Were You A Long Haired Hippie?

[deja true]

Tracy just put a post in another thread saying that as a long haired hippy, she was often mistaken for a girl. That happened to me, too. And of course there were the occasional insults to go with it. I had a gorgeous long ponytail and whenever I crossed the Mississippi to go west, I fashioned it into two braids, Willy Nelson style.

So I was wondering, were there many here that had long hair in their teens and twenties? And do you think it might have been related to your (probably) repressed CD urges?

Let's hear it, boomers!

deja

[mikecd999]

Yes I did, and now I have long hair again, below my sholders. My mother said I look like I did back in the sixtys, I said yes but this time I will remember it.
Mike

[jamie55]

Hi Deja: Yes I had long hair in my younger days and off and on ever since. No I don't think it was related to my predisposition to CD. I have always been a rebel and when I was told that I couldn't have long hair and participate in athletics in High School I grew it long just to prove a point. By the way I was a co captain for 2 yrs. of our state championship cross country teams. I don't think my long hair slowed me down any.

[Kristen Kelly]

Up until Junior HS I had a crew cut, now I'm a long haired mature person. At 50 I'm lucky to have a full head of my own hair, it's below my shoulders and blonde highlighted, this is the longest it has ever been. When asked how long am I going to grow it, I answer "Till it falls out"

[SweetCaroline]

Long haired hippie here!

But beyond my era. I grew-up in the Eighties/ early Nighties. Not the early sixties. alas.

Still, I'm the hugest Dylan fan I know, so that must count for something. :D

[charlie]

I was a long haired hippy, but the mutton chops and big red moustase that went along with it sort of cancelled out the CD feminine part. Back then I only wanted to occasionally wear one of my GF panties. Nothing more. To much dope to take the time to look good in a dress.

[Daintre]

I was a long hair hippie also, I wore psychedelic shirts and huge bell bottom pants.

[Tedi]

Yep, had hair down past my shoulders.. other than that I didn't advertise my hippieness. Wore somewhat normal clothing and acted as normal as possible. But.. all along I was dropping acid and smoking reefer to the max. Nobody knew... they just thought I was a happy guy.

[deja true]

"...but the mutton chops and big red moustase that went along with it sort of cancelled out the CD feminine part..."


Yeah i know! My waxed handlebar mustache definitely did not accesorize well with my Indian print long dresses...

deja

[Lisa Rose]

Were You A Long Haired Hippie?

YUP Some people think am I still. Little do they know. :D: eek: :tongueout

[Stormgirl]

Was before my time.

<...Gen Y'er

[Jennaie]

My hair was below my belt and I surfed every day. Yes, lots of looks from other drivers trying to get a better look at the babe in the car next to them.

[Mary Morgan]

I didn't have really long hair until I was almost 50 and then down to the middle of my back, but for many years I wore a perm and that allowed me to comb it out when en femme, and pass as the respectible man they all thought I was the rest of the time. Now I dye my hair light blonde once per month, but it is so thin I cannot let it grow out. So sad.

[kathy001]

Yep, i was a long haired hippie type but with a beard to boot.
With me it was not all love and peace in those days.

You see back in those days i rode with a motorcycle gang. Had three Harley's over that period. Those were both the best and the worst periods of my life.
One thing though i don't regret, i got a ton of strories from that period, some good, some bad, some really humorous, some downright frightening and some downright incriminating!

[vikki2020]

"Oh, say, can you see my eyes;if you can---then my hairs to short"---the early 70's were our hippy daze!Everyone I knew had long hair,but I'm sure I was the only one using it to my fem advantage.I could get home from school, and be dressed and out the door in 10 minutes!Loved those quick walks around the block.

[Joy Carter]

Yupper :D But I bathed and kept it nice. Oh no I wasn't protesting a thing. Just a foray into gender bending.

[Kate Simmons]

Never had the pleasure courtesy of Uncle Sam. I did have Hippie friends even though I was a "straight laced" troop in Army Intel. Not to mention, I went down to Washington DC when I was stationed near there on the weekends sometimes to rent a hotel room and crossdress. Where there is a will, there is a way.:happy:

[Wendy me]

yes that was me long hair ..... sun glasses .....bandaner ....

