identity Conference.

Henderson is a volunteer counselor at Camp Aranu'tiq, a summer camp for transgender and gender-variant youth ages 8-15.