I'll show you what I can be
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You'll never pass for male
My mother to me, as I was discussing the fact I want to cut my hair much shorter than it is now.
I'm impressed with myself for not flipping out. I kind of laughed, and said I had no intention of passing.
Not a complete truth, but not a complete lie either. I'd like to pass some of the time. I'd like to buy some boy's clothes and go out somewhere new and see what happens.
But...it was like when Chris assumed I wanted to have complete GRS. I wasn't offended so much as...sad.
I know it will take time for genderqueers to gain the acknowledgment that transgenders have. But, damn, it hurts when people make that assumption. It's like a comment I remember dad making way back when (I think it's in this journal somewhere, actually) about bisexuals being unable to 'pick a team'. What if we don't want to? What if neither team wants us all the time?
*crawls back into her hole*
My mother to me, as I was discussing the fact I want to cut my hair much shorter than it is now.
I'm impressed with myself for not flipping out. I kind of laughed, and said I had no intention of passing.
Not a complete truth, but not a complete lie either. I'd like to pass some of the time. I'd like to buy some boy's clothes and go out somewhere new and see what happens.
But...it was like when Chris assumed I wanted to have complete GRS. I wasn't offended so much as...sad.
I know it will take time for genderqueers to gain the acknowledgment that transgenders have. But, damn, it hurts when people make that assumption. It's like a comment I remember dad making way back when (I think it's in this journal somewhere, actually) about bisexuals being unable to 'pick a team'. What if we don't want to? What if neither team wants us all the time?
*crawls back into her hole*
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on 2008-07-04 04:53 am (UTC)If asked to briefly define 'genderqueer', how would you answer? I ask, because in my research, I get so many broad definitions and sometimes conflicting answers.
Love you for being patient with my ignorance.......♥
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on 2008-07-05 03:15 pm (UTC)