[Bexles]

I had long hair when I was about 11 (it was down to the middle of my back) and I had a natural blonde streak in the front... Since then I've grown my hair and cut it religiously, allowing it to reach my chin and cutting it short again.

I don't know whether I chose metal music because it's more acceptable for guys to have long hair that are into metal music or just because I like it. But my parents were bikers with long hair and liked rock / classic metal so it might have been part of their influence. Either way since coming out I haven't got the urge to cut my hair :happy:

[Angela Burke]

I had my hair grown down past my arse. I could sit on it. I wasn't really into being a hippie I just liked it that it wasn't considered that unusual for a boy to have extremely long hair, (it was the hair I liked) and getting mistaken for a girl was great too.

[RikkiOfLA]

Not me. I was too repressed in those days! A GG friend even offered to crossdress me just for fun and I turned her down. I've kicked myself ever since.

Been making up for lost time! :happy:

Blessings,
Rikki

[Eugenie]

Wonderful memories of the delicious times of my long hair... Unfortunately long gone...

Around the age of 45, I developped a bald spot on top of t hair and long hair didn't really look good with a bald spot... So I had to cut my hair...

It was great then to be able to have a feminine hair brush with my own natural hair... Even in drab mode women were often saying "I wish I had the same curly hair you have..."

The most enjoyable part was feeling my hair on my neck and shoulders... That feeling isn't provided by a wig, but may be it is because I'm not wearing a human hair wig...

:hugs:
Eugenie

[Carla4Guage]

No I was one of those crew cut "baby killers" - that hurt being called that by the way. Four years in the military and then trying for the rest of my life to catch up with my classmates who went straight to college. (I did have the benefit of the GI Bill to help pay the way.)
Now that I could appreciate the long hair I have a bald spot the size of Texas. I wear a short wig, probably shorter than most of you had your hair back then, and appropriately it's gray.

[Emily Ann Brown]

Guilty as charged !!!!!!


Emily Ann

[Jennifer in CO]

in the 60's my Dad wouldn't let me grow it past my ears...My Mom managed to get him to let me grow it to my shoulders. At that point, and since I had been getting my hair trimmed at my Mom's stylist (only one stop for me, you, and your sister she used to say), she had the stylist cut it into a long bob...I think to humiliate me into getting it cut short again. Didn't happen. Wore it as a bob for most of the 6th grade (1968) till it got "too long for Dad" close to summer which was funny as Mom's stylist never let it get any longer than touching my shoulders. BUT, since I already knew I wanted to be a girl (long story) I was way cool with the style so I enjoyed myself the whole year! That summer was a major bummer as I DO remember having to get my hair cut the last day of school. At that point it was about 3 or 4 inches past the top of my shoulders and with the curl-cut for a bob it look pretty girly (my sister would tell me)

ahh....those were the days....hair now?...99&#37; of the time in a braid that almost touches my belt...

Jenn

[TxKimberly]

I never had truley LONG hair as a teenager, but it was longer than most people thought appropriate. At the age of 17 I joined the Army where I stayed for the next 12 years, so no long hair there. All those years I kept telling myself that if I ever got out of the service, I would grow my hair down to my behind, but alas, it was not to happen. By the time I got out, my hair was making a strategic withdrawel from my head (otherwise known as a retreat).
Now I have no hair on the top of my head and so there is little point to growing it long in the back. <sob>

[amber 07]

Guilty as charged also. In college it was the "in thing". Later in life as a member of a biker group it was a full beard and long hair, also an "in thing". Now, I'm where I want to be and its a great feeling with long hair, thigh-hi's, suspender belt and red baby-doll as I type to all of you. What an exhilirating feeling. Life is GOOD!!!!

[Cristi]

"Were" a long-haired hippie?

Still AM a long-haired hippie. :)

While my hair was always long by some standard, even when I was a kid in the late 60s, I didn't really start growing it 'ponytail' long until the early 90s... and haven't cut it since.

