Because I am not a boy, but I am a woman who had a boyhood
July 12, 2016 2:23 AM Subscribe
I hate that the only effective response I can give to “boys are shit” is “well I’m not a boy.” I feel like I am selling out the boy in baseball pajamas that sat with me on the bed while I tried to figure out which one I was supposed to be, and the boys who I have met and loved from inside my boy suit—who believed they were talking to a boy. I feel like I am burning the history of the naked body that sits on the floor of my shower. The body that went to prom in a boxy tuxedo and coveted the gowns.In an amazingly frank essay/diary entry, Jennifer Coates talks about not transitioning as a transwoman and not coming out of the closet, why she thinks that was the right choice for her as, well as the political context in which she made her decision.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this was deleted earlier. "Gently, I think this piece has a combination of elements that will make it really hard to have a good discussion about it, without turning into a protracted terrible fight." -- taz
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