The Golden Age

NY Dispatch Day 154: Like many LGBTQ+ kids I knew I was different from a very early age, but I didn’t know what was different. With long and curly hair and huge eyelashes my parents were often congratulated on having such a beautiful daughter. This didn’t bother me as a child. Those strangers thought that I was pretty and I didn’t grasp the concept of gender. I believed that some kids “tucked” out of modesty; it never occurred to me that others had different equipment. Children are gender neutra...