Honestly, I think it is less about style and more about ease of maintenance. Except for the washing and drying time (basically FOREVER), I never have to do anything to, or even think about my hair. Just run my fingers through it, pull it into a ponytail and go!

[bEEb]

My freak flag was flyin throughout the 60's. Nonconformity was middle name. It's what got me in all that trouble with the "authority" figures.

[ChanDelle]

I had hair to the bottom of my ear lobes in the mid 70s after the service for a while. Always been in conservative fields of work so short hair was the norm for me and still is. As it's pretty well gone on top now, no hope for the future. If I had a full head of hair now, I'm afraid it'd be hard not to grow it long.

ChanDelle

[deja true]

Carla, many of the biggest freaks I ever knew were vets. I'm sorry you had to put upwith that name calling stuff back then, but honestly, most of us ol' hippies didn't really feel that way. You guys were our brothers and fathers and best friends. The minority of hyper-politico types made most of the noise. The rest of us ignored them for the most part. The long hair wasn't always on the head, it was in the spirit.

Peace, dudes & chicks!

deja

[Sharon]

All those stereotypes that some may have of hippies? Well, that was me. Then I grew up.

[Stargirl]

I had long blonde hair to my waist, and often dressed like a male in tailored suits. We could get away with anything back then, almost. Of course, I was the first to defend my male friends who had long hair. There were a lot of conservative PHOBES back then, too. I suppose, in the natural scheme of things, they are "essential" ? perhaps to promote the full blossoming of people like ourselves. "Low key" is okay, but socially imposed "repressing and boring" are best avoided. I was also VERY fond of feminine clothing, and I did protest the war. When the soldiers came back, I was invited to a "Viet Nam Veterans Against The War" gathering. It's a lot like today. The fashions are very unusual. (but then, I am close to Las Vegas The variety show). And the current social climate is agitated, so we are clamoring for a way to offset the mundane agony of every day life. Celebrate the gift of having a body to decorate !

[Lilith Moon]

Yes!!!!

Nobody knew the real reason for my luxurious wavy waist length hair. Unusually, I have kept my long hair right through from the 60's although it now only grows shoulder length and I'm sporting a shiny monks pate.

Although what is left of my hair is no longer good for crossdressing I just can't bear to have it cut after 40+ years. I tie it back in a pony tail and tuck it under wigs when I dress.

[deja true]

Oh Gawd!, girls... I'm having flashbacks after all these years! If I still had my van (you know, the one with the Indian bedspread curtains) I'd drive to Berkely! Again! Far OUT!!!

deja

[suzannecarr]

i was a long haired heavy metal guy(girl was the benefit) it was a great excuse to have my hair long enough to curl and style and it was great! got a perm once from my mom and then curled my hair and dressed up and went out( as she watched) she asked me as she was crying did i want to be a female and of all things i said no!! she told me i would have been a beautiful girl! ( of course i said i know thats right!just kidding) but i did look good and didnt have to wear base, i was thin and did not have any masculine features that were apparent! many who saw pictures of that time( family portraits) remarked that my parents had three beautiful daughters( my two sisters were and are very pretty the youngest was a beauty queen type) actually one guy ( looking at our house to buy) said this youngest girl is gonna be the reason for you having to buy a shotgun! to my dad! i was actually there and heard it i guess he thought i was a girl in person, kind of made my perception of things a little awkward, btw my dad just agreed with him and looked into the next room at me (sitting at a table) to see my reaction, yeah i was red faced but in my mind i was happy!, so, yeah being a "hippie" had its perks for suzanne!!

[RobertaFermina]

Had shoulder length hair from 16 until 19 years, when balding made it look ridiculous.

Had a lovely body wave which turned my mousy hair golden.

My Social Worker asked me some funny questions. I realized she thought maybe I was effeminate or gay.

I realize now that I just loved looking that way, and didn't think for a minute that I looked like a girl. In the mid 70's, the rocker look made us all look like girls, didn't it ?

I only have a few pictures of that long hair.....now I wanna go find them !

