Thanks for the link. It's reassuring to read what she says: it's not reallyu that different an approach from my own.
My son for a long time preferred bright pastels, grew his hair long, and incorporated Strawberry Shortcake dolls into his play with dragons and wizards. He never had a doubt about his own gender, but he had looser ideas than average about what was appropriate for his gender (not as loose as Jazz, apparently). He took some crap for it as a small child. As a grown man -- well, he's a grown man. He no longer prefers bright pastels (he prefers orange, period). He doesn't have anything remarkable about his gender presentation -- but -- this is crucial to me -- he has no need to dictate other people's presentation, orientation, behavior,or self-definition. He's comfortable in a non-binary world. Which seems doubly important, given his career choice: he'll be in a position to positively affect the lives of patients who don't fit into strict categories.
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Date: 2011-06-02 03:25 pm (UTC)My son for a long time preferred bright pastels, grew his hair long, and incorporated Strawberry Shortcake dolls into his play with dragons and wizards. He never had a doubt about his own gender, but he had looser ideas than average about what was appropriate for his gender (not as loose as Jazz, apparently). He took some crap for it as a small child. As a grown man -- well, he's a grown man. He no longer prefers bright pastels (he prefers orange, period). He doesn't have anything remarkable about his gender presentation -- but -- this is crucial to me -- he has no need to dictate other people's presentation, orientation, behavior,or self-definition. He's comfortable in a non-binary world. Which seems doubly important, given his career choice: he'll be in a position to positively affect the lives of patients who don't fit into strict categories.