Butches/transguys as kids

[Dance-with-me]

Originally Posted by spritzerJ

Thank you Blade for sharing. Even raising a girly girl (at this moment) it is our communities stories that help me grow and grow understanding in The General. Because Dance-with-me's grandchild is "down the street", in her class, next door, etc.

Thank you! It's strange because as much as I know all butches my age have horror stories of being crammed into crinolines and patent leather shoes and pincurls for church, childhood PLAY and play clothes were WAY less gendered when was a child 50 years ago than they are now. Just try finding something today that's not pink for a young girl, and look at how girl's jeans are thinner, fit more snugly and lower on the hips, and almost always have some sparkly thing on it -- when I was a kid we just all wore the same dungarees (as we called them then). And despite what McD's claims as their policy, try finding a McDonald's that does not ask "do you want a GIRL toy or a BOY toy?" when you get a happy meal (which yes, despite finding McD's disgusting for myself, I do cave and get them for Chas sometimes if it means an hour to sit and read on a rainy day while she plays!)