:rose: Roberta :rose:

[chrissietoo]

Yes, I let my hair grow long when I went off to college, and I was sometimes mistaken for a girl (not often enough!).

It wasn't a repressed desire, I was pretty conscious of having a girl's hair. Girls seemed to enjoy stroking it an saying that I looked pretty. I loved it!!

:happy: chrissie

[caitlin]

You can add me to the group...My hair was below my shoulders from HS into my twenties. It was fairly straight then got really curly toward the end. My sisters hated it because theirs stayed perfectly straight with no curl.

I was a hippy also...tie dye, work shirts, sandals....wait a min....I'm looking in the mirror...except for the tie-dye. In fact my sister and I are a year apart and grew at about the same rate. She had a pair of tie dye jeans that I would wear...she had a couple of minis that I liked also...but only in the house.

My hair gets long still before I cut it, but not below my shoulders...I love it when I go for walks and feel the wind blowing it. I will probably try to let it grow below my shoulders again at some point...

I used to get the same comments about my hair..."girly", "faggot", etc., simple minds make simple comments (I've made my share). Too bad for them.

Katie

[kathy001]

amber 07 Wrote:
Later in life as a member of a biker group it was a full beard and long hair
Hey Bro!! :thumbsup:
Or is it
Hey sister now? I'm so confused!! :confused:

[Donna tv]

I was a teenager through the late sixties and early seventies and had grown my hair to shoulder length . It's all kind of funny now thinking back even before long hair was becoming the style I so hated to have to get my haircut. Now you have me really thinking about the "timeline" of my 1st intrest in secretly playing in my Moms closet and the correlation of the hate associated with getting my haircut. I'm guessing that my masculinity was beginning to wane at that time. I remember fighting tooth and nail to be able to let my hair grow, having to tuck it all behind my ears when I was around the house until one day I think everybody had long long hair so mine being at shoulder length was actually short for that time, but I was satisfied. BTW it is still kind of long today and so far plenty of it . THANK GOD.

Great thread !

[Megan70]

Hair only went to bottom of my neck but I had a beard all through college. My mother refused to pay for my senior yearbook 8x10 potrait because she said I looked like "abie the ragpicker". For those younens that never lived through the sixties, especially the last half '65-'70 it was a magical, wonderful time unlike any other. There will never ever be another age ( of Aquarius) or generation of young people like us again. To go through the multitudes of what we experinced in those tumultuos mind boggling years. We KNEW we were living through histoiry as it happened. Fond memories to think back on, but sadly gone forever.

[deja true]

Wow, you guys! I really didn't mean this thread to turn into a tranny Woodstock nostalgia fest, but I'm kinda glad it did. It's good to think back to times when we thought everything was gonna be okay because the 'love generation' was gonna be in control any year now. Unfortunately that didn't happen. Many good things came out of that era, that still resonate today. The battles against the War in Vietnam, the beginning of the fight against racism, tackling poverty and illiteracy with new methods. Many things were left undone, too, no doubt. But you're right Megan, it was, overall, a glorious time.

I noticed that very few here actually said anything about their feelings concerning their CDing. For most of us the memories we keep from the past are usually the pleasant ones. We always tend to forget or block out those moments of anguish and pain, don't we? That's a good thing, I think.

I hope we've had some of the young 'uns in here reading, even if they don't feel they can contribute to this thread. Many are our children's age. Some could even be our grandchildren! Scary, huh?

Nice to see the family all together, though.

respect & love

deja

[TSchapes]

While my hair was long and being mistaken for a girl, my draft board was processing my papers. I told myself that if they called me up I would walk in there with a dress and high-heels on and say, "I'm planing on having my equipment changed, do you still what me?"

It was such a sick time, my friends were going off to Nam and not coming back, I was fighting with my father, I wanted to be a girl and my girl friends were burning their bras. Just a very confusing time in my life.

[debbeelee1]

Yep, I was a long haired hippy in school, it all fell out since then!

[Angie G]

Yes I did and it had nothing to do with dressing as that time. how it does :hugs:
Angie

[Krista M]

i have had long hair sence seventh grade
i think it go hand in hand with CD

[Diana R.]

