My third grade, in 1952, had a Halloween party and Mom sent me to school dressed as a girl. I wore a pretty dress and a necklace, and some lipstick, and my hair was long enough to put a ribbon in. After the party the teacher wanted me to revert back to boy mode. When she found that I couldn’t because I only had panties on under the dress, she had to let me keep the dress on the rest of the day. I remember it like it was yesterday. And I so remember the ride home on the school bus. I had no trouble at all.
I so loved that day. I so wanted to be a girl, and that day I was! Very serious stuff for an 8 yr old.
