No one thought it was odd.

Someone wrote…

The place I’ve found my identity as male most accepted and affirmed wasn’t a gay or genderqueer bar, wasn’t a trans support group, wasn’t anything like that. It was a doll shop. A temple to pink and cute and pretty, full of baby dolls that cost more than I’d ever spent at once. I was accepted as male there, still am. I bought a doll and got called “sir” and talked so much and no one thought it was odd that a young man would be buying a baby doll for himself.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on March 3rd, 2010 at 08:00 am

Category: your voice 3 comments »

3 Responses to “No one thought it was odd.”

  1. Meike
    March 3rd, 2010 at 10:58 am |

    I melted when I read this–that is so awesome!

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  2. Júda
    March 3rd, 2010 at 1:28 pm |

    You made me smile :-)

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  3. Karen
    March 3rd, 2010 at 10:20 pm |

    This made me happy in a way I can’t put into words. Thanks for sharing.

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