I have had my hair at or below shouder lenght except for service
time since high school days. Was in the biker scene then and still
ride now. The harley is sitting in barn now just waiting for some
warmer weather. miss the 50.6ties now
Diana R.

[Seville]

Looks like I'm in the minority again.

Was a straight-laced conservative anti-hippy
in those days. Now I just wish I could grow
hair...:tongueout

[Myojine]

Funny thing...I was in Circut City and looking for the Nintendo DS and an Associate came up to me and asked "Hello MA'AM can i help you" so i replyed in a deeper tone then usual WHere are your nintendo ds...he was really suprised, oh being called a girl:daydreaming:! it made my day so much better, that day was about one of the happiest days of my life, cause i also bought a nintendo Wii, and a whole bunch of other happy things happened too!

[jessielee]

dear Deja,
still am a long haired hippy but didn't get it out till age 36.
definitly played a role in my new me. to have that and to feel it was something i always aspired to.
not to dis gfs who prefer short on their own heads; playful, sporty,athletic, easy to manage...
sure.
but for me, flowing and girly was my dream,
to feel it streaming over my shoulders!
mmm-mm.
hugs,
jessie

[Dalece]

Sorry did a military career then they didn't allow that. But did have a long hair wig once.

[Jada Rose]

I wasn't a hippie, I went through the big hair band days in HS. I could actually pull my hair down (really curly) and sit on it. Some days I really miss it.:daydreaming:

[Amy Hepker]

Yes!

[Shelly67]

Too true ! I had long curly blonde hair down to my butt ( think of Robert Plants hairstyle - was the same ) I wore tye dyed t shirts , baggy pants , had my ears pierced god knows how many times and wore tons of silver chains ect . I was mistaken for a woman loads of times , it didn,t bother me at all , but there were one or two instances that could have easily become violent . Women would marvel over my hair - blokes would be jealous of the attention and a few times squared up to me . Silly boys .

After years of having my locks long they began to get on my nerves . It took so much to keep it in good condition and was hot whilst I worked - even when tied back . I was also in total denial ( to myself ) of my dressing urges . I persuaded myself I,d stop doing it , it was wrong and took the severest of descisions . Firstly out went all my clothes , ( both hippy and Michelles ) then came a hair cut .
The most stupidest thing I,ve ever done .:doh:

[erickka]

I grew up in the 70's , and yes, I was considered a long-haired hippie freak. If anyone remembers Ace Frehley from KISS, that would have been me. I don't think that it had any effect on me as far as being predisposed to CDing, but it sure was fun being a "rebel" in society. Redneck farm boys were supposed to have crew cuts, not wavy long locks!

[Carrie f]

Yes Deja, I had my hair as long as school and my parents would let me. I don't think it had anything to do with being fem though. Everybody had long hair, (or wanted to). Anti establishment, free love, peace, bell bottom jeans and tie dye. The hair was just part of it.

[Charolette time]

Tracy just put a post in another thread saying that as a long haired hippy, she was often mistaken for a girl. That happened to me, too. And of course there were the occasional insults to go with it. I had a gorgeous long ponytail and whenever I crossed the Mississippi to go west, I fashioned it into two braids, Willy Nelson style.

So I was wondering, were there many here that had long hair in their teens and twenties? And do you think it might have been related to your (probably) repressed CD urges?

Let's hear it, boomers!

deja

I was:nt but my Grandmother had long hair and she was a hippi(It was her maiden name) :heehee::tongueout, Charolette

[Billie Jean]

Up until 2000 I had hair down to the middle of my back and I used to wear it up in a bunn. Billie Jean

[Deborah Jane]

I grew up in the Glam Rock era [70s] and had long hair which i often dyed or had styled similar to David Bowie or other pop stars from that time.
Isn,t wasn,t a "C/D" thing, [but it did make dressing up as a girl easier:)] more of a fashionable thing to do.

[Julia Welch]

Not a hippy....but a long haired biker in the 70's...those were good days. :)

[Han]

Long hair yes. Hippy no. Far too young for that :)