Plasibeau
05-12-2009, 08:14 PM
So I work at the Renaissance Faire in Southern California which is heading into it's last weekend. At this faire I dress loud and proud, but I am perceived as being strait. There is another well known character there who is flaming gay. And when I say flaming gay, I do mean that every step he takes leaves scorch marks on the ground.
Last saturday night we were just talking, both a little inebriated, and he suddenly starts crying and talking about how much he admired me for being who I am and not really caring what anyone else thought. Bubbles goes on to express how much he felt like a trapped woman inside and could only wish to express herself as I do.
Now again, let me remind you the Bubbles is flaming gay. No one would be surprised if he showed up with breasts one day. But he was genuinely in tears and it made me realize that we all deal with our gender issues in different ways. It also made me aware that the mental fortitude and nerve that it takes to truly buck the accepted norm is not something someone rises too easily. . . even if a person is the last one you'd be surprised by if they had gender issues.
Thoughts?
Last saturday night we were just talking, both a little inebriated, and he suddenly starts crying and talking about how much he admired me for being who I am and not really caring what anyone else thought. Bubbles goes on to express how much he felt like a trapped woman inside and could only wish to express herself as I do.
Now again, let me remind you the Bubbles is flaming gay. No one would be surprised if he showed up with breasts one day. But he was genuinely in tears and it made me realize that we all deal with our gender issues in different ways. It also made me aware that the mental fortitude and nerve that it takes to truly buck the accepted norm is not something someone rises too easily. . . even if a person is the last one you'd be surprised by if they had gender issues.
Thoughts?