Knowing another human being is like looking through a microscope. What is placed directly under the lens defines our field of view and thus our understanding.
Today, in the midst of more snow and cold, away from the lesbian community I knew in Eugene, Ore., long gone from the radical dyke community of San Francisco, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ftm’
There is a balm in Gilead
Posted in butch, culture, gender, geography, queer, violence, tagged AIDS, Annie Dillard, drug abuse, ftm, grief, loss, suicide on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Can I Help you, Sir… Ma’am…Nevermind
Posted in culture, gender, tagged dyke, ftm on September 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As a butch dyke in the United States, I spend a lot of time unconsciously waiting for the other shoe to drop. The gender identification shoe. More often than not, on first contact, I am taken for a man. And again, more often than not, within the first few seconds, the people I meet reassess.
What